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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike burns house down in Scotland

Mattha Busby
Independent
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:11 UTC
House destroyed by fire after lightning strike in Scotland
© @impaulharperThe roof of a detached house stands ablaze following a lightning strike.
A lightning strike set a house on fire which went on to destroy the property near Glasgow.

As flames tore through the home in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, residents in neighbouring properties watched and posted photos of the scene on social media.

The blaze could be seen burning through the roof.

The resident family - a couple and two children - managed to safely escape after neighbours alerted them to the blaze.

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Attention

Humpback whale washes up on German beach

Abby Young-Powell
The Telegraph (UK)
Sun, 10 Jun 2018 11:11 UTC
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The body of a 26 foot long humpback whale has washed ashore outside a small seaside town in northern Germany, shocking scientists and a crowd of curious onlookers.

A sailor spotted the unusual body floating in the water on Saturday outside Graal-Müritz, a picturesque town along the Baltic coast that is popular with tourists, and sounded the alert, according to Northern German Radio (NDR).

A team of rescue workers were then forced to use tractors and fire engines to drag the body of the whale, which is believed to be a young female, to the beach, which is in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and load it onto a truck to be towed away for a post mortem.

It is extremely rare for dead whales to wash up on German shores. Sometimes dead seals and porpoises can be spotted along the coastline, but a humpback whale is an "absolute exception," Timo Moritz, head of science at the German Maritime Museum, said on Sunday.
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Bizarro Earth

Hell on Earth! Hawaii volcano eruptions will affect marine and wildlife for decades

Maxine Shen
Daily Mail
Sat, 09 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
sky after Hawaii volcano eruption
© ReutersThe sky turns orange as lava flow covers a road near Pahoa on Hawaii's Big Island on Friday. Kilauea began erupting on May 3
The Hawaii volcano eruption is expected to impact the state's marine and animal life for decades as the environment changes in the wake of the lava flow.

Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, first start erupting on May 3, resulting in lava oozing over residential communities and heading towards the Pacific Ocean. The lava first met the ocean on May 20.

While the lava flow has received lots of attention for destroying neighborhoods, it has also been quietly covering Hawaii's famed tide pools, hot springs and coastal waters, changing the shoreline in the process.

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Attention

Surfer in serious condition after possible shark bite off Honolulu, Hawaii


kitv.com
Sat, 09 Jun 2018 10:58 UTC
shark attack
Honolulu EMS responded to a possible shark bite Saturday morning.

The patient was said to be surfing when he felt the bite.

Paramedics treated the patients lower left leg for a possible bite.

Ocean Safety is patrolling the area this morning and posting warning signs until tomorrow.

This is an unguarded beach. Federal lifeguards at next door White Plains are notified.

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Cloud Lightning

Three people struck by lightning at Patterson Park, Baltimore


cbslocal.com
Sat, 09 Jun 2018 10:49 UTC
lightning
Two kids and one adult have been struck by lightning, according to Baltimore fire officials.

Fire chief Roman Clark confirmed the lightning strike happened near the tennis courts in Patterson Park Saturday afternoon.

"She just said that they got struck by lightening, just be careful," Ashley Blackford of Baltimore said.

Baltimore fire officials say the victims were transported to an area hospital with serious injuries.

"I mean, we've had rain for the last month. You just don't expect something horrible to happen from it," Kim Jolley of Baltimore said.

The identities of the victims or any other information has not been released.

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Cloud Lightning

Unusual outburst of red sprites during storm over Europe, and cosmic ray mapping expands


Sapce Weather
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:44 UTC
Red Sprites
© Martin PopekRed Sprites June 8, 2018 @ Nýdek, Czech republic


Sprite lightning storm over Europe

This weekend, a powerful mesoscale convective system (MSC) of thunderstorms over central Europe produced a furious outburst of sprites. "It was unreal," says Martin Popek of Nýdek, Czechia, a veteran photographer of the upward directed bolts. "I recorded more than 250 sprites in only 4.5 hours of observation! That's nearly as many as I typically see in the entire summer thunderstorm season."

This is a jellyfish sprite--so called because it resembles the eponymous sea creature. Jellyfish sprites are typically very large, stretching as much as 50 km between the tops of their heads to the tips of their tentacles below. "Regular jellyfish sprites are associated with very strong positive cloud-to-ground lightning strokes in the underlying convective storms," notes lightning scientist Oscar van der Velde of the Technical University of Catalonia, Spain.

However, not all of the jellyfish were regular. Some were "decapitated"--without heads. "I recorded about 20 sets of tentacles only," says Popek.

Here is one example of many:

Comment: We're seeing a surge of unusual phenomena on earth and in tandem similar changes are happening in our skies: For more, check out SOTTs monthly documentary: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - April 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

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Seismograph

Great Sitkin volcano in Alaska showing elevated quake activity, possible steam explosion


The Watchers
Sun, 10 Jun 2018 09:11 UTC
Great Sitkin Volcano
© Alan BeauparlantSteaming from Great Sitkin Volcano as visible from the town of Adak (40 km or 25 miles to the SW).
Seismicity at Alaska's Great Sitkin volcano has been at elevated levels over the past couple of days, followed by a signal that may represent a short-lived steam explosion on June 11. The last known eruption of this stratovolcano took place in 1974.

Seismicity at Great Sitkin volcano was at elevated levels over the past 5 days, the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) reported 21:26 UTC on June 11, 2018.

This activity was followed by a signal at 19:39 UTC that may represent a short-lived steam explosion detected by seismic data.

AVO has thus raised the Aviation Color Code to Yellow and Alert Level to Advisory.

The last time the observatory raised Aviation Color Code to Yellow and Volcano Alert to Advisory was on November 22, 2017. The status was unchanged until January 18 of this year.

Comment: Volcanic acitivty appears to be on the rise:

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Seismograph

M4.4 earthquake shakes part of northern Oklahoma


Yahoo
Sat, 09 Jun 2018 12:00 UTC
ohklahoma quake 4.4 June 9th 2018
The U.S. Geological Survey says a 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook parts of northern Oklahoma and neighboring Kansas.

Geologists say the earthquake was recorded at 8:59 a.m. Saturday about 16 miles (26 kilometers) east of Cherokee, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City. The earthquake was recorded at a depth of five miles (8 kilometers).

Comment: Fracking is likely to be a contributor to the quakes but it seems that geologic activity in general is on the rise:

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Ice Cube

June in Russia: Record cold mornings, frost on the Plain

Robert W, Felix
Ice Age Now
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 21:52 UTC
Cold Yet?
In Moscow, on the calendar is June, but there is no summer heat

Record cold mornings in the Center of Russia

The past night in most of the European territory was cold, the average daily air temperature was 2-4 degrees below the climatic norm. Above the central regions the average daily value lagged behind the perennial by 6 degrees.

Record low temperatures for June 6 were set in Tula +4.7, half a degree below the previous +5.2 set in 2008.

In Orel, the air cooled to +3.6°C, compared to the 1962 temperature of +5°C.

In Yelets, it dropped to +4.3°C, beating the previous record of +5.0°C set in 1968.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning caused more deaths than floods, landslides across India in 2015 - with 2,641 fatalities


The Times of India
Sat, 09 Jun 2018 14:49 UTC
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On June 8, 2018, at least 11 people were killed and 13 got injured in lightning strikes in Bihar.

Few are aware that lightning has been killing more people than other natural causes like floods, landslides, etc
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In 2015, it claimed 2,641 lives when the total deaths due to natural causes stood at 10,510.

Surprisingly, lightning is not considered a natural disaster and victims are not entitled for financial compensation.

Here are some facts about lightning deaths you should know...


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