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Massive sinkhole swallows car in Manchester, New Hampshire

Erica Yee
boston.com
Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:04 UTC
New Hampshire sinkhole
© Via Twitter/Mark Hayward
A car was pulled out of a sinkhole caused by a water main break on Langdon Street in Manchester, New Hampshire, early Wednesday morning.

Police reported the break at 5:46 a.m., asking the public to avoid Langdon and Canal streets.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 3 horses in South Australia

Brittany Denton
The Border Watch
Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:47 UTC
DEVASTATING LOSS: Ryan Ferguson and Lynn Brierley mourn the loss of three horses
© Brittany DentonDEVASTATING LOSS: Ryan Ferguson and Lynn Brierley mourn the loss of three horses, killed instantly when they were struck by lightning during Wednesday night’s thunderstorm. They are pictured with surviving two-month-old foal Kelly and Clydesdale horse Sylvie.
"It was the most horrific thing I've ever witnessed - a big ball of white light hit and all three of them were dead before they hit the ground."

Lynne Brierley fought back tears as she relived the devastating loss of her three beloved horses, killed instantly when they were struck by lightning on Wednesday night.

"I was only four feet away - it sounded like someone had fired a gun right next to my ear."
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Binoculars

Extremely rare visitor: Black vulture seen in Newfoundland, Canada

Maggie Gillis
CBC
Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:59 UTC
This Black Vulture was first spotted in Burgeo on Nov.18.
© Ken KnowlesThis Black Vulture was first spotted in Burgeo on Nov.18.
When Ken Knowles saw a photo of a Black Vulture turn up in the Newfoundland Birdwatching Group on Facebook, he thought it must have been posted by someone from outside the province.

Then he read the text.

"I immediately went into a panic," said Knowles, who has been an avid birdwatcher for the past 45 years. "Then I started scheming about how I was going to get to see this bird."

The photo had been taken on Nov. 18 by Burgeo resident Mitchell Billard, who was looking for help identifying the strange-looking bird that was sitting on his roof.
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Wolf

Pack of 4 pit bull terriers kill woman in Guntersville, Alabama; seriously injure another

JJ Vincent
Rocket City Now
Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:13 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
In a neighborhood just off of of Highway 79 Marshall County investigators are trying to piece together what exactly happened at around 8 AM Wednesday.

We have learned Tracey Cornelius, 46, and her friend were attacked by four dogs belonging to a relative of Cornelius.

It happened at the home of Cornelius' relative, two doors down from Cornelius' home on Jason Road, which is located just south of Guntersville.

Both women were rushed to the hospital, where Cornelius later died and the other victim is clinging on.

At the dog owner's home, they are trying to process.

Comment: The following are reports from just the last 4 months with details of the fatalities caused by this type of dog: Man dies following attack by 4 pit bull terriers in Philadelphia

Six-month-old boy killed by pit bull terrier in South Africa

Woman killed by her own pit bull terrier in Canberra, Australia

Boy killed by 2 pit bull terriers in Lowell, Massachusetts

61-year-old woman killed by pit bull terrier in Gilmer County, Georgia

1-month-old baby killed by 2 pit bull terriers in Knox County, Ohio

Woman dies from injuries sustained in pit bull terrier attack in Neshoba County, Mississippi

Woman dies following pit bull terrier attack in Calhoun County, Florida

Girl dies following attack by pit bull terrier in Durban, South Africa

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Recycle

Lobster with Pepsi trash 'tattoo' found in deep waters off New Brunswick coast, Canada

Kevin Bissett
CTV News
Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:57 UTC
Lobster found off New Brunswick coast with image of Pepsi can on claw
© THE CANADIAN PRESS/Karissa LindstrandKarissa Lindstrand was banding lobster claws on the boat Honour Bound off Grand Manan on Nov 21, 2017 when she came across one with the image of a Pepsi can on it (shown).
Fisherman Karissa Lindstrand drinks a lot of Pepsi every day -- so imagine her surprise as she was banding lobster claws and came across a lobster with the image of a Pepsi can on it.

"It looked like the image was tattooed on the lobster claw," she said Wednesday.

Lindstrand has been banding lobster on the boat Honour Bound off Grand Manan, N.B., for four years, and while she has seen some odd looking lobster, this was the first with an image on it.
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Snowflake Cold

Temperatures in Siberia dropping to -79°F/-60°C and winter is just beginning

Brian Donegan
The Weather Channel
Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:48 UTC
-60 °C reported in Oymyakon, Eastern Siberia, Russia last night
© Konstantin Velikikh / Клуб Любителей Метеорологии-60 °C reported in Oymyakon, Eastern Siberia, Russia last night. Pretty cold! [This, of course is unofficial; the official figure at the same time is -55 °C - still very cold]
As mild temperatures encompass a large swath of the contiguous United States this week, parts of Siberia are experiencing temperatures colder than minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit - and it's only November.

A low temperature of minus 69 degrees [fahrenheit] was recorded early Tuesday in Delyankir, Russia. This is colder than the all-time record lows in every U.S. state except Utah (-69 degrees), Montana (-70 degrees) and Alaska (-80 degrees).

If that wasn't incredible enough, the daytime high in Delyankir Tuesday failed to rise above -60 degrees.


Comment: Siberian snow theory points to early, frigid winter in U.S.

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Seismograph

Earth moves for residents of Darwin, Australia as earthquake strikes in the Banda Sea more than 700km away

JUDITH AISTHORPE
NT News
Thu, 30 Nov 2017 04:57 UTC
Banda Sea quake
© twitter/BOM_NT (screen capture)
TERRITORIANS felt the earth shake under them today as an earthquake struck in the Banda Sea - more than 700km away.

The 5.7 magnitude quake was felt in Darwin just before 10am.

Geoscience Australia senior seismologist Phil Cummins said the quake was about 160km below the earth's surface and did not pose a tsunami threat.

"It's too small and too deep to be concerned about a tsunami. And we never know about other earthquakes. There might be aftershocks," he said.

He said there had been up to 30 reports from people in Darwin having felt the tremors.

He said it was unusual for an earthquake to be felt hundreds of kilometres away.

However, he said it was not unknown for the effects of earthquakes' to 'carry' in this region.

"It would be surprising for an earthquake to be felt that far away but we know the path between the Banda Sea and Darwin appears to be particularly efficient for the transmission of the seismic waves," he said.

He said he had not heard of any damage to towns in the area in Indonesia where it had hit.
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Snowflake

Mauna Kea in Hawaii covered with up to 8 inches of unseasonal snow

Dana Dovey
Newsweek
Wed, 29 Nov 2017 19:26 UTC
snow
Hawaii has experienced an unseasonal snowstorm, covering the top of Mauna Kea, one of the tallest volcanic mountains on the islands, with up to 8 inches of white flurries. Although snow on the Hawaiian mountains is not as uncommon as it sounds, the timing of the snowfall is earlier than meteorologists would expect.

A quick Google of Hawaii weather reveals that today's average temperature is a mild 75 degrees Fahrenheit, (24 degrees Celsius) but up on the Mauna Loa, the highest peak on the "Big Island" of Hawaii, it's close to freezing with with winds whipping up to 25 miles per hour, a statement from Mauna Kea weather center in Hawaii reported. As of yesterday morning, Mauna Kea was completely saturated with icy rain and snow. The rain and snow is expected to carry on until the end of the week.

The statement also advised that there is a high risk for a mixture of snow and rain and perhaps on the mountaintop at virtually anytime this week, but especially Wednesday and Thursday night.

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Binoculars

Wrong place, wrong time: Nazca Booby from the Galapagos Islands turns up at Dana Point, Califorina

Laylan Connelly
The Mercury News
Tue, 28 Nov 2017 18:03 UTC
In this Monday, Nov. 27, 2017 photo provided by Mark Girardeau and Dana Wharf Whale Watching, a rare Nazca Booby is seen at the harbor in Dana Point, Calif
In this Monday, Nov. 27, 2017 photo provided by Mark Girardeau and Dana Wharf Whale Watching, a rare Nazca Booby is seen at the harbor in Dana Point, Calif
At Dana Point on Monday, Robin Lowe was on a mission — to get a glimpse of a rare bird said to be hanging out near local waters far from its home on the Galapagos Islands.

"I'm still smiling ear to ear," she said after seeing the Nazca Booby casually hanging out with pelicans on a jetty. "To be able to see it today, it's hard to grasp the words. I'm just so thrilled to be able to see this. It's once in a lifetime. Here it was in our backyard, in the Dana Point harbor."

Bird-watching enthusiasts flocked to the Orange County harbor clutching binoculars and long lenses hoping to see the Nazca Booby.

The bird was spotted in Newport Beach two weeks ago, then by a deckhand on the fishing boat Sum Fun on Sunday, and again Monday on the rock jetty where boaters enter and exit the harbor, said Donna Kalez, manager of Dana Wharf Whale Watching.
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Question

Mysterious night flashes seen near erupting Mt. Agung in Indonesia

Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.
Dr. Roy Spencer
Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:13 UTC
Today I was watching the 10-minute imagery from the Japanese Himawari geostationary weather satellite for the next eruption of Mt. Agung in Bali, Indonesia, and in the last hour or so there have been some distinct flashes in the nighttime imagery, which you can access here. These only show up in the nighttime imagery.
mt agung
Nighttime flashes in Japanese weather satellite imagery around Mt. Agung as a new eruption began on 27 November 2017. The flashes occur at 19:50, 20:10, and 20:30 UTC. The city lights have been added separately from previous observations from a different satellite, to assist in nighttime geolocation; the village lights of Besakih, on the southwest slope of Mt. Agung, can be seen within the dashed circle.
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