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Earthquake swarm at base of Mount Rainier unlikely to signal impending eruption, say scientists

Sandi Doughton
The Seattle Times
Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:44 UTC
Mount Rainier
© Elaine Thompson / The Associated PressMount Rainier is seen from a helicopter flying south of the mountain and west of Yakima in this 2013 photo. Scientists recorded a recent quake swarm under the mountain.
Nearly two dozen small earthquakes have rattled Mount Rainier over the past week, but seismologists say there's no cause for worry.

"In the past, these swarms last a couple of days to a week or so and then die out," said Paul Bodin, of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network at the University of Washington.

The first of the 23 quakes struck on Sept. 11 near the volcano's summit. The largest of the quakes registered magnitude 1.6.
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So, what caused those mysterious booms in northwestern Wisconsin? We don't know

Carl Cooley
The Chetek Alert
Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:59 UTC
Mystery boom in WI
© WWLTV
Saturday night, Sept. 9, around 9:30 p.m., residents reported hearing mysterious booms across the region.

Posting to online social media, people said they heard the noise in Chetek, Cameron, Barron, Weyerhaeuser, Trego and even Hudson and Cushing. Some said it sounded like distant thunder, though there was not a cloud in the sky Saturday night.

Theories sprang forth. Was it a tiny, imperceptible earthquake, a shooting star, a jet breaking the sound barrier or just your crazy neighbors shooting some high-powered fireworks?

There was a 9 p.m. fireworks display in Barron for Fall Fest, and Barron County dispatch logs do report other fireworks in Rice Lake. But it is not likely that fireworks in Rice Lake would be heard in Chetek. Perhaps, coincidentally, there were others closer.
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Snowflake

Early snowfall leaves 12 foot snow base on mountains in Alaska (VIDEO)

Jonathan Desabris
Snowboard
Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:09 UTC
snow alaska

Holy Sh*t... this video is from yesterday, not February, not March, YESTERDAY. Can it be winter yet?

From Silverton Mountain Guides:
September 20, 2017.... Who loves skiing and snowboarding more than Silverton Mountain Guides? The Silverton Mountain Guides Alaska heli-skiing crew made the first turns of the season after a series of potent early storms recently pounded Alaska. The early season snowfall in Alaska has left a 12 foot base of snow at elevation, so the heli crew wasted no time firing up the chopper and skiing and snowboarding. What they found was incredible deep powder and miles and miles of untracked snow.

The Silverton Mountain Guides Alaska Heli team took 6 runs on the first day of the season (September 19th ) with each run steeper than the previous run as they discovered the snow was deep and stable. Many people can understand spring fever but this team has snow fever. As soon as the snow hits the ground they are ready to tear it up as Silverton Mountain Guides passion for the mountains and snow is unmatched in its authenticity. With the most heli terrain in Alaska, the Silverton Mountain Guides typically find new and amazing terrain each time they venture out and it's deep out there right now, folks!
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Snowflake

Technically record summer snowfall with summer cold storm warnings

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:57 UTC
Snow in September was met with plenty of grumbling on social media.
© Jessica WoldemichaelSnow in September was met with plenty of grumbling on social media.
Summer is still officially a few days away, but winter storms already sweeping across Edmonton and ski resorts of southern Canada along the US border breaking all time snow depth records. This also means summer snow in Montana and Washington state, but the weather man assures us it will pass quickly, never mentioning record snowfall in summer.

Edmonton Alberta Canada. Sept. 19 Snow in Edmonton, Stony Plane, calling for 15 cm. Average for Sept is 1cm, record 1971 7.5 cm, this storm 15cm. Whitecourt and Hinton area. Not that it never snows early, but it should not be snowing with the leaves still on the trees.


Sources

Comment: See also: 'It's been coming down in bucketfuls': Jasper ski area in Alberta sees unprecedented early-season snowfall

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Snowflake

'It's been coming down in bucketfuls': Jasper ski area in Alberta sees unprecedented early-season snowfall


CBC News
Wed, 20 Sep 2017 13:45 UTC
Snowfall at Marmot Basin Wednesday afternoon
© Marmot BasinSnowfall at Marmot Basin Wednesday afternoon
While the early snowfall in parts of north and central Alberta likely ruined more than a few late-summer plans this week, it already has some winter warriors thinking about heading to the slopes.

Marmot Basin ski resort in Jasper National Park posted a photo to its Facebook page Wednesday boasting a bounty of fresh snow that's fallen on the mountain in the past day.

Brian Rode, vice-president of marketing and sales at Marmot Basin, called the recent snowfall unprecedented.

"Next year will be my 40th season here, and I have never, never seen this kind of snow at the end of September," Rode said Wednesday. "It has just been snowing like mad all morning long."

The photo, taken at 1 p.m. Wednesday, has already garnered thousands of online reactions from alpine enthusiasts.
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Wolf

Pit bull attacks its owner on street in Queens, New York

Kemberly Richardson
abc7ny.com
Sun, 17 Sep 2017 09:26 UTC
dog attack
A dog walker was taking a stroll with two friends, when suddenly the Pit Bull mix turned on its handler and started biting.

"I honestly thought I was going to bleed out. I don't know how I got the dog off of me, I don't know," says victim, Marta Niewinska.

Niewinska is talking about the dog, seen in surveillance video attacking her and then going after her good friend, Amanda, who is a dog walker.

"She's in shock - just called and said 'thank you for saving my life,' it was a lot," Niewinska adds.

The horrifying incident unfolded on Wycoff Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens right around 10 p.m. Saturday night. About 12 minutes into the walk, Niewinska says the dog jumped on Amanda. They thought he was playing, but she exclusively tells Eyewitness News that in a split second, the dog seemed to snap. Niewinska then took the leash, and the dog started growling and then turned on her.


Comment: Another recent serious dog attack happened near Puyallup, Washington where a pack of 4 pit bulls mauled a UPS driver.. While in Randolph County, North Carolina a woman has been attacked by 3 of the same breed of dog.

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Wolf

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


wtok.com
Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:05 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
We have some sad news to report out of Neshoba County.

A woman attacked by a pit bull in the Beatline community earlier this month has died.

Neshoba County Sheriff Tommy Waddell tells Newscenter 11 that 61-year old Connie Storey died from her injuries at a local hospital Wednesday morning.

Storey was attacked September 8th while she was feeding the dog at a home on County Road 276.

Storey had been in the hospital since the day of the attack.

The dog, which was owned by Storey's son, was put down. No charges have been filed.
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Cloud Lightning

Family hit by lightning strike in Sequoia National Park, California (VIDEO)

Oliver McAteer
Metro (UK)
Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:42 UTC
Chris suffered second-degree burns on his back and arm
Chris suffered second-degree burns on his back and arm
Terrifying footage has emerged showing the moment a family of three were sent 'flying' after they were struck by lightning while on a hike.

Chris Lovera was walking with his two kids, Aidan, 12, and Nadia, nine, when it began to pour and they were forced to shelter under a tree in Sequoia National Park, California.

Suddenly, they were 'blown up' by a huge lightning bolt that threw them through the air.

Chris said: 'One rescuer, Nick Barton, said it looked as if we had been blown up, bodies flying, dirt and debris ejecting from the eight-inch deep furrow made as the lightning exited my right foot and made a direct path through the ground to the lake.'

The father was paralyzed for a short time after the bolt had melted his clothes and caused second-degree burns on his back and arm.

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Fork-tailed flycatcher usually found in South America turns up in Falmouth, Maine

Deirdre Fleming
Portland Press Herald
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:19 UTC
A fork-tailed flycatcher makes a rare – and much-watched – appearance at Maine Audubon on Monday. The bird arrived at the meadows of Gilsland Farm in Falmouth on Saturday.
© Jill BradyA fork-tailed flycatcher makes a rare – and much-watched – appearance at Maine Audubon on Monday. The bird arrived at the meadows of Gilsland Farm in Falmouth on Saturday.
The opportunity to see a rare bird exerts a powerful call.

It's why Inna Smith's trip to a doctor's appointment in New Hampshire on Monday included a stop at Maine Audubon in Falmouth to see a fork-tailed flycatcher from South America. Nevermind that the Springvale woman was pregnant and a day overdue.

"I was due yesterday," Smith said while looking at the bird through her camera's telephoto lens. "I may go into labor right here."

Smith was one of more than 100 birders who traveled from as far away as Mount Desert Island and New York state to witness the unusual sighting. The bird arrived at the meadows of Gilsland Farm on Saturday.

The flycatcher - a black-and-white bird with an extremely long and brilliantly forked tail - should have been emigrating south from Central America to summer in its home range instead of flying north to Maine, said Maine Audubon Naturalist Doug Hitchcox, who spent the day showing the bird to visitors.
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Seismograph

Deep 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia


NEWS.com.au
Thu, 21 Sep 2017 03:32 UTC
Earthquake off Bali
© USGS
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake has hit Indonesia, northwest of Bali, as alert levels rise about the possibility of a volcanic explosion on the island.

A STRONG undersea earthquake has struck off the coast of holiday hotspot, Bali.

The 5.7 magnitude quake was detected northeast of Kemeduran, which is northwest of Bali, on Thursday, the US Geological Survey has confirmed. With a magnitude of almost 6, the earthquake is classified as moderate to strong. It was measured at a depth of 588km.

The news comes after tourists in Bali were warned to avoid the area around Mount Agung in the island's north amid fears it could erupt.

Indonesian officials have more than doubled the size of the no-go zone around the Mount Agung volcano and raised its alert level for the second time in less than a week, the Associated Press reported.

The volcano, about 72 kilometres from Kuta, is a popular tourist destination and hiking spot.

Comment: Seismic and volcanic activity appears to be increasing around the Ring of Fire. See also:

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