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A strange cloud suddenly appeared in the sky over Poland on December 18, 2016.
If you think it is colder than you remember last year, your'e right. Winter hasn't officially started yet, it begins on Wednesday, December 21st. But the numbers tell a cold hard fact: as of 7 a.m. EST this morning, Sunday, Dec. 18, the average temperature across the Lower 48 states of the U.S. is colder than any time all last winter.
As this plot of hourly temperatures shows, the average temperature is 16 degrees. F, which is 4 degrees colder than any time last winter. What's worse, the coldest part of winter is still six weeks away.
I can't wait for Monday, March 20th, 2017, when spring starts.
As this plot of hourly temperatures shows, the average temperature is 16 degrees. F, which is 4 degrees colder than any time last winter. What's worse, the coldest part of winter is still six weeks away.
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Oreiness John, a Mlinduzi ward councilor in Mpwapwa District, said the incident occurred on Saturday evening in Chaludewa village when the two children were playing near their home.
He said while the youngsters were playing, a storm, which was accompanied with lightning, hit the village located 150km from Tanzania's capital Dodoma.
"There was no rain, but the storm was very strong to the extent that parents who were inside the house were forced to come out. When they came out they found the two children already dead," the local official said, adding that the injured were rushed to Chipogolo Health Centre for treatment.
The civil defence office of that western state of Jalisco says the three eruptions occurred Sunday morning. The biggest columns of ash reached 1.25 miles (2 kilometres) in height, and the smallest was just under a mile tall.
Video showed a large explosion around 9 p.m. Saturday night (0200 GMT Sunday) with glowing lava, smoke and ash shooting from the volcano in front of a starlit, night sky.
An earlier explosion sent a large plume of ash and smoke some 2,000 meters (4,921 feet) into the air around 4 p.m. (2200 GMT).
SOTT Focus: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - November 2016: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs
© Sott.netWildfire in Haifa, Israel, November 2016
- Snow, hail and flooding in the deserts of Saudi Arabia (again)
- New Zealand's second strongest tremor in the modern era
- Johannesburg's worst flash-flood in living memory
- Another powerful quake (and another tsunami) off Fukushima, Japan
- Outbreak of 'thunder asthma' in Melbourne, Australia, which killed 8 people and sent another 8,500 to hospital
- The latest Atlantic Hurricane in the modern era (and the most southerly, and the first to ever make landfall in Costa Rica)
- Unprecedented 'superfires' torching swathes of the US Southeast
We are, of course, being facetious. There's nothing normal about any of this. We've entered a new global climate. Forecasting models are largely redundant at this point. The costs from all this destruction pile up ever higher with each passing month. Until now, elites have either ignored the climate/planetary upheaval, or blamed ordinary people for causing one or another symptom, then carried on milking taxpayers and spreading wars. No doubt, given recent patterns, they're soon going to start blaming it all on Putin.
These were (some of) 'the signs' in November 2016...
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The earthquake was centered about 37 miles south of Ka Lae (South Point) at a depth of 22.7 miles.
The earthquake was felt on the island, receiving over 50 reports within an hour of the earthquake. Weak shaking was reported across the island. At that intensity, damage to buildings or structures is not expected.
Sunday's earthquake occurred about 43 miles southwest of Lo'ihi, and was not caused by activity on that submarine volcano. The depth, location, and recorded seismic waves of the earthquake suggest a source due to bending of the oceanic plate from the weight of the Hawaiian island chain, a common source for earthquakes in this area. Aftershocks are possible and could be felt.
The earthquake caused no detectable changes in Kilauea Volcano's ongoing eruptions, on Mauna Loa, or at other active volcanoes on the island.
The earthquake hit 100 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of the town of Esperanza at a depth of 550 kilometers, the Geophysical Institute of Peru said.
Deeper earthquakes like this one tend to cause less damage than ones that hit closer to the surface of the earth.
Civil defense authorities said that so far no injuries or damage had been reported, the state news agency Andina said.
Esperanza, with a population of 4,500, is on the banks of the Purus River and close to the border with Brazil.
Source: Agence France-Presse
Indian jackal
According to range officer of social forestry division, Gajendra Singh, officials received information about a leopard attack in Sinaura village in Lalaurikhera block on Friday night.
When they rushed to the spot, they found that Omwati (55) had sustained injuries on the face in a wild animal attack.
However, they were not able to trace the pug marks of any leopard and instead found the footprints of a jackal.
Immediately, the officials rushed the woman to Pilibhit district hospital and provided her a financial assistance of Rs 2,500.
At 10:57 p.m., David Fear succumbed to injuries suffered during the Tuesday attack, said Ron Yukelson, a Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center spokesman.
The San Luis Obispo County Coroner's Office is investigating the death, Sgt. Jeff Nichols of the county Sheriff's Office said.
Fear and his neighbor, Betty Long, 85, were attacked about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday on the 1100 block of Nacimiento Avenue, said Eric Anderson, San Luis Obispo County Animal Services manager.
Police and fire officials arrived on the scene to find Fear and Long suffering from serious injuries and two dogs — a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois and a German shepherd — running in the area.
The Belgian Malinois was found to be the primary aggressor and was euthanized with the owner's permission. The German shepherd did not appear to be aggressive and is being held by its owner.
© Robert DejonA man uses his paddle boat to get around the flood waters in Taft, Eastern Samar.
In a statement, the department said that as of Saturday evening, 6,650 families or 29,166 persons from 33 villages were affected by the weather disturbance.
Of the total affected population, 5,580 families or 23,816 individuals were displaced and served in 14 evacuation centers.
© Robert Dejon People force themselves to walk on the highway in Eastern Samar after floods rendered the roads impassable.
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