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Tourist bitten by a shark off Gran Canaria

Gerard Couzens
Daily Mail, UK
Sun, 27 Dec 2015 15:43 UTC
Shark injuries
Horror: Victim Cristina Ojeda-Thies tweeted a photograph of the shark's tooth-marks up her arm, after the animal attacked her while she swam off the coast of Gran Canaria
A tourist has been bitten by a shark while swimming off the popular winter holiday destination of Gran Canaria.

Victim Cristina Ojeda-Thies tweeted a photograph of the tooth-marks scarring her arm after she was treated in a hospital on Friday.

But authorities are trying to play down the attack for fear that it would impact on tourism.

'Today I've had a face to face meeting with a shark,' tweeted Ms Ojeda-Thies. 'Things that happen when you swim in the Canaries in December.'

Fernando Frias, President of the Canary Islands Shark Alliance which promotes shark conservation, called the incident a 'one-off'.
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Barred owl attacks Louisiana police officer, causes car crash

Jareen Imam
CNN
Sat, 26 Dec 2015 13:38 UTC
A barred owl
A barred owl flew into a police officer's cruiser and attacked him before the cop was able to escape
One unsuspecting Louisiana police officer was in for a hoot on Christmas Eve.

Covington Police officer Lance Benjamin was riding alone Thursday with his windows down, patrolling the quiet streets of a Louisiana subdivision, when he felt something hard hit the side of his face.

At first Benjamin thought he was struck by a football, he told CNN affiliate WVUE.

"And then I felt some scratching on the back of my head and some pecking," he said.

An owl had flown into the driver's side window and started attacking the officer with its wings, talons and beak.

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4.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Barstow, California

Ashley Soley-Cerro
ktla.com
Sun, 27 Dec 2015 13:19 UTC
Earthquake
A preliminary magnitude-4.2 earthquake that struck 26 miles north-northwest of Barstow, in the Mojave Desert area, was reportedly felt by some in Los Angeles Sunday morning.

The quake hit around 10:31 a.m. with a depth of .4 miles, the U.S. Geological Service reported.

It was located 23 miles east-southeast of Johannesburg, 36 miles southeast of Ridgecrest and 62 miles northeast of Lancaster.

Multiple KTLA viewers and several tweets indicated people felt it in the Hollywood, Northridge and Pasadena areas.

There were no immediate reports of damage.
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Landslide closes down highway 42 in Oregon


katu.com
Sat, 26 Dec 2015 12:17 UTC
Landslide
Oregon Department of Transportation officials say a landslide has shut down Oregon 42 for at least the next few days.

They say the highway on the border of Coos and Douglas counties was "crumbling like peanut brittle" from the force of the slide.

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2015 Christmas chaos: Extreme weather rages across the planet


The Extinction Protocol
Sun, 27 Dec 2015 06:11 UTC
2015 Xmas chaos
© The Extinction Protocol
It's been anything but a Merry Christmas for the world, as far as Mother Nature is concerned. Nature is on a rampage and nearly everyone is feeling some degree of her wrath: flooding across the UK, torrential rains and flooding across a large swathe of South America, a searing heat-wave in Australia, raging wildfires in Southern California, the worst El Niño pattern seen in 15 years, unseasonably high temperatures throughout much of the US, storms in the US Southeast, a historic blizzard threatening the Texas panhandle, and 11 people dead from an outbreak of tornadoes that ripped through the Dallas area. All of this is indicative of a planet painfully reeling from the frightening fact that geologic and atmospheric change is pushing its climate to new extremes. Climate extremes are just one harbinger or omen of greater cataclysms to come, like one of the ill-fated riders of the apocalypse heralding a message of impending doom. Today, as the year 2015 draws to a dramatic close, we stand on the eve of a crisis marshaling across the horizon that will have profound implications for all life on planet Earth. - TEP

Dallas tornado
© LukeMarkey | Twitter

Comment: See also: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - November 2015: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs


To gain further understanding as to how and why these events are occurring, read:

Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection: The Secret History of the World - Book 3 by Pierre Lescaudron
and Laura Knight-Jadczyk

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Life Preserver

Major winter storm to blast central U.S. with blizzard conditions, severe weather, life-threatening flooding

Brett Rathburn
Accuweather
Sun, 27 Dec 2015 17:42 UTC
Travel problems will occur across the south-central United States this weekend as a major storm brings everything from blizzard conditions to tornadoes. In terms of travel through the South Central states, the problems from the storm will range from minor inconveniences to life-threatening conditions.

This storm will slowly track northeastward across the South Central states into Monday with the likelihood of closed roads and flight cancellations. This storm will not only impact the South Central states. The Midwest and Northeast will be at risk for areas of ice, rain and snow on Monday.

Blizzard map NM

Blizzard unfolds across New Mexico, southern High Plains

"The storm diving into New Mexico and Texas will not only bring snow, but also strong winds," AccuWeather Meteorologist Evan Duffey said. The combination of strong winds and heavy snow will continue to create blizzard conditions from Roswell, New Mexico, to Lubbock and Amarillo, Texas.
Blizzard map thru Sunday
"The worst of the blizzard will occur from eastern New Mexico to western Texas and the Oklahoma Panhandle, where white-out conditions will likely halt road travel and ground planes," Duffey said. Drivers are urged to never pass a snowplow as the road ahead could be extremely dangerous and covered in snow. Snowfall rates could exceed 2 inches per hour at times. Visibilities may be measured in feet.

Over a foot of snow will fall from portions of eastern New Mexico into western Texas. This storm will move into portions of the Oklahoma panhandle into southwestern Kansas into Sunday night with blizzard conditions.
Snowfall NM/TX blizzard

Comment: And it's only December!

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Rainbow

Colorful polar stratospheric clouds return to Swedish skies


Strange Sounds
Sun, 27 Dec 2015 23:05 UTC
Polar stratospheric clouds are back again around the Arctic Circle
polar stratospheric cloud sweden
© Patricia Cowern
The new outbreak of these colorful high-altitude clouds has started on December 26, 2015. Look at them floating above Porjus, Lappland, Sweden:

polar stratospheric cloud sweden
© Patricia Cowern
For the second time this month, sky watchers around the Arctic Circle are reporting an outbreak of colorful polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs). Also known as "nacreous" or "mother of pearl" clouds, icy PSCs form in the lower stratosphere when temperatures drop to around minus 85ºC.

polar stratospheric clouds sweden
© Patricia Cowern
High-altitude sunlight shining through tiny ice particles ~10µm across produce the characteristic bright iridescent colors by diffraction and interference. Once thought to be mere curiosities, some PSCs are now known to be associated with the destruction of ozone.

Comment: Colorful 'mother of pearl' cloud appears in Swedish skies

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Sinkhole appears in West Knox County family's front yard, Tennessee

Cameron Taylor
wate.com
Sat, 26 Dec 2015 19:22 UTC
Sinkhole West Knox County
Sinkhole in West Knox County
A sinkhole opened up in one West Knox County family's front yard off Hickory Creek Road. Carrie Abernathy told WATE 6 On Your Side that it's around 13 feet deep.

One of Abernathy's neighbors came over to tell her about it and she was shocked when she saw the sinkhole.

"It's scary because of the kids, the dogs, you know, mainly the kids and my house," Abernathy said.

She has three kids and worries because they like to play outside often. She has warned them to stay away from the sinkhole until the problem is fixed.

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Attention

4,300 earthquakes strike Indonesia in 2015

Anwar Siswadi
Tempo
Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:26 UTC
Earthquake graph
At least 4,300 earthquakes measuring more than 3 in Richter scale happened in Indonesia in 2015, according to a report. As many as 360 earthquakes among them were felt and 7 of them were destructive.

A seismologist from the Bandung Institute of Technology Irwan Meilano said that on average, in Indonesia, earthquakes happened every day.

Irwan also said that the data was taken from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

"Ironically, almost all destructive earthquake happen in areas not included in the earthquake map," Irwan said on Sunday (27/12).

Comment: See also this report from another part of the world: Seismic activity increases in Azerbaijan: 7,000 earthquakes in 2015

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5.2 earthquake shakes Siargao Island, Philippines

Mike Crismundo
Manila Bulletin
Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:18 UTC
Map Philippines
© PhivolcsA 5.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 6:11 a.m., Sunday, with its epicenter traced at 29 km northeast of San Isidro town, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte.
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake rattled Siargao Island residents including vacationing tourists, particularly villagers residing along the islands' coastal areas facing the Pacific Ocean, Sunday morning.

The strong quake occurred at 6:11 a.m. with its epicenter traced at 29 kilometers (km) northeast of San Isidro town, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), said in its bulletin.

The tremor was tectonic in origin, with a depth of 51 km. The quake was also felt in the cities of Surigao and Butuan.

It was caused by movements along a local fault in Surigao Island, Phivolcs said.

No aftershock was registered and no tsunami alert was raised by the state agency.
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