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Winter is coming! Global warming - largest science scandal in US history

Day after tomorrow

Comment: Dr. Sircus does a fine job of collecting data and connecting the dots that shows the earth's climate is not as reported in the mainstream media. The politicians of the West are pushing the Global Warming agenda in order it seems to implement further totalitarian control measures and in truly psychopathic fashion greedily trying to own the earth and its people prior to the real climate chaos beginning.

Dr. Sircus also highlights another important point. Humans have little impact and little control over the fate of the earth's climate. Much like the cosmic threat from comets, there is little we can do to stop a quick happening ice age due to the changes in the sun and the cosmic environment.

What governments of the world could be doing is realistically preparing humanity in a sane and humane way to deal with the issue and the transition. But they are not. It is up to the individual to decide who and what information they are going to trust with their future and how they are are going to prepare. The clock seems to be ticking down if you are following the signs.

Read Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection for the inside scoop on the mechanisms behind our weather as related to the sun and other cosmic influences.


Seems like summer just ended. However, already ground frost and wintry snow are gripping large parts of Europe. Parts of northern Maine have already seen their first bout of wintry precipitation in the past few days. The National Weather Service said the 138-day period without a trace of snow in Caribou that began May 24 and ended Oct. 8 was the shortest such period on record for that location.

In Marquette, Michigan, where thermometers dropped to 27°F, about 2.5 inches of snow fell this past weekend. Snow was also experienced in Ohio, Maine, New Hampshire, western New York and northwest Pennsylvania. Even though winter does not officially start until December 22, freeze watches and warnings and frost advisories have been issued from Missouri to Massachusetts, according to the Weather Channel.

It is the middle of October and governments are still insisting that we are living through record warmth and politicians around the world are about to meet up again in Paris to see if they can turn the entire human race into carbon slaves. Reality does not count, as if it ever did to politicians.

The global warming (climate change) story is getting stranger because Nature is not cooperating. It is getting colder. The plan by climate alarmists to have other scientists imprisoned for their 'global warming' skepticism is backfiring horribly, and the chief alarmist is now facing a House investigation into what has been called "the largest science scandal in US history." What did they expect when they took the outrageous step of asking the White House and Justice Department to use the RICO Act to investigate and prosecute organizations like the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow, Competitive Enterprise Institute and Heartland Institute ... for the "crime" of "deceiving the American people about the risks of climate change."

Camera

Dramatic waterspout sighted off the coast of southwest Nova Scotia

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© Aldric D'EonAldric D’Eon shot this photo of a waterspout about 50 kilometres southwest of Pubnico Point on Oct. 17.
Centuries ago, fishermen would have shot any guns they had aboard into the heart of any twisting maelstrom they saw that connected the ocean to the sky. Waterspouts were feared as omens of bad luck. But on the afternoon of Oct. 17, crewmember Aldric D'eon shot his Nikon D7200, fitted with a 70-300mm lens, at the phenomenon.

Luckily, for those who marvel at his capture, the West Pubnico resident is a camera-toting type of person. "I'm a welder by trade, a fisherman by choice. I do photography as a hobby," he said. D'eon's camera was on the dash of the FV Angelo O during his stint at the wheel. They were about 50 kilometres from homeport (Dennis Point, Yarmouth County), after fishing for haddock on Georges Bank, when he noticed a storm on the radar, west of their portside.

"A lot of times when you see a rainstorm on the radar, it's spread out all over. This one was intense, a solid block that stayed its shape," he said. He estimates the storm was about six miles wide by 15 miles long on the radar. The sky was black near the storm but forward, starboard and aft there were fluffy clouds and a blue sky. Although D'Eon has seen odd formations of clouds at times, this was his first glimpse at a waterspout.

Although the vortex looked huge and ominous, fear wasn't a factor for him. "It was five or six miles from us. I was watching what it was doing on the radar and it was going to the north, northeast, faster than we were. "It was still west of us so I knew it wasn't going to go over top of us. We watched it for half an hour and then the dark cloud started to break up," he said.

Red Flag

Scientist finds 20% of California forests at risk of dying due to drought conditions

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© Noah Berger / Reuters
A lead scientist for the Carnegie Airborne Observatory spent three weeks flying over California's forests in Sacramento and Bakersfield in order to laser map them. The results were shocking: up to 20 percent of the state's forests are at risk of dying. The results come as California endures its fourth year of drought and its worst forest fire season in history.

The Carnegie team used a special plane outfitted with two special instruments with which they could map millions of trees a day - a LiDAR and an image spectrometer. The LiDAR fires two lasers out of the bottom of the plane that capture 3D images of the forest, and the image spectrometer measures the chemical makeup of trees. The instruments allowed Carnegie's Greg Asner to rapidly measure trees in bulk - about 8 million per hour - rather than having to measure individual trees by hand.

A unique set of sensors were employed to reveal the trees' water content, an indicator of whether they are stressed by drought or likely to die.

"We've been all over the state...And we've seen everything from forests that are doing just fine to other forests that are in real trouble where we're seeing lots of mortality, extreme drought stress, scary stuff in different parts of the state," Asner told Al Jazeera America.

Comment: Trees are part of the key to life on this planet. It's rather symbolic that in the U.S. there seems to be an extinction in process of that which gives life.


Attention

Outgassing? Inquest finds sewer deaths of Dublin brothers caused by 'toxic levels of hydrogen sulphide'

Harris brothers sewer deaths
Alan and Stephen Harris, Robbie and the entrance to Drumnigh Woods, Co. Dublin, Ireland, where the accident took place.
Two brothers overcome by fumes while working in an underground sewer died of hypoxia due to toxic levels of hydrogen sulphide. Brothers Alan (45) and Stephen (32) Harris were working on a sewage drain at Drumnigh Woods estate in Portmarnock, Co Dublin when the accident occurred last June.

Alan Harris of Hazelbury Pk, Clonee, Dublin 15 died at Beaumont Hospital on June 10 last. His brother Stephen Harris of Monasterboice Rd, Crumlin, Dublin 12 died two days later. Both men died as a result of hypoxia, secondary to exposure to toxic concentrations of hydrogen sulphide, Dublin Coroner's Court heard.

A double inquest into the brothers' deaths was opened and adjourned before Coroner Dr Brian Farrell and members of the Harris family including Alan Harris' wife Tracey.

The brothers were working for Alan Harris' family company Harris Draintech at the Portmarnock estate on the evening of Wednesday June 10 2015 when the accident happened.

The pair were working in a pit, part of an underground drainage system, when they were overcome by toxic levels of hydrogen sulphide, a deadly colourless, poisonous gas.

"The two brothers were working at the housing estate Drumnigh Woods in Portmarnock on an underground drainage system. They were self employed, working for Alan's company, a family company," Insp John Gordon of Coolock Garda Station told the inquest.

Comment: As high levels of hydrogen sulfide builds up, such tragic accidents may become a lot more common. Those working on sewer systems or living in 'low-lying areas' may be particularly susceptible to these potentially fatal 'heavier than air' toxic fumes.

Such outgassing may also be responsible for some of the "unprecedented" wildfires and massive explosions we have witnessed this year, possibly 'sparked' by an increase in atmospheric electric discharge events, such as lightning strikes and other 'cosmic' ignition sources. See also:

Two brothers die after inhaling sewer fumes in Dublin tragedy
Methane is a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature and standard pressure, and as residents 'complained of a smell' prompting the sewer inspection, this tragedy could be related to inhalation of other toxic 'sewer gases'. Such as hydrogen sulfide, which does have an odor and is "heavier than air, very poisonous, corrosive, flammable, and explosive".



Binoculars

Lost hooded warbler a big draw for Calgary birdwatchers

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© Wikipedia Commons / Magnus Manske

The first hooded warbler to touch down in Calgary in 11 years, the little bird was first spotted two weeks in Fish Creek Provincial Park.
Birdwatchers flock for a look and listen after warbler likely blown off course on its way to Mexico.

Bird watchers are flocking to Lafarge Meadows in Fish Creek Provincial Park to get a look at a rare bird, likely lost on its way to Mexico.

"This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first time in over 11 years one's been in Calgary," said Andrew Hart, president of Nature Calgary. "And the other one probably got lost as well."

Hart said the yellow-bodied hooded warbler, recognizable from the black feathers around its head, was likely caught in a storm and thrown off course.


Wolf

Residents on alert after coyote attacks father and toddler in Forbes, California; six attacks in the area since May

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Irvine authorities and residents are on alert after the most recent coyote attack on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2015.
California Fish and Wildlife officials say they're working with professional trappers after a coyote attacked a father and his 3-year-old son in Irvine Wednesday night.

The attack happened in the first block of Forbes in Irvine, shortly before 6:30 p.m.

Authorities said the man was working in his garage when the coyote bit the toddler in his right knee. The boy then jumped to his father's back and then the animal bit the 40-year-old man in the right side of his buttocks.

"All of a sudden his son jumped on his back. He thought his son was just playing and when he got up, he realized his son was bit by a coyote," said Orange County Fire Authority Captain Steve Concialdi

Neighbors scared away the coyote and the animal has yet to be found.


Attention

Deceased humpback whale turns up in Lloyd Harbor: Second dead whale for New York coast within a week

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© Town of Huntington Facebook page
Humpback whales have been spotted playing in Long Island Sound waters several times in the past month. But unfortunately, a not-so-happy whale sighting was reported in Lloyd Harbor this weekend.

A dead humpback whale was found in the harbor after a local resident noticed that the whale may have been in distress on Saturday, according to the Town of Huntington.

The Town Harbormaster responded and confirmed that the female humpback whale was deceased. The Town then contacted the The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and the Coast Guard, which then took the whale to a Coast Guard facility to determine its cause of death.

Comment: See also: Dead humpback whale washes up in Montauk, New York


Attention

Dead humpback whale washes up in Montauk, New York

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© Riverhead FoundationA dead humpback whale, measuring 26 feet long, washed up about a quarter-mile east of Ditch Plain Beach. The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation was notified of the whale on Monday.
A dead humpback whale washed ashore at Ditch Plain Beach in Montauk for what is believed to be the second time in less than a week. Officials from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation believe the carcass is the same one that washed up on Thursday and then was washed back out to sea before they could get to it.

The badly decomposed carcass was in a difficult area to traverse, about a quarter mile east of Ditch Plain, and biologists were only able to get there to examine it on Monday afternoon with the assistance of East Hampton Marine Patrol. The humpback was a male that measured approximately 26 feet. They believe it is the same whale that washed up nearby on Wednesday night. The tide had taken it back out by Thursday morning.

Attention

Over 200 earthquakes swarm San Francisco Bay Area

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© USGSA USGS map shows more than 200 temblors that have struck San Ramon in the past seven days.
A swarm of more than 200 earthquakes have rumbled through San Ramon in the Bay Area in recent days, including a 3.5 temblor Monday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The biggest quake in the area in the past 24 hours was a magnitude 3.6 that struck about 4:20 p.m. Monday about one mile northeast of San Ramon. Shaking was felt as far as 14 miles away in Walnut Creek, the USGS reported.

Nearly 60 earthquakes, most of them so small they can't be felt, have rumbled beneath San Ramon since Monday morning. But looking further back, the town has seen 238 earthquakes since Oct. 13, some of them coming just minutes apart. Besides Monday afternoon's temblor, two others quakes were above magnitude 3.0.

Alarm Clock

5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Japan's Fukushima & Miyagi regions

Japan 5.5 earthquake
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A 5.5-magnitude earthquake has hit near the Fukushima prefecture in Japan, with residents of some 10 other prefectures feeling the tremor.

The quake occurred off the northeast coast of Japan. No tsunami warning has been issued.

The epicenter was near the Fukushima coastline, at a depth of 30 kilometers.

People in affected areas of Japan took to Twitter to say they felt the tremor.

Comment: As Japanese authorities adopt new secrecy laws whilst urging citizens to move back to Fukushima, the legacy of the recent disaster reveals thousands have died since the evacuations, with suicide and cancer rates on the rise. See also: