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Umbrella

Beachgoer captures terrifying film of enormous waterspout bearing down on beach in Mexico

Jake Polden
Daily Mail, UK
Thu, 20 Aug 2015 16:19 UTC
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The columnar vortex travelled over the North Pacific Ocean very close to the shore of the state of Oaxaca
This incredible footage captured the intensity of a waterspout that hit a beach in Mexico.

The incident occurred earlier this month and the amateur video was recorded by a visitor to the San Agustinillo beach in Tonameca.

In the clip the columnar vortex can be seen travelling over the North Pacific Ocean very close to the shore of the state of Oaxaca.

Other beachgoers can be seen staring up at the perfectly funnel-shaped cloud that sways from left to right slightly but stays straight and tubular throughout.

The sound of the strong wind can be heard throughout the video and the short clip concludes with the non-supercell tornado heading away from the filmmaker and along the coast.

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Attention

Hundreds of birds found dead in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma

Rick Maranon
fox23.com
Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:12 UTC
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© FacebookOutside the Sun Building
Quick facts:

* Over 200 birds were found dead at 9th and Elgin in downtown Tulsa today.

* The purple martins are a rare species protected by state and federal law.

* The game warden says that he is looking into whether someone criminally poisoned the birds, because thousands
of them nest in trees nearby, but there is also the possibility that last night's rain knocked them out of the trees and was too much for them to bear, causing them to essentially drown on the sidewalk during a downpour.

* TU researchers have taken most of the birds away for analysis because it is a rare species.

Dozens of birds were left dead on downtown Tulsa sidewalks due to what is being called a "rare weather phenomenon".

Many of the birds at 9th and Detroit were cleaned up by Wednesday evening. Those who work in the area said they felt like they walked into a horror movie.

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Bizarro Earth

Florida aquifer contamination continues as salt water intrusion moves inland

Pakalolo
Daily Kos
Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:30 UTC
The densely populated megalopolis of South Florida is losing it's water wells as sea water intrudes into the Biscayne Aquifer. Salt water has already moved 6 miles inland in Broward County and is likely to continue to creep westward. Ninety percent of South Florida gets its drinking water from underground supplies, most from the Biscayne aquifer. This inland movement observed in Broward County is due to urban withdrawals from the Biscayne Aquifer, ocean water moving sideways into the aquifer and seepage of saltwater from surface sources.
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© floridaswater.comSchematic drawing of saltwater intrusion. Sea level rise, water use, and rainfall all control the severity of the intrusion.
Governor Scott, this is threatening the habitability of a region of close to 6 million of your fellow Floridians. Your inaction and hostility towards climate issues and sustainability now threatens funds and other aid from FEMA as they will not give money to any state that does not plan for climate change. Where is the disaster relief going to come from if not from Federal sources?

A report titled Climate Change AND Sea-Level Rise IN Florida notes the hellish calamity that will affect Florida's urban populations, economy, ecosystems and coasts.

Comment: The area is attempting to support more population than the aquifer can supply. Larger earth changes are also threatening the area.

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Arrow Down

Dog rescued from 50 foot deep sinkhole in Lexington, Kentucky

Karla Ward
Lexington Herald-Leader
Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:58 UTC
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© Sam SmithA dog was rescued Tuesday afternoon after falling into a sinkhole in Lexington.
A crew of 15 Lexington firefighters rescued a dog that had fallen about 50 feet into a sinkhole Tuesday.

Drew Wilson and his father were walking with Vader on family property on Grimes Mill Road when the dog slipped into a sinkhole.

At first, Wilson said, he could see Vader, a mixed breed who is part Catahoula leopard dog, about 3 or 4 feet down.

"He was kind of spread-eagle looking up at me," Wilson said.

And then there was silence after Vader slipped down into the blackness.

"I called to him and didn't get a response," Wilson said. "I was sure he was a goner."

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Arrow Down

California is sinking faster than ever

Alan Buis
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:50 UTC
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© Canadian Space Agency/NASA/JPL-CaltechTotal subsidence in California's San Joaquin Valley for the period May 3, 2014 to Jan. 22, 2015, as measured by Canada's Radarsat-2 satellite. Two large subsidence bowls are evident, centered on Corcoran and south of El Nido.
As Californians continue pumping groundwater in response to the historic drought, the California Department of Water Resources today released a new NASA report showing land in the San Joaquin Valley is sinking faster than ever before, nearly 2 inches (5 centimeters) per month in some locations.

The report, Progress Report: Subsidence in the Central Valley, California, prepared for DWR by researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, is available here.

"Because of increased pumping, groundwater levels are reaching record lows -- up to 100 feet (30 meters) lower than previous records," said Department of Water Resources Director Mark Cowin. "As extensive groundwater pumping continues, the land is sinking more rapidly and this puts nearby infrastructure at greater risk of costly damage."

Comment: What if it's not drought per se that is causing California to sink, but 'Earth opening up' from below that is causing aquifers to disappear?

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Bug

Argentina: Spider webs, spider webs everywhere!

RTV / NBC News Channel
WTVY.com
Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:42 UTC
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People in an eastern Argentinean town woke up to quite a surprise Wednesday!

Blankets of spider webs covering plants and trees all over the place.

The spider invasion comes after days of heavy rain and flooding in the region.

The wet weather caused spiders to seek out higher ground to build their webs.

Authorities believe the spiders don't pose any threat to humans, but tests are being run just to make sure.

Health Department officials said the town won't be fumigated if the spiders are proven to be harmless.


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Bizarro Earth

Venomous jellyfish 'size of 5 London buses' invading Britain


RT
Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:49 UTC
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© Gleb Garanich / Reuters
Deadly Portuguese man o' war jellyfish, with tentacles as long as five London buses, have been sighted around the English coastline, prompting fears of invasion among conservationists.

The species usually lives far out in the ocean, but experts from the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) say that the Society's survey team has received many more reports of them near the shoreline this year.

The venomous jellyfish, which can reach 160 feet in length, can be deadly. Surfers and swimmers are not always able to spot the creatures before they are stung.

Last month, there were 30 reports from locals in the southern English counties of Devon and Cornwall of the jellyfish drifting near the coast.

MCS Biodiversity and Fisheries program manager Dr. Peter Richardson said: "Our National Jellyfish Survey suggests significant recent rises in the numbers of some jellyfish species in UK seas, most notably the barrel jelly fish."


"The million-dollar question is why this is happening? At the moment we just don't know," he said.

In 2013 there were 1,000 reports involving hundreds of thousands of jellyfish in England, he added.

"Last year the number of reports increased again to over 1,400 reports, and by July this year the survey had already received over 1,000 reports."

"August is usually a peak month for jellyfish sightings and so 2015 look set to be another record breaker."
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Cloud Lightning

Best of the Web: Signs of Change: Extreme weather and environmental upheaval in August 2015 (VIDEO)

Hawkkey Davis
YouTube
Thu, 20 Aug 2015 01:13 UTC
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© HawkkeyDavisChannel/YouTubeFloods and infernos: August has seen flooding and fires in areas all over the world.
Hawkkey Davis' latest video compilation of extreme weather events (and general environmental chaos) from the past month or so.

The Solomon Islands, Alaska's Aleutian Islands, the Bay Area, Indonesia, Queensland and Maryland are rocked by earthquakes; Reunion Island (the site of the alleged MH370 'wreckage' found earlier this month) and Mexico by volcanoes. The Queensland quake was the biggest in a century. Flash floods in Arizona, northwest China, Iran, Pakistan, Florida, India, Myanmar, Colorado, and Argentina. Wildfires in France, Spain, Montana and California. The Dead Sea tourism industry is threatened by unprecedented sinkholes. All this, plus storms, tornadoes, sand, fireballs, record-breaking heat and more!


Comment: See also: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - July 2015: Extreme Weather and Planetary Upheaval

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Bizarro Earth

Rarely-seen deep sea jellyfish recorded in Gulf of Mexico

Ben Hooper
UPI
Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:01 UTC
Rare Jellyfish
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Fort Worth, Texas -- A Texas man who works as a surveyor for petroleum companies shared video of a rarely seen deep-sea jellyfish swimming in the Gulf of Mexico.

Phillip Trudeau shared a video on YouTube of a Stygiomedusa gigantea, a deep-sea jellyfish that has only been seen by humans about 115 times since its first reported sighting about 115 years ago.

Trudeau's video, recorded by a remotely operated vehicle, shows the creature swimming 3,330 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 2 farmers in Kratie, Cambodia


The Phnom Penh Post
Wed, 19 Aug 2015 19:17 UTC
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Two men were killed in Kratie province on Monday afternoon after being struck by lightning, according to police.

Nhan Saoyun, deputy chief of staff at Snuol district police station, said the incident happened at about 4:30pm while Heang Vannareth, 35, and Chorn Chetra, 25, were working on a rubber plantation owned by Vietnamese company Binh Pheuk 2.

"Heang Vannareth was struck on his head and Chorn Chetra was struck on his neck," he said, adding "It was an accident of nature, so no one could have predicted it."

According to Saoyun, the deaths brought the number of fatalities caused by lightning in the area so far this year to four.

The incident came just days after two farmers - a father and son - were struck by lightning in Ratanakkiri province and rendered unconscious. Both have since recovered.

A report released at the end of June by the National Committee for Disaster Management showed a 50 per cent rise in storm frequency but fewer lightning-related deaths in the first half of 2015 as compared to 2014.
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