Earth Changes

Lightning bolt kills 3 people in Haryana, India

First Post
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 17:48 UTC

Three labourers, including a couple, were killed in lightning strikes in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri district on Saturday, according to reports.

On Sunday, the bodies were taken to Dadri's Civil hospital for a postmortem examination, India TV reported. The police said the deceased — Devananda, his wife Urmila, and Mohit — went to the field to pick cotton around 7 am, after which it started raining.

They were reportedly struck by the lightning when they sat under a tree to take refuge from the ensuing rain.

Early snowfall hits plateau areas in SW China

CGTN
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:27 UTC

Cold fronts on Saturday hit the plateau in the northwest of southwest China's Sichuan Province, bringing the autumn's first snowfall to the area.

It snowed in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture as well as the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the area 10 days earlier than last year.

Tropical Storm Karen causes severe flooding in Trinidad and Tobago

Floodlist
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:58 UTC

Flooding in Cocorite, Trinidad, 22 September 2019

Heavy rain, strong winds and rough seas brought by Tropical Storm Karen have caused severe damage in the dual-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean.

Tobago

Areas in the south western tip of the island of Tobago were badly affected from around 21 September. Strong winds downed trees and power lines, blocking roads and causing power and telecommunication outages. All schools have been closed. Nine shelters were set up to house families displaced by the severe weather.

Several boats were damaged in the rough seas in the Plymouth area, where a jetty was destroyed. Storm surge and high waves also caused coastal flooding damaging some buildings in Plymouth.

A century of climate crisis

Tony Heller
YouTube
Sun, 22 Sep 2019 09:34 UTC

The press warns us every day that we are having a climate crisis. And they should know, because they have been warning us about an imminent climate crisis for almost a century.

Shallow 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits Albania, strongest in decades

The Japan Times
Sun, 22 Sep 2019 08:57 UTC

Albania was rattled by its strongest earthquake in decades Saturday, officials said, sending people fleeing into the streets in several cities, damaging buildings and triggering power cuts in the capital.

The epicenter of the shallow 5.6 magnitude quake, was near Durres, less than 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of the capital, Tirana, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Albania's defense ministry said it was the "strongest earthquake in the country in the last 20 to 30 years."

"There are no deaths," defense ministry spokeswoman Albana Qajaj said.

Some 80 people sought medical help in both Tirana and Durres, 21 of whom were hospitalized due to injuries caused by falling objects or parts of walls as well as for panic attacks, Health Minister Ogerta Manasterilu said.

Qajaj said that houses and buildings in Tirana had been damaged but were still standing and that the ministry was accessing damage in other towns and villages.

Authorities later said the quake had damaged about 600 homes and knocked out power and water facilities in Tirana, Durres and some other western and central districts.

Lightning bolt kills 36 cows on Ondo sacred hill in Nigeria

Dayo Johnson
Vanguard
Sun, 22 Sep 2019 20:36 UTC

No fewer than 36 cows, belonging to a herdsman identified as Ladam, were struck dead, Saturday, by lightning at Ijare sacred hill in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Ladan, who is based in Kwara State, had come to the hill, known as Oke-Owa, on the outskirts of the agrarian community, to graze his herd, when the incident occurred.

The hill is said to be only visited by the king of the town and some chiefs once in a year, during the celebration of the new yam festival, to perform some rituals.

The incident was said to have been accompanied by a thunderstorm.

The truth about Attenborough's falling walruses

GWPF
YouTube
Thu, 05 Sep 2019 19:32 UTC

The documentary showed multiple walruses tumbling down a cliff.

Comment: Related: Susan Crockford: No climate emergency for polar bears

Pit bull terrier kills 13-month-old boy in Granite Bay, California

SF Gate
Sat, 21 Sep 2019 11:33 UTC

A 13-month-old boy was killed Friday after being attacked by a family pet, the Placer County Sheriff's Office said.

"It was just a horrible tragedy and our heart goes out to the family," said Lt. Andrew Scott. "I can't imagine what they're going through at this moment."

The boy was mauled by the family pit bull at a home in Granite Bay around 3 p.m., officials said. The dog attack appeared to have been unprovoked.

"The adult was with the baby when the attack occurred and didn't appear to hint at anything that the attack was coming," Scott said. "Sometimes, they're not preventable and our investigation appears that is the case."

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Global lock down begins as food shortages loom

Adapt 2030
Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:03 UTC

With the unavoidable crop loss reality and rising food prices because of the largest floods in American history, suddenly the Saudi Arabia oil refinery goes off line for six months during harvest season. This in my opinion will be used to explain away runaway food & agricultural commodities prices.

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: The real public perception of changing climate

Adapt 2030
Fri, 20 Sep 2019 17:56 UTC

New initiatives in California, Massachusetts, and Washington State or ban gas stoves and heating in residential and commercial buildings. A look at public perception of how people on the street feel about humans causing all of the climate change we are seeing. Solar cycle declines since SC 20 downward, how strange will our climate become?