Earth Changes

Twister on CCTV: Wisconsin gas station's direct hit from tornado

RT
Tue, 01 Jul 2014 19:01 UTC

The chilling moment a tornado hit a gas station in Colfax, Wisconsin, has been posted online as the state recovers from a weekend storm. A CCTV camera caught a car avoiding flying debris as a tornado struck in a matter of a few seconds.

Luckily, the vehicle avoided damage and people in it were not hurt - escaping the tragedy by mere seconds.

As the truck makes a U-turn and leaves the gas station, wind gusts bring debris and tree branches as the tornado strikes. It just 30 seconds as a powerful rotation suddenly comes into view, hitting parked cars.

The surveillance camera footage was caught last Friday as the tornado was getting closer to Colfax. The twister went through Colfax around 3:15pm. The National Weather Service said the tornado was a weak EF1 category with wind speeds of 85 to 90 miles per hour (137-145 kmh). The tornado reached 100 yards wide at its widest and lasted about five minutes.

Despite being described as weak, the brief twister downed trees in the area and caused damage to a local elementary and middle school along with the gas station.

Neighbors got together on Saturday to clean up the debris left behind, local media outlet WEAU reported.

Colfax saw a deadly tornado back in 1958, when a storm killed about 12 people there and 30 people in western Wisconsin.

Snowmageddon comes to Australian ski resorts, more on the way

Patrick Thorne
In the Snow
Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:38 UTC

Australian ski areas - which started their season badly on June 7th with almost no snow following a record warm May, are celebrating snowfalls of up to almost five feet (1.4m in fact) during the last four days.

The snow has now stopped leaving resorts well-covered ahead of the weekend and the country's school holiday period.

"We expect to have over 40 lifts operating for the weekend across the four resorts areas of Perisher, Smiggin Holes, Blue Cow and Guthega," said Samantha Hales, Communications and Media Manager at Australia's biggest resort which now has a 102.1 cm base,

"There is a lot of work to do to get the resort open after a big storm as we need to get out there and groom out the wind drift, build lift tracks and ensure the resorts is safe for guests."

Meanwhile at Mt Hotham called the snowfall 'Snowmageddon 1.0' and are expecting 'Snowmageddon 2.0' to follow bon later this weekend.

Severe lightning storms tear through Chicago area

5 NBC Chicago
Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:14 UTC

© Bahadir Koseli
Damaging wind, large hail, lightning and heavy rain wreak havoc in Chicago area.

Residents are assessing the damage after tonight's severe weather passed through Park Forest, River Forest and Oak Park. NBC 5's Natalie Martinez reports.

A pair of thunderstorms lashed the Chicago area during the evening and nighttime hours Monday with a powerful punch of high winds, near-constant lightning and torrential rainfall.

National Weather Service data released Tuesday morning put Winnetka as the rainfall total winner, with 4.12 inches.

Dead Bryde's whale found washed ashore in Samut Prakarn province,Thailand

englishnews.thaipbs.or.th
Tue, 01 Jul 2014 14:02 UTC

A dead Bryde's whale weighs about 11 tons was washed ashore in Phra Samut Chedi district of Samut Prakarn province.

The whale is 11 metres long. It was found by residents near the Phra Chulachomklao fortress shore.

It was not known the cause of death of this sea mammal but locals said they spotted the dead whale in the sea a few days earlier but could do nothing because of its size.

It was until yesterday that the dead whale was washed ashore.

Officials from the Marine Resources Research and Development Centre in the Gulf of Thailand have inspected the body of the whale but could not find a cause yet.

Las Vegas is "screwed"; Water situation "as bad as you can imagine". Yet they're still building!

Nick Allen
The Telegraph
Sat, 28 Jun 2014 11:15 UTC

Amid a brutal drought the reservoir that supplies 90 per cent of Las Vegas's water is fast disappearing and desperate attempts to save Sin City are under way

Outside Las Vegas's Bellagio hotel tourists gasp in amazement as fountains shoot 500ft into the air, performing a spectacular dance in time to the music of Frank Sinatra.

Gondolas ferry honeymooners around canals modelled on those of Venice, Roman-themed swimming pools stretch for acres, and thousands of sprinklers keep golf courses lush in the middle of the desert.

But, as with many things in Sin City, the apparently endless supply of water is an illusion.America's most decadent destination has been engaged in a potentially catastrophic gamble with nature and now, 14 years into a devastating drought, it is on the verge of losing it all.

"The situation is as bad as you can imagine," said Tim Barnett, a climate scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. "It's just going to be screwed. And relatively quickly. Unless it can find a way to get more water from somewhere Las Vegas is out of business. Yet they're still building, which is stupid."

Comment: Typical of a capitalist mentality that is out of control: Blind focus on immediate profits at the expense of neglected essentials that ultimately will result in self-destruction.

Highway shut down after sinkhole opens up in northern Alberta

Julia Parrish
edmonton.ctvnews.ca
Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:44 UTC

RCMP shut down Hwy 754, after a sinkhole was found, and spread, near kilometre 74 of the highway, on Monday, June 30.

RCMP in northern Alberta had to shut down a highway in the area, after a sinkhole was discovered near the roadway.

Desmarais RCMP said on Monday at about 7 a.m., officers were alerted to the emerging sinkhole near Highway 754.

Officers responding to the call found the sinkhole near kilometre 74 on Highway 754 - and traffic on the roadway was reduced to one lane, as the sinkhole had started to spread underneath the northbound lane of the highway Monday morning.

Later that day, RCMP said the entire roadway had been closed, as the sinkhole had continued to expand the width of the highway.

Four people buried by landslide in China

Daily Telegraph
Sun, 29 Jun 2014 09:58 UTC

© China News Service/Zhong Xin
Firefighters try to rescue the missing people after a landslide in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Monday, June 30, 2014.

A landslide on Saturday afternoon in southwest China's Yunnan Province is captured on camera

Amateur video footage shows a large section of steep terrain give way above a village in Daguan County in China's Yunnan Province.

Four residents of the village of Tuohe were out collecting herbs at the time and were buried under tonnes of debris.

Rescuers rushed to hunt for survivors as large boulders continued to tumble down the hill. One victim was pulled out alive but the other three are still missing.

Source: ITN

Antarctica sets new record for sea ice

Talking about the Weather
Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:00 UTC

Antarctic sea ice has set a new all-time record maximum over the weekend of June 28-29, 2014.

The sea ice surrounding Antarctica, which, as I reported in my book, has been steadily increasing throughout the period of satellite measurement that began in 1979, has hit a new all-time record high for areal coverage.

The new record anomaly for Southern Hemisphere sea ice, the ice encircling the southernmost continent, is 2.074 million square kilometers and was posted for the first time by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's The Cryosphere Today early Sunday morning.

It was not immediately apparent whether the record had occurred on Friday or Saturday. Requests for comment to Bill Chapman, who runs The Cryosphere Today, were not immediately returned.

The previous record anomaly for Southern Hemisphere sea ice area was 1.840 million square kilometers and occurred on December 20, 2007.

Tornadoes hit the West coast of Sweden

Karin Fjaervoll
GP.se
Fri, 27 Jun 2014 01:26 UTC

Tornadoes appeared on Friday morning off the coast of Varberg.

A concentrated storm front with thunderclouds, called thunder cells, moved on Friday morning in over the west coast of Sweden from Kattegat.

The tornadoes were visible off the coast of Varberg but then moved in over land and the remains of them were at 11 o'clock over Ulricehamn og Kinna.

On Sunday tornadoes were observed in both Malmö and in Bohuslän and in southern Norway a tornado was seen at the beginning of the week.

According to Christopher Hallgren, a meteorologist at Foreca, there have been more tornadoes than normal for this time of year.

- There are many now, it's exciting. Every summer, usually around ten tornadoes are reported around the country. It has simply been favorable tornado conditions in recent times, he says.

It is difficult to measure the strength of a tornado, which is formed by extremely strong winds.
- The worst may get up to wind speeds of 75 meters per second. The limit for the windspeed of the storm [category]is at 24 meters per second and for hurricane at 33 meters per second, so it's incredibly high winds.

Tornadoes form in thunderclouds. Thunderclouds contain vertical winds blowing upwards. The upward moving winds results in a decrease in pressure, which contribute to a low pressure cell. Uppvindarna makes the pressure decreases, contributing to a local low pressure. In the low pressure begins swirling winds and it gets these wind cones.

- The reason is that you see the tornado is that it pulls up dust or water, says Christopher Hallgren.

Translated by Sott.net

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.2 - Bonin Islands, Japan region

US Geological Survey
Mon, 30 Jun 2014 21:49 UTC

Event Time
2014-06-30 19:55:32 UTC
2014-07-01 04:55:32 UTC+09:00 at epicenter

Location
28.354°N 138.864°E depth=512.4km (318.4mi)

Nearby Cities
359km (223mi) WNW of Chichi-shima, Japan
656km (408mi) SSE of Shingu, Japan
682km (424mi) SSE of Owase, Japan
683km (424mi) SSE of Tanabe, Japan
817km (508mi) S of Tokyo, Japan

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Earth Changes

Twister on CCTV: Wisconsin gas station's direct hit from tornado

Snowmageddon comes to Australian ski resorts, more on the way

Severe lightning storms tear through Chicago area

Dead Bryde's whale found washed ashore in Samut Prakarn province,Thailand

Las Vegas is "screwed"; Water situation "as bad as you can imagine". Yet they're still building!

Highway shut down after sinkhole opens up in northern Alberta

Four people buried by landslide in China

Antarctica sets new record for sea ice

Tornadoes hit the West coast of Sweden

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.2 - Bonin Islands, Japan region

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