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Strange Neon Green Slime Hits Ocean

Laylan Connelly and Pat Brennan
The Orange County Register
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:00 UTC
Neon Green Slime
© The Orange County Register
A reader sent in this photo of the green stuff.
If you've been to the beach the past few days, you might have noticed weird, neon green slimy stuff floating around in the water next to you.

At 36th Street in Newport Beach Monday morning breaking waves would cause the green stuff to light up the whitewash, creating a strange color.

The neon stuff - which some are saying is algae -- floated around near shore along the coast the past few days. The green stuff was forming bubbles on the water's surface. When a wave broke around a surfer riding the wave, the wave would turn green around him - not a pretty "I'm in the Caribbean" green, but an "I hope I don't wake up with a third eye" kind of green.

The Orange County Health Care Agency has been unable to identify the substance, but so far has found no evidence of bacterial contamination, and no illnesses have been reported, said program manager Larry Honeybourne."

US Open champ Brett Simpson Monday morning said he's been surfing in it, but has no idea what it is.

"It's kind of freaking me out," he said.
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Bizarro Earth

US: Heat Wave, Storms Continue Amid Flood Cleanup

James Kelleher
Reuters
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:31 UTC
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© Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
A tourist mops the sweat from his brow as he stands in the heat outside the White House in Washington, July 24, 2010.
Large parts of the United States faced another day of extreme weather on Sunday, with temperatures in the capital and on the Southeast coast forecast to be near or above 100 degrees F (38 degrees C) and more storms likely in the mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley regions.

"It's going to be another steamy day in the Southeast with thunderstorms to the north," AccuWeather said on its website.

Powerful thunderstorms will stretch from the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia region on the Atlantic Coast into Kentucky, Accuweather said.

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where heavy rains shut the city's main airport on Thursday, local media reported the body of a 19-year-old man who disappeared as floodwaters peaked had been recovered from a creek.
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Bizarro Earth

China floods put pressure on Three Gorges Dam

Chi-Chi Zhang
Associated Press
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:11 UTC
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© Cheng Min / AP
Record-high water levels at China's massive Three Gorges Dam have called into question Beijing's claims that the world's largest hydroelectric project could withstand a 10,000-year flood.

On Friday, the water level reached 158.86 meters (522 feet), only 16 meters (52 feet) away from the reservoir's maximum capacity of 175 meters (574 feet), the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing reservoir engineers. Given the continued flooding, the levels could easily rise higher.

Minister of Water Resources Chen Lei urged those responsible to continue to inspect and protect dams and reservoirs as well as prepare for heavy rainfalls. Work teams have been dispatched to areas including Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu to coordinate flood-fighting efforts, Xinhua said.
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Arrow Down

Miraculous escape for driver as car falls 20ft into sinkhole at traffic lights during storm


The Daily Mail
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:52 UTC
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© AP
Gaping hole: A Cadillac Escalade sits at the bottom of a sinkhole in Milwaukee after a section of road collapsed during torrential rain yesterday
He's thanking his lucky stars that he was pulled out alive.

Yet, miraculously, the driver of this SUV only suffered minor cuts and bruises when his vehicle plummeted 20ft into a sinkhole as he approached traffic lights.

Lance Treankler was driving his black Cadillac Escalade during torrential rains in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, yesterday, when the road opened up beneath him.

'The road just went out from under me,' Mr Treankler said.

'When I landed, my head snapped back. I went unconscious for a few seconds.

'When I looked up, I saw water run over me.'

Mr Treankler was rescued by a passer-by, 46-year-old Mark Pawlik, who was walking along when he saw the vehicle disappear and a traffic light land on its roof.

Mr Pawlik said: 'The Escalade just went "wham". Everything went down.

Comment: Tropical storm leaves more than 115 dead and a huge sinkhole in Central America

July: Florida Sinkhole Swallows Car, Endangers Condominium

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Cloud Lightning

Heavy Wisconsin Rains Close Milwaukee Airport


The Reno Gazette-Journal
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:00 UTC
sinkhole
© Mike Thiel
A SUV sits in a sink hole Friday, July 23, 2010, in Milwaukee. Powerful thunderstorms caused widespread flooding in southern Wisconsin, closing down Milwaukee's airport and opening up a giant sink hole, and two people were hospitalized after being struck by lightning, authorities said.
Stranded travelers weary from an overnight stay in a Milwaukee airport were hoping to be allowed to fly out Friday after powerful overnight storms pounded southeastern Wisconsin, halting flights and causing widespread flooding.

Storm water flooded the runways at Mitchell International Airport during the Thursday night storm. Airport officials said they hoped to clear away leftover debris and reopen the runways on Friday, but further disruptions were possible because of a new round of showers and thunderstorms that was expected to pass though the region.

Brian Kulpin, a spokesman for Reno-Tahoe International Airport, said he doesn't expect that the Milwaukee closure will affect air traffic in Reno.
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Padlock

Floods Close Chicago Highways, Damage Dam


Associated Press
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:37 UTC

Standing water on Chicago-area expressways turned what should have been an easy Saturday morning drive into a soggy, snarled mess after heavy rains across the Midwest closed roads, stranded residents and punched a hole through an Iowa dam.

In Chicago, officials say more than 7 inches of rain fell early Saturday, inundating the sewer system and overwhelming waterways. Water covered portions of several Chicago interstates and the commuter train tracks that run along them, leading crews to divert traffic and call in bus shuttles. Portions of Interstate 290 west of downtown were closed for several hours.

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and other officials urged residents to call for help if they need it.
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Bizarro Earth

Typhoon Lashes Southern China, Killing 3


Kansas City
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:26 UTC
Image
© Xinhua
A street lamp is partially emerged by the flooded Yangtze River in southwest China's Chongqing city.
Typhoon Chanthu killed three people before weakening into a tropical storm Friday after making landfall in southern China's Guangdong province.

Winds of up to 78 miles per hour (126 kilometers per hour) knocked over a wall in Guangdong's Wuchuan city, killing two people, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

Heavy flooding swept away a 50-year-old man in a village in Hong Kong late Thursday. Marine police said they found his body in open water Friday morning.

Chanthu has moved north to Nanning, the capital of the Guangxi region, and been downgraded to a tropical storm, the China Meteorological Administration said in a statement on its website.

The storm comes as China grapples with severe flooding that has left at least 742 people dead and 367 missing so far this year, the flood prevention agency said Friday. The death toll jumped by more than 40 Friday, but it was not clear if the increase was from new deaths this week.
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Floods and Landslides Kill 10 in Vietnam


Times of India
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:03 UTC
Flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain have killed at least 10 people in Vietnam's northern mountainous provinces near China, the government said on Sunday.

The biggest death toll of five came in Ha Giang province, where people were buried in their homes or swept away in floods, the Hanoi-based national flood and storm control department said in an online statement.

Of the victims, four were children aged between two and 15 years old, the agency said.

Hundreds of houses in five northern provinces have been inundated while roads and crops were severely damaged in up to 300 millimetres (12 inches) of rain, which began falling on Thursday, it said.

At least 10 communes in Bac Giang province have been cut off.
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Bizarro Earth

Tonga: Earthquake Magnitude 6.0


USGS
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:57 UTC
Tonga Quake_250710
© USGS
Earthquake Location
Date-Time:
Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 03:39:19 UTC

Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 04:39:19 PM at epicenter

Location:
15.032°S, 173.543°W

Depth:
41.2 km (25.6 miles) (poorly constrained)

Region:
TONGA

Distances:
237 km (147 miles) SW (234°) from APIA, Samoa

317 km (197 miles) WSW (254°) from PAGO PAGO, American Samoa

405 km (252 miles) N (7°) from Neiafu, Tonga

2572 km (1598 miles) W (273°) from PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia
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Life Preserver

Iowa's Lake Delhi Dam Bursts Due to Flooding


CBS News
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:51 UTC
Image
© AP Photo/The Gazette, Julie Koehn
Maquoketa River water gushes out of the Delhi Dam as areas surrounding the Maquoketa River continue to flood on Saturday, July 24, 2010 in Delhi, Iowa.
Residents Flee as Rising Floodwater Eats 30-Foot-Wide Hole in the Earthen Dam

The Lake Delhi dam in eastern Iowa failed Saturday as rising floodwater from the Maquoketa River ate a 30-foot-wide hole in the earthen dam, causing water to drop 45 feet to the river below and threatening the small town of Hopkinton.

Northeast Iowa has been inundated with torrential rain in recent days with as much as 9 inches being reported in some locations. The heavy rain has pushed the Maquoketa River to 23.92 feet - more than 2 feet above its previous record of 21.66 feet in 2004.

Jack Klaus, a spokesman with the Delaware County emergency management office, said warning sirens were sounding in Hopkinton as water began to surround homes there Saturday afternoon. Areas below and above the dam had been evacuated, including numerous cabins and homes - as many as 700 - above the dam because of high water.

"There's going to be significant losses of property there," Klaus said.
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