Sorry for the late post...been a crazy day. In short I found a Snowy Owl whilst guiding today on Skomer. Alerted to its presence by 2 dive-bombing Great Black-backed Gulls, but I was not expecting to see this staring back at me! On what was a 5-boat day for Skomer, needless to say many people connected with it, many were bemused, there were lots of smiles, 'wows' & references to Harry Potter....
Thankfully, despite being scattered to the 4 corners of the island, floating off it on a boat, and in Haverfordwest collecting supplies, all the island staff managed to connect with it as the day wore on. I was even hugged by a certain Mr Stubbings!
William Janes KentOnline Thu, 31 May 2018 12:20 UTC
Work is underway at the Tonbridge Road sinkhole
Ten homes have had to be evacuated after a sinkhole opened up in Tonbridge Road.
A number of people living on the A26 Tonbridge Road near the Fountain Lane traffic light junction have told they could be out of their homes for weeks.
Maidstone council confirmed 10 homes have had to be vacated and currently four people are being housed in temporary accommodation.
The move comes after a sinkhole as deep as three meters and caused by a 240 sq meter void - just under the size than a tennis court - appeared in the middle of the road on Monday, May 28.
Houses running along the stretch of road are showing signs of damage as walls separating the property are cracked at the same place all along the terrace.
It is likely that atmospheric dust loading from increased comet and volcanic activity is contributing to these 'intense' or 'freak' hailstorms, the cooling effect of which causes ice crystals to form.
An Illinois fire department shared video of the "slight tornado delay" that resulted from a dust devil interrupting a local little league game.
The video, tweeted by the Libertyville Fire Department, shows young players watching in shock as the whirlwind kicks up a cone of dust high into the air.
The Saturday game continued after the dust devil died down.
"We had a slight tornado delay at the Libertyville Memorial Day Travel Baseball Tournament," the tweet said.
North Carolina has ordered mandatory evacuations for anyone south of Lake Tahoma Dam after a landslide compromised the integrity of the structure.
Storm Alberto - the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season - brought several mudslides to the region following heavy rainfall. The Lake Tahoma dam is now in "imminent danger" of failure, according to authorities who are warning residents in McDowell County to immediately move to higher ground.
The National Weather Service declared a flash flood emergency and is reiterating that this is "a life threatening situation." The weather agency is also warning that there is an increased risk of further mudslides.
The sinkhole, located on Southwest 12th street and Thornton Avenue, was estimated to be about 35 feet deep.
A 17-foot sinkhole that formed in a Des Moines street over the weekend has closed down a portion of that road until it can be fixed, officials said Tuesday.
The sinkhole, at Southwest 12th Street and Thornton Avenue on Des Moines' south side, was reported to the city of Des Moines on Saturday. It measures about 17 feet deep, and roughly the same across, said Des Moines Water Works Chief Operating Officer Ted Corrigan.
The hole has since been covered with a metal plate, but the 3600 block of Southwest 12th Street will remain closed except for local traffic until officials can repair the street, Corrigan said.
Record rainfall in the Indian state of Karnataka has caused flooding in the city of Mangaluru as well as areas of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.
Local observers said that Panambur in Mangaluru recorded 334 mm of rain to early 30 May, 2018, breaking the previous high of 330.8 mm set in 1982. Mangaluru Airport recorded 284 mm during the same period, also breaking a previous high. Normal rainfall in the month of May for Mangaluru is 168.6 mm.
After Sitapur's dog attack deaths, the menace has now gripped Delhi's neighbourhood after a two-year-old girl was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in Ghaziabad's Modi Nagar town.
According to a report in Hindustan Times, the incident occurred on Monday afternoon in Bheem Nagar area after Shivaniya went missing around 2:30 pm. She was found in a field next to her house with multiple injuries allegedly due to attack by stray dogs.
The scientific discourse misses the fact that the ability to deny is an amazing human phenomenon, a product of sheer complexity of our emotional, linguistic, moral and intellectual lives. Denial is a complex unconscious defense mechanism for coping with guilt, anxiety and other disturbing emotions aroused by reality.
- Stanley Cohen
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At least the WHO, stopped their concert immediately, when that tragedy happened in Cincinnati. This, on the other hand is reprehensible.
Comment: Intense and unseasonable hail storms are being increasingly recorded all over the world. In Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. Such devastating hail across the planet is being under reported in the media.
It is likely that atmospheric dust loading from increased comet and volcanic activity is contributing to these 'intense' or 'freak' hailstorms, the cooling effect of which causes ice crystals to form.