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Enormous 71 ft carcass origins cause utter confusion in Indonesia (VIDEO & PHOTOS)


RT
Fri, 12 May 2017 16:50 UTC
Carcass
© Patasiwa Kumbang Amalatu / YouTube
Meat from the carcass is being tested to identify the creature.
Is it a giant squid or a regular sized whale? That's the question causing considerable confusion for investigators examining an enormous 22-meter (71ft) carcass which washed up on the shores of Huamual in Indonesia.

The rotten carcass has attracted a crowd eager to debate what the mysterious carcass is - with squid and whale emerging as the front runners.

One brave man got close enough to the remains to film. Patasiwa Kumbang Amalatu posted to Facebook that he believes the remains are those of a massive whale.
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Wolf

Demon dog: Killer rottweiler mauls owner to death then eats his flesh in Haryana, India

Kelly-Ann Mills
Mirror
Fri, 12 May 2017 19:23 UTC
The killer dog ate his owner's flesh
© Newslions/SWNS.COM
The killer dog ate his owner's flesh
A vicious rottweiler mauled his owner to death and spent more than an hour eating his body, as police tried in vain to capture the animal.

The black dog , named Tiger, attacked his owner, by locking its jaws around his body and choked him to death.

Mani Ram, a farm caretaker, had bought the dog to guard his home, but as he went to untie him, Tiger turned and violently ran at him.

According to eye witnesses the dog didn't stop there and went on to "maul his face and feast on the flesh from his hands and chest for more than an hour".

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Sun

Stunning halo seen around the sun in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mark Baden
WISN
Thu, 11 May 2017 21:02 UTC
Milwaukee solar halo
What in the world is a solar halo? We got quite a few pictures sent to us today at Weather Watch 12 with a circle around the sun.

This is known as a solar halo or 22° halo. It occurs when you have a sunny day with a very thin layer of cirrus clouds overhead. Those cirrus clouds are made of ice. When the sun goes through the ice, the sunlight is refracted (bent) and can sometimes create either sun dogs or a 22° halo. This can also occur around the moon.
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Bad Guys

@NPR bungles sea level rise story

Bob Endlich
Watts Up With That?
Fri, 12 May 2017 16:21 UTC
NPR logo
"Data from CO2 measuring stations and from the Sewell's Point and all other tide gages may clearly refute these assertions, but NPR and its colleagues will not change their minds."

"The Sewell's Point tide gage shows that the rate of sea level rise has not changed since the gage was installed in 1927, and is unchanged from our use of fossil fuels. It's time to base our policies on sound science, instead of manmade global warming fiction and scare stories."
National Public Radio's March 31 "Morning Edition" program carried a "news" story claiming that rising seas threaten a number of U.S. coastal military bases. The commentary was so laden with factual errors that listeners might have thought it was an early April fool's joke. Unfortunately, it was not.

NPR remains so wedded to its belief that humans and carbon dioxide emissions are causing a fossil fuels - driven global warming catastrophe that its reporting has been compromised, and it is unable to think critically or report honestly without resorting to activist claims and fake news events.

Real journalism would have at least included passing references to alternative views and sources. But they were absent in this story, which in truth is a splendid example of ignorance or deception—reader's choice.
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Megaphone

Strange banging noises heard throughout Abergavenny, Wales

Tim Butters
Abergavenny Chronicle
Thu, 11 May 2017 16:32 UTC
Meteor shower
© Abergavenny Chronicle
THINGS that go boom were heard throughout Abergavenny last weekend and as of yet there has been no official explanation as to what caused them.

The Chronicle has been inundated with queries as to the nature of the loud, fierce, and persistent. bangs were which left the town all shook up on the weekend.

As many natives were nursing the last vestiges of their hangovers and settling down to watch the Antique's Roadshow last Sunday evening, the town was collectively unnerved by the mother of all bangs.

One Abergavenny resident said, "It nearly gave me an heart attack it was that loud. A first I though it was shotgun blast or a firework, but it was way too loud for that. It sounded more like a tank going off. My husband said it was probably mini meteors colliding with the earth, but have you ever heard such nonsense?"

Actually we have. The meteor story is not as far-fetched as it sounds. When a massive meteor enter the atmosphere over a specific area it makes a very distinguishable noise. The scientific term for this is 'sonic boom'.
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Bizarro Earth

Magnitude 6.2 subduction zone earthquake strikes El Salvador

David Jacobson
Temblor
Fri, 12 May 2017 16:04 UTC
el salvador earthquake map
© Temblor
This Temblor map shows the location of today’s M=6.2 earthquake, as well as Global Earthquake Activity Rate (GEAR) model.
A M=6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador at 4:41 a.m. local time this morning (12 May 2017). According to the USGS, the quake occurred at a depth of 10 km, approximately 75 km offshore. So far, no reports of damage have come in, and the USGS estimates that economic losses should remain minimal, and that there should be no fatalities as only light shaking was felt in the country, including in the capital city of San Salvador, which is home to over 250,000 people.

Even though the USGS does not have a focal mechanism, based on the earthquake's depth and location, it likely occurred on the Central American subduction zone or just above it. This analysis was also aided by using the Slab 1.0 model by Gavin Hayes at the USGS (which appears in Temblor as "Megathrust" zones). This model is a compilation of global subduction zones geometries. Based on the geometry of this subducting slab, it should be at a depth of 10-20 km in the location of today's event.

USGS data
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Cloud Precipitation

Once dry waterfalls are flowing again in California's Yosemite National Park due to record snowfall


WQOW
Fri, 12 May 2017 15:19 UTC
waterfall
© Janet Kopper
Waterfall at Yosemite National Park
Visitors to Yosemite National Park are getting quite the rare and spectacular show.

Thanks to record snowfall that is now melting in the mountains, hundreds of massive waterfalls, that have been dry for years, are once again flowing. Visitors are packing the park to catch a glimpse of the no-longer secret falls.

Park officials say the temporary falls should be active for at least a month.


Comment: See also: Here it comes - Melting snowpack floods Merced River in California's Yosemite National Park

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Snowflake

Record-breaking snowstorm puts an end to California's 'super bloom'

Michael d'Estries
Mother Nature Network
Thu, 11 May 2017 14:52 UTC
A portion of California's recent super bloom was killed off last weekend after a rare spring snowstorm.
© Sicco Rood/Anza-Borrego DRC
A portion of California's recent super bloom was killed off last weekend after a rare spring snowstorm.
Part of the state's most prolific bloom since 1999 is now buried under 10 inches of snow.

A Southern California super bloom so prolific it could be seen from space has been killed off by a last gasp from old man winter.

While many of the spectacular species of wildflowers, from Arizona lupine to desert lilies, were already on the wane, a freak snowstorm that blew through the state on May 7 finished the job. In San Diego, the city recorded its coldest day in 64 years with a high of "only" 59 degrees. Nearby Palomar Mountain, where blooms were still heavy with color, recorded a record 10 inches of snowfall.

Comment: See also: Cold weather is keeping birds from nesting and delaying blossoming of wild berry bushes in Finland's north

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Snowflake

Rare May snowfall in Oslo beats 50 year old record; 40 cm (15 inches) of snow


Belarus News
Fri, 12 May 2017 14:25 UTC
Snow covers an outdoor cafe in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, on May 11, 2017

Snow covers an outdoor cafe in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, on May 11, 2017
A rare May snowfall hit Norway's capital city overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, and, in some parts of the city, it was the first time in 50 years that there was that much snowfall.

In the Tryvann area north of Oslo, 40 cm of snow was registered, according to newspaper. Aftenposten

Snow also fell in Oslo's Blindern area, where the main campus of the University of Oslo is located.

"Snow was registered at Blindern in May only once before. It happened in 1967," meteorologist Terje Alsvik Walloe told Aftenposten.

On Wednesday, the thermometer did not go above 3.1 degrees in Blindern, marking the lowest temperature ever measured on the same date in Oslo.

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Seismograph

Shallow 6.2-magnitude quake registered off the coast of El Salvador


Daily Mail
Fri, 12 May 2017 12:18 UTC
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The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake has struck off the coast of El Salvador.

The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, struck at around 4:40 a.m. Friday morning. Its depth was measured at a shallow 10 kilometers (6 miles). It was followed by at least one large aftershock.

The epicenter was about 60 miles (97 kilometers) from the city of Sonsonate, and 79 miles (128 kilometers) from the capital, San Salvador.

There were no immediate reports of damage.

Source: AP
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