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Dozens of dead cattle egrets litter I-75 in Lee County, Florida

Morgan Rynor
Wink
Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:38 UTC
Cattle egret

Cattle egret (not yet dead).
A line of lifeless egrets stretches for miles, and experts think they know what sent them all flying into cars. One expert thinks a fire about 15 minutes away could be to blame.

Dozens of dead birds were littered along the side of I-75 in Lee County Monday after flocks of cattle egrets flew into cars on the highway.

"The past few months we've questioned everything," Eddie Torres said. "You know, as far as possibly even moving out of the state because, you know, what are we doing to better the state? What are we doing to help control everything?"

Red tide and blue-green algae are causing an unprecedented amount of death this year. Naturally, people were concerned about these dead cattle egrets spotted for miles along I-75 between Fort Myers and Naples.

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'Hell of a bang': Lightning strike kills 4 cows at farm in Waikato, New Zealand

Gerald Piddock
Stuff
Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:17 UTC
Four of Clem and Karen Newby's cows were walking back to the paddock after morning milking when they were struck by lightning.

Four of Clem and Karen Newby's cows were walking back to the paddock after morning milking when they were struck by lightning.
Faced with pelting rain, Clem Newby hung back from following his herd out of the milking shed for a few minutes.

It's a move that might just have saved his life.

Five hundred metres down the farm race a lightning bolt from a vengeful sky north of Hamilton struck and killed four cows on their way back to the paddock on Tuesday morning

"It was a hell of a bang," Newby said.

"The lightning was just horrific and it really frightened myself. I had never heard anything like it in my life and it really shook the cowshed."

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Roaming dogs attack woman in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Abbie Bennett
The Wichita Eagle
Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:01 UTC
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A woman was walking down the sidewalk in a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, neighborhood when she was attacked by a group of dogs, a video shows.

The woman was bitten "on the back of her head, her leg and her arm" Monday morning, Winston-Salem police Lt. A.J. Santos said, according to The Winston-Salem Journal.

Police did not identify the victim of the attack, but Forsyth County Animal Services is investigating, the Journal reported.

A video of the incident shows the woman on the ground being bitten and pulled by at least three dogs. Two other dogs are seen running toward her in the video, but it was unclear if they also attacked her.

A neighbor rushes to the woman's rescue in the video, chasing away the dogs.


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Landslide triggered by heavy rain kills at least 3 in Quindío Department, Colombia

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:50 UTC
Landslide in Calarcá, Quindío, Colombia, 01 December, 2018.
© UNGRD
Landslide in Calarcá, Quindío, Colombia, 01 December, 2018.
At least 3 people have died and several are still missing after heavy rain trigged a landslide in Quindío department, western Colombia.

The landslide occurred at the educational institution San Rafael in Calarcá, Quindío, early on 01 December, 2018.

Colombia's National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) said that search operations are ongoing. It is believed that 2 children are still missing in the landslide.

UNGRD said that heavy rain has continued to fall in the region over the last few days and teams have attended numerous emergencies caused by landslides across Quindío. UNGRD said that as many as 50 landslides have been reported throughout the department, mainly in the municipalities of Génova, Buenavista, Córdoba, Pijao, Salento, Calarcá and Circasia.
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Signs and Portents: Two-headed lamb born in Iran


MEHR
Sat, 01 Dec 2018 20:29 UTC
two headed lamb
© unknown
A sheep in rural areas of Pol-e Dokhtar in Lorestan province has given birth to a live two-headed lamb.

The 60-year-old farmer said that he has not seen anything similar in his life.

There is no other information available about the current condition of the animal.

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Record snowfall hits parts of Alberta, Canada


The Weather Network
Mon, 03 Dec 2018 08:46 UTC
Canada snow
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It was too much, too soon for Edmonton into Monday morning, as a hefty helping of snow turned Alberta's capital into a winter wonderland -- even though the start of winter is still a few weeks off. Weather warnings dropped early Monday morning, but the snow was still falling through the pre-dawn hours, adding to what was already a record snowfall accumulation. As the city awoke on Monday, upwards of 20 cm had been reported across the city, with a bit more yet to come before the snow tapers off.

The city set a new daily snowfall record on Sunday, chalking up 14 cm of fresh snowfall through the day, and smashing a record set back in 1975. Additional heaviest snow fell late Sunday night into Monday, and that meant Edmonton residents were waking up to some significant shoveling on Monday morning. Local media reported that many roads, especially side streets, were in poor condition as the city began its day
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Akureyri, Iceland buried in over a metre of snow


Iceland Monitor
Mon, 03 Dec 2018 18:18 UTC
Cars completely buried in snow after storm engulfs Akureyri in Iceland
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Cars completely buried in snow after storm engulfs Akureyri in Iceland.
Snow fell on Akureyri, the largest town in North Iceland last night. The snow was measured this morning at 105 cm by the Iceland Met Office.

Akureyri police have published photos on Facebook of the snow and asked residents to take care when driving to school or work as many streets are difficult to pass.

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Unstable planet: Is the giant 7.0 earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska a precursor to a devastating convulsion in the west coast?

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Fri, 30 Nov 2018 00:00 UTC
Anchorage quake
We just got more evidence that our planet is becoming increasingly unstable. On Friday a magnitude 7.0 earthquake destroyed homes, ripped apart roads and destroyed infrastructure all throughout Anchorage, Alaska. According to the USGS, the earthquake hit at 8:29 AM and the epicenter was approximately 7 miles north of Anchorage. That quake was followed by a highly destructive magnitude 5.7 aftershock just a little while later. Alaska Governor Bill Walker has declared a state of emergency, and the entire region is in a state of chaos. Unfortunately, as global seismic activity continues to increase, more quakes like this are inevitable. Like Alaska, the entire west coast of the United States sits directly along the "Ring of Fire", and many have warned that "the Big One" is coming sooner rather than later.


Comment: See: Pay attention to the Pacific Ring of Fire as major geo events trigger concern


Tonight, large numbers of Anchorage residents are suddenly homeless, and that includes Alaska's most famous politician...
Light fixtures fell, glass shattered, roadways and supermarket aisles were awash from food spilled from broken jars. Video images showed some roadways had collapsed. One man tweeted a photo of his toppled chimney and a local television station showed its studio filled with debris.

Former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin tweeted, saying her family is intact but her "house is not."

Comment: See also:

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Fish

Scotland's worst ever salmon season blamed on extreme weather

Russell Jackson
The Scotsman
Sun, 25 Nov 2018 21:23 UTC
salmon
Global warming is being blamed for Scotland's worst salmon season in living memory.

Some beats on famous rivers like the Spey and the Nith recorded not a single salmon caught during the entire season.

Just two salmon were caught on the River Fyne in Argyll this year, where once more than 700 were caught each season.

The number of fish caught by anglers has been so low that some estates have stopped selling permits for once-popular beats because there is no fish to catch.

Tourism has been hit, sales of salmon tackle have slumped and ghillies have lost their jobs.

Experts believe rising temperatures blamed on global warming have badly hit the salmon's feeding grounds with related changes in current patterns also affecting their migration.


Comment: What rising temperatures?? Spring weather in Scotland set to be coldest for 39 years as more snow expected to hit


Comment: It's true, Europe suffered a prolonged heatwave and drought this summer, but winter, spring and autumn saw unprecedented cold and flooding. But what's happening to salmon appears to be reflective of the rapid decline seen in a myriad of other species, and that's likely related to the extreme shifts occurring on our planet:

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Attention

Canadian potato shortage looms due to 'harvest from hell' after unseasonable weather

Aleksandra Sagan
CTV News
Sat, 01 Dec 2018 19:03 UTC
potatoes
© Associated Press
Bad weather brings potato shortage: farmers Manitoba farmers say dry conditions have led to a shortage of the starchy dinner staple, with thousands of acres of potato crops unharvested

Farmers across Canada left thousands of acres of potato crops unharvested after a slew of bad weather created challenging conditions, setting the stage for a possible shortage of the starchy dinner table staple.

"It's unprecedented. Never, never before have I seen this in my time," said Kevin MacIsaac, general manager of the United Potato Growers of Canada (UPGC), an organization that provides industry information to help farmers make production and marketing decisions. He's been with the organization for seven years and, before that, grew potatoes in Prince Edward Island, where he still lives.
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