Saturday, September 1, 2018

2018 - AUG - Spotlight Stories

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2018-08-01 - Passenger plane engine bursts into flame after landing in Hyderabad (India):

Quote: "A plane belonging to Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways caught fire after landing in Hyderabad, India, on Wednesday, it has been reported. Local media said one of the engines of the Jazeera Airways aircraft, carrying about 150 passengers, caught fire after arriving at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday morning."

2018-08-01 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing at airport in Enfield (Canada):

Quote: "An American Airlines flight travelling from [coastal] Shannon, Ireland, to Philadelphia, Pa., had to make an emergency landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport on Wednesday afternoon because of smoke in the cabin."

Note: These are the 127th and 128th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-01 - Natural gas pipelines explode and burn in Midland County (Texas), 5+ injured:

Quote: "A series of natural gas pipeline explosions in Midland County, Texas sent five people to hospital with critical burn injuries, and interrupted energy pipeline operations in the area, officials said. The region is the home to the Permian Basin, the largest U.S. oilfield, and is crisscrossed by oil and gas pipelines. The cause of the explosion and fire were not immediately known."

2018-08-01 - Car fire breaks out and seriously burns man at auto salvage yard in coastal Mims (Florida):

Quote: "A man was seriously burned in a vehicle fire at a salvage yard late Wednesday morning in Scottsmoor, Brevard County Fire Rescue officials said. The fire happened at North Brevard Auto Salvage in the 5300 block of U.S. 1, firefighters said. The burn patient was flown to a trauma center by a helicopter."

2018-08-01 - Nuclear plant shut down in Sweden because the ocean was too warm for cooling:

Quote: "Unusually high sea water temperature has forced Swedish nuclear power plant to close, authorities said on Monday. The sea water’s temperature outside one of Sweden’s nuclear plants has forced the plant to close down temporarily. As the sea water reached a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, it can no longer be used for a cooling effect."

Note: This is at least the third time this has happened, that I know of. The other two nuclear plants were on the US East Coast...

2018-08-01 - Plastics release methane and other gases when they break down in sunlight:

Quote: "The results of this nearly year-long study were published in PLOS ONE on Wednesday. Turns out plastics aren’t just dangerous for marine life or ocean quality. They’re dangerous for the entire planet—including us—because they emit greenhouse gases like methane and other dangerous gases like ethylene when they interact with the sun."

Note: Haven't we got enough nails in humanity's coffin already?!

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2018-08-02 - Warming oceans threaten fish worldwide as oceans lose oxygen and hydrogen-sulfide-producing bacteria thrive:

Quote: "It is widely accepted that an increase in CO2 leads to warming, which then results in less oxygen in our oceans. Less oxygen allows sulfate-eating bacteria to thrive, which produces hydrogen sulfide — a broad-spectrum toxin which is lethal in small concentrations."

Note: Yeah, that threatens more than just fish. The oceans will start belching methane and hydrogen sulfide into the atmosphere and that will wipe out life on land too, exactly as has happened before in Earth's past. In fact, the ocean just belched up some gases the other day off the coast of Oceanside (California), mentioned in the 2018-07-31 update. That wasn't the first 'ocean outgassing event' either, nor even the first one this year. Such events are almost certainly why multiple cities on the coast in California have formed investigatory committees to determine why their cities are being mysteriously hit by hydrogen sulfide. Once this process escalates enough, that will be the end of the human race on this planet. Also, since methane and hydrogen sulfide are both highly flammable, they will cause abnormal fire behavior as they blow in off the coast and adsorb onto and into matter, and then who knows what kind of incredible and destructive fire behavior we might start seeing...

2018-08-02 - Unprecedented EF3-equivalent firenado is what killed three people in the wildfire near Redding in California:

Quote: "'The tornado was hovering over the house,' Amanda Woodley, Bledsoe's granddaughter, told CNN. 'It was just a tornado fire over the house.'"

Quote: "It was the most intense tornado in California history. But unlike most tornadoes, this vortex had a swirl of flames that reached an unprecedented 143 mph as it barreled toward Redding and scraped the bark off trees, uprooted trunks and incinerated homes, the National Weather Service announced Thursday."

Quote: "Trees appeared to be levitating, and branches and sheet-metal roofs seemed to orbit the column, Moore said. Uprooted objects launched into the air ignited mid-flight. Vegetation and homes hundreds of feet from the column also caught fire before the twister arrived, he said. It was as loud as a roaring jet engine."

Note: Hard to get more apocalyptic than firenadoes rampaging around that are the equivalent of powerful tornadoes!

2018-08-02 - Pickup truck explodes and kills man at school to pick up his child, in Canberra (Australia):

2018-08-02 - Man found dead in burning car on road near Hurontario Street in Mono (Canada):

2018-08-02 - Underground fire breaks out at stump dump in Bella Vista (Arkansas):

Quote: "An underground fire is causing a large cloud of smoke to form in Bella Vista, and the fire department says they can't do anything about it. Fire officials are calling this a stump dump--which means it's a compost pile where people can drop off yard debris. But the problem is the pile is 60 feet underground, so Bella Vista fire cannot put it out."

2018-08-02 - Wind turbine bursts into flame, ignites 2000-acre wildfire, burns two railroad bridges, in Arlington (Oregon):

Quote: "A wind turbine caught fire Thursday, sparking a 2,000-acre wildfire, according to the North Gilliam Rural Fire Protection District. The turbine was on Rattlesnake Road and, according to firefighters, the fire jumped Highway 19, closing the road. Firefighters got the fire out but not before two railroad bridges were burned."

2018-08-02 - Global heatwave is symptom of early stage cycle of civilization collapse:

2018-08-02 - Heatwave roasts Spain and Portugal, man drops dead:

2018-08-02 - Heatwave in Sweden melts glacier and turns Sweden's tallest mountain peak into its second-tallest mountain peak:

Quote: "Researchers expressed concern Thursday about the rapid pace of climate change, after a glacier on Sweden's Kebnekaise mountain melted so much in sweltering Arctic temperatures that it is no longer the country's highest point. 'It's quite scary,' Gunhild Ninis Rosqvist, a Stockholm University geography professor who has been measuring the glacier for many years as part of climate change research, told AFP."

2018-08-02 - Heatwave and drought cause additional hardship and threaten crops in North Korea:

2018-08-02 - Last year was the warmest ever that didn't feature an El Niño, third-warmest overall:

2018-08-02 - Hottest rain ever recorded falls at 119F in Imperial (California):

Quote: "At the time the rain began, the temperature was an astonishingly high 119°F (48.3°C)—a new world record for the hottest temperature ever measured while rain was falling."

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2018-08-03 - Ocean temps the warmest ever recorded off La Jolla (California):

Quote: "The sea surface temperature at the Scripps Pier in La Jolla hit 78.6 degrees on Wednesday, the highest reading in the pier’s 102-year history, according to UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography."

2018-08-03 - Passenger plane bursts into flame before takeoff in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia):

Quote: "An Indian plane was evacuated this morning after it had caught fire as it was about to take off from Saudi Arabia and head to the city of Mumbai. The plane was at the King Khalid bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Riyadh. The plane, which was carrying 172 passengers along with the crew members, has been evacuated without casualties."

2018-08-03 - Passenger plane hit by smoke at airport in coastal Helsinki (Finland):

Quote: "Some 140 passengers and crew on a Czech Airlines Airbus plane were evacuated in Helsinki on Friday afternoon, apparently because of smoke detected in the aircraft, reports to Finnish news agency STT..."

Note: These are the 129th and 130th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-03 - Underground electrical fire breaks out and spews foul-smelling smoke for an hour in coastal Manhattan (New York):

Quote: "A smoking manhole fire spewed a foul-smelling grayish haze into the air on the Upper West Side for at least an hour Friday morning, freaking out the neighborhood."

2018-08-03 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, scrap metal burns, in Breckenridge (Michigan):

2018-08-03 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, scrap cars and metal burn, in coastal Saint Sampson on the island of Guernsey (Britain):

2018-08-03 - Auto auction yard erupts in flame shortly before 2 AM in East Windsor (Connecticut):

2018-08-03 - Landfill fire breaks out between Longview and Kilgore (Texas):

2018-08-03 - Bog fire could smolder underground for weeks, months or even years in coastal Richmond (Canada):

Quote: "The wildfire on the Department of National Defense (DND) lands in central Richmond has been contained but could burn underground for weeks, months or even years, according to experts in the field."

2018-08-03 - Fraser River in Canada is now so warm it may kill migrating sockeye salmon:

2018-08-03 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits five bodies of water in Oxfordshire (Britain):

Quote: "The Environment Agency has confirmed Croft Lake in Northmoor, near Witney, Baulking Lake in Faringdon, Ladygrove Lakes in Didcot, Jubilee Lake in Bicester and the Bicester Abingdon Marina have all tested positive for the substance which can kill animals and cause a rash in humans."

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2018-08-04 - Massive sargassum blooms bringing hydrogen sulfide and ammonia to the French Antilles:

Quote: "H2S and NH3: hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, two of the toxic gases identified in the fumes. However, depending on the nature of these sargassums, other toxic components may be active, such as arsenic, which increases fear within the community."

2018-08-04 - Woman, 38, and 5-year-old child die after being pulled from swimming pool at home in Brampton (Canada):

Quote: "Peel police responded to a call around 8:15 p.m. in the area of Countryside Dr. and Airport Rd. They discovered a 38-year-old woman and a 5-year-old boy without vital signs in a backyard residential pool. The pair was taken to hospital and pronounced dead."

2018-08-04 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire at 4:30 AM, several cars burn, in Sioux Falls (South Dakota):

2018-08-04 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, pile of scrap metal explodes and burns, in Bradley (Illinois):

Quote: "Firefighters were at Belson Steel Center Scrap Inc. this morning battling a fire that started after an explosion in a scrap pile."

2018-08-04 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame in East Denton (Texas):

2018-08-04 - Man in his 40s has 'medical issue' and goes into cardiac arrest near boat rental business on Barton Creek near the Colorado River in Austin (Texas):

Quote: "Initial reports stated that the person was experiencing an unknown medical issue, and was receiving CPR. Around 11:15 a.m., officials tweeted that crews were preparing the patient to be moved from the Greenbelt trail. Resuscitative efforts were still in progress."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2018-08-04 - Heatwave continues broiling Spain and Portugal and other parts of Europe, huge toxic algae bloom erupts in the Baltic Sea:

Quote: "Portugal and Spain were sweltering Saturday under an intense heat wave that has produced near-record temperatures in the southern European countries and contributed to wildfires and drought from Greece to Sweden."

Quote: "Authorities on both sides of the Baltic Sea, in Sweden and Poland, have warned against swimming due to a huge bloom of toxic algae spreading because of hot temperatures."

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2018-08-05 - Person found dead in burning car at 3:45 AM on McLaughlin Road North in Caledon (Canada):

Quote: "Ontario Provincial Police say they have found human remains inside a vehicle after investigating a car fire in Caledon early Sunday morning. Police say the Caledon Fire Department was dispatched to the fire on McLaughlin Road N. near Mayfield Road at approximately 3:45 a.m. When fire crews extinguished the flames, human remains were located inside of the vehicle."

Quote: "According to Caledon OPP Const. Tamara Schubert, the vehicle fire was not the result of a car accident, and the identity of the individual has not been determined at this time."

Quote: "Earlier this week, Dufferin OPP was called to investigating the circumstances surrounding a car fire north of Orangeville where a dead body was found at the scene."

2018-08-05 - California has experienced 6 of its 20 most destructive fires in just the last ten months:

2018-08-05 - Large amount of scrap metal goes up in flames at business on Knowl Street in Stalybridge (Britain):

2018-08-05 - Around 27 BMWs go up in flames this year in South Korea:

Quote: "BMW's South Korean unit apologized over a spate of engine fires, estimated by the country's transport ministry at 27 over January to July, that has prompted a government probe and a major backlash from consumers."

2018-08-05 - TV explodes and burns and ignites home at 11:30 PM in St. Louis (Missouri):

2018-08-05 - Huge sand dune fire breaks out at golf course in coastal Burnham-on-Sea (Britain):

2018-08-05 - Volcano Fuego erupts again in Guatemala:

Quote: "The Fuego volcano, whose eruption killed around 300 people about two months ago, erupted yet again on Sunday evening."

2018-08-05 - Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes on the coast of the island of Lombok (Indonesia), buildings damaged, 98+ killed:

Quote: "Indonesia on Monday (Aug 6) sent rescuers fanning out across the holiday island of Lombok and evacuated more than 2,000 tourists after a powerful earthquake killed at least 98 people and damaged thousands of buildings. The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake sparked terror among tourists and locals alike, coming just a week after another deadly tremor surged through Lombok and killed 17 people."

2018-08-05 - Worst drought in 400 years devastates Australia:

Quote: "Scientific analysis of Australia’s drought extremes has shown the current crisis is likely to be the worst in 400 years."

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2018-08-06 - Unknown odor blows through neighborhood in North Baton Rouge (Louisiana):

Quote: "A portion of North Baton Rouge was blocked off due to multiple reports of a suspicious odor in the air Monday night. Reports of the odor began around 7:45 p.m. Monday evening. At 10:20 p.m., a spokesperson with the Baton Rouge Fire Department said the smell was dissipating, but response teams were unable to find the source. Entergy says crews searched in the area near Shelley Street and Evangeline Street, and while there was an odor in the air, it's not from gas."

2018-08-06 - Unknown rotten egg odor hits area near the coast in Onekawa (New Zealand):

Quote: "About a dozen Onekawa Industrial area businesses were evacuated this morning after reports of a gas leak in the area. Fire and Emergency in Napier were called just before 10.15am and three appliances went to the scene which centred around Niven St, Edmundsen St, Wakefield St and Thorn Place. Cordons were set up and traffic diverted while staff and occupants of buildings in the immediate area were evacuated, including a large number from the Quality Bakers in Niven St. Using gas detectors crews moved through the area but at the end of a detailed search of buildings and sites came up with nothing."

2018-08-06 - Insurers fleeing California and other western states as fires escalate:

Quote: "Residents of U.S. towns damaged by wildfires may need to prepare for another repercussion: insurers that decide to cancel policies because of increased risks from more frequent fires. Facing mounting losses, some property insurers are pulling back from selling policies in California and other western states where wildfire risk is elevated. In California alone, damages had mounted to at least $12 billion by early 2018, while the state's Carr fire likely added another $1.5 billion in insured losses."

Note: "See yas, buh bye, good luck with that whole getting-destroyed-by-fire thing!'

2018-08-06 - Private jet hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing at airport in Columbia (Missouri):

Quote: "No one was hurt after a private jet made an emergency landing at Columbia Regional Airport Monday night. Columbia director of community relations Steven Sapp told ABC 17 News the pilot aboard the Cessna Citation II jet reported smoke in the cockpit and declared an emergency around 7:40 p.m. One other person was aboard the plane."

Note: This is the 131st aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-06 - Metal business heavily damaged by fire at 6:47 AM in Elkton (Maryland), nobody there:

Quote: "An exact loss in terms of dollars was unavailable Sunday, but the office reported damage 'could be in the millions of dollars.'"

2018-08-06 - Recycling center fire rages in Niagara Falls (New York), may burn for days:

Quote: "Fire crews remain at the scene of a blaze that broke out at a College Avenue facility used to store cardboard. Officials say crews were called out late Monday night for a fire at a cardboard storage yard at a paper recycling facility in the city of Niagara Falls. The cardboard is contained in an open lot in an industrial section, which is helping to keep the fire contained Tuesday morning. Fire officials say the blaze could continue to burn for several days."

2018-08-06 - Landfill fire breaks out in Calistoga (California):

2018-08-06 - Wildfire complex grows to 283,800 acres in Mendocino County (California), now the biggest wildfire in California history:

Quote: "Two wildfires blazing in California, known as the Mendocino Complex fire, became the largest recorded in state history on Monday, crossing a grim milestone. The fire, in Colusa, Lake and Mendocino counties, has killed two people and burned almost 283,800 acres as of Monday. It has destroyed at least 143 structures, including 75 homes, according to Cal Fire officials. More than 9,000 structures remain under threat. The Mendocino complex fires, which encompass an area the size of Los Angeles, surpassed the Thomas wildfire in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, which burned 281,893 acres last year."

Quote: "We're looking at over 629,000 acres of ground and vegetation burned in California since January 1 of this year. Last year, same period of time, 223,000 acres..."

Note: So wildfires are burning at almost triple the rate of last year, and last year was itself a record-setting year. From the full hypothesis: "Probably the most noticeable effect will be fires and explosions sweeping across the planet."

2018-08-06 - Climate and Extreme Weather News #132, August 1st-6th, 2018:

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2018-08-07 - Unknown rotten egg odor on two days blows through Kuna (Idaho):

Quote: "Intermountain Gas has received more than 100 calls reporting a gas odor in and around Kuna, according to the Kuna Fire Department. The cause of the odor has not been determined yet. The Kuna Fire Department first received reports of the gas odor at 6 a.m. Monday. Intermountain Gas investigated and found there were no breaches or leaks in their system. By 1 p.m. Monday, the smell had gone away, but reports started again around 3 a.m. Tuesday and lasted until 11 a.m."

Quote: "Intermountain Gas technicians have responded to roughly 100 calls about a natural gas-like odor."

Quote: "In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, The L & R Group said results from a third-party tester to determine if its facility is the source of the smell have been inconclusive. The company also said: 'While our facility does produce odors under certain conditions, we have never had any complaints of smell outside a two-mile radius of our facility. Based on historical information it is unlikely that the smell at our facility is traveling as much as twenty miles, as reported by some.'"

Note: So some people wanna blame a wastewater pond, but independent testing has been unable to verify that, and the company who owns the pond thinks that it's unlikely any odor from their pond could travel 20 miles. So, back to rotten egg odor from unknown source...

2018-08-07 - Unknown foul odor hitting Mérida, Yucatan (Mexico), near the coast:

2018-08-07 - Earth at risk of being driven into a hothouse state from which it cannot recover:

Quote: "A group of leading climate scientists warned in an article published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that the Earth is at risk of being driven into 'hothouse' state from which it cannot recover."

Note: That's not a risk, it's a certainty. Enough self-reinforcing feedbacks have ALREADY been activated that the Earth entering a hothouse state is unavoidable - we are irrelevant now, and soon enough we'll be eradicated too. Extinction incoming...

2018-08-07 - Warming Earth causing plants, trees and soil to absorb less methane:

Quote: "Trees, plants and soil play a vital role in absorbing and preventing many of the greenhouse gases responsible for global warming from entering the earth's atmosphere. But a new paper from researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York finds that the existing effects of global warming are decreasing the soil's ability to absorb methane gas--one of the major drivers of global temperature increases--and creating a positive feedback loop between the effects of global warming and the variables that cause it."

Note: And there's yet another self-reinforcing feedback. As the world warms, the plants, trees and soil absorb less methane, so more methane accumulates in the atmosphere, which causes more warming, which causes less methane to be absorbed AND causes more methane to be released, which causes more methane to accumulate in the atmosphere, etc, etc. This is only one of the degrading methane sinks. Another big methane sink involves hydroxyl radicals in the atmosphere, and the amount of hydroxyl radicals in the atmosphere is also in decline...

2018-08-07 - Atmospheric methane levels hit a peak of 3046 ppb:

Quote: "On the morning of August 6, 2018, mean global methane levels were as high as 1896 ppb at 293 mb. More importantly, peak levels that afternoon were as high as 3046 ppb, as illustrated by the image."

Note: Methane is a lighter-than-air gas, so it tends to accumulate in the upper atmosphere, and it's highly flammable. One has to expect that to have some effect on planes...

2018-08-07 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing at coastal JFK Airport (New York):

Quote: "A plane made an emergency landing at New York's Kennedy Airport after reports of smoke in the cockpit. Officials say United Airlines Flight 4697 from Washington to Providence, Rhode Island was diverted about 2 p.m. Tuesday. About 50 people were evacuated from the twin-engine Embraer ERJ-145 regional jet and bused to a terminal."

Note: This is the 132nd aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018. In all of 2017, 116 planes came down smoking or burning or exploded, so we're already well past that count, with nearly five months to go in the year. The number of planes coming down smoking or burning is rising, even as the amount of flammable methane in the atmosphere is rising...

2018-08-07 - RV goes up in flames and kills person in Fairbanks (Alaska):

Quote: "Fairbanks emergency officials say a person died in a fire that destroyed a motorhome. The Fairbanks Fire Department just after 8 a.m. Tuesday received a 911 call about a structure fire along the Old Richardson Highway. Firefighters found an older-model motorhome in flames on the east side of the Teamsters building in south Fairbanks. The fire had spread to nearby trees. Firefighters extinguished the fire in about 10 to 15 minutes and afterward found a person dead inside."

Note: This is the 358th RV to burn/explode in 2018, and this is the 13th deadly RV fire in 2018...

2018-08-07 - Woman found dead in burning SUV along M-53 in Shelby Township (Michigan):

2018-08-07 - Metal recycling center hit by fire shortly before 5:30 AM, scrap metal burns, in East Springfield (Massachusetts):

2018-08-07 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame in Etobicoke (Canada):

2018-08-07 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, scrap cars burn, in Dundry (Britain):

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2018-08-08 - California had its hottest month on record as Death Valley had the world's hottest month ever:

2018-08-08 - Heatwave was so intense that it fried leaves off trees in California:

2018-08-08 - Year-round wildfires are now the new normal in California:

Quote: "According to Cal Fire, 14 of the largest 20 wildfires in California have occurred since 2000. This isn’t normal, Westerling said, because 'normal' isn’t on the table anymore. 'We can’t say, "This is what we’re going to see from now on," because the climate is still changing,' Westerling said. 'No one alive today will have the experience of a stable climate system.'"

2018-08-08 - Underground fire at gold and copper mine sends miners fleeing south of Yalgoo (Australia):

Quote: "Doray said the extent of the fire, which involved an underground loader, was still being investigated."

2018-08-08 - Underground electrical explosion blows manhole cover off near jail in coastal San Jose (California):

2018-08-08 - Refinery heavily damaged by explosion(s) and huge fire in Chembur suburb of coastal Mumbai (India), 45 injured:

2018-08-08 - Refinery damaged by fire near the Arkansas River in Tulsa (Oklahoma):

2018-08-08 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Utah Lake (Utah):

2018-08-08 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Lake Zoar in Oxford (Connecticut):

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2018-08-09 - Person found dead in burning car in driveway in Brockway Township (Michigan):

2018-08-09 - Underground coal refuse fire spreads near glass plant near the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania):

Quote: "The coal refuse fire burning under the Pittsburgh Glass Works plant in East Deer may be spreading. Fire was seen shooting up through the ground behind the plant Thursday night, according to workers. Two pockets of smoke rising from the ground were visible behind the plant along Ferry Street on Friday morning. Since last September, the company has been investigating an ongoing fire under the plant caused by coal refuse that apparently was used as backfill for the factory site many years ago. Thursday’s fire outbreak outside of the plant, closer to the Allegheny River, appears to be a new development, according to a statement released by PGW on Friday."

2018-08-09 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Havertown (Pennsylvania):

2018-08-09 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Linden (New Jersey):

2018-08-09 - Underground electrical fire spews flames from manhole in coastal Ipswich (Britain):

2018-08-09 - Megafire grows to 304,402 acres in Mendocino County (California):

Quote: "If it were a city, the fire would be the 14th largest by area in the entire country, and bigger than New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago and Houston."

2018-08-09 - Megafire grows to 177,450 acres near Redding (California), Cal Fire mechanic dies in crash:

2018-08-09 - Dozens of manatees as well as fish, reptiles, birds and other marine animals dying in rivers and lagoons in coastal Tabasco State (Mexico):

Quote: "As many as 50 manatees have died, floating to the surface of rivers and lagoons in Mexico’s southern state of Tabasco, where some of the country’s major oil wells have been operating for decades. Fish, reptiles, birds and other marine animals have also died suddenly, and scientists are scrambling to figure out the cause. 'It could be one of the greatest environmental emergencies we have had in recent times,' Ernesto Zazueta, president of the Association of Zoos, Breeders and Aquariums of Mexico (AZCARM), told the El Universal newspaper."

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2018-08-10 - Person found dead in burning car at home in Thermi (Greece), 2 miles from the coast:

2018-08-10 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in coastal Shannon (Ireland):

Quote: "A number of passengers were assessed at Shannon Airport by paramedics after a transatlantic flight made an emergency landing this morning. Virgin Atlantic flight VS-50A made the emergency landing after the crew reported they had smoke on board."

Note: This is the 133rd aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-10 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, building destroyed, in Bangor (Maine):

Quote: "A blaze Friday night destroyed a building off outer Broadway in Bangor at a business that processes vehicles for recycling, according to the fire department."

2018-08-10 - Barge full of scrap cars and scrap appliances bursts into flame shortly after 4:30 AM on the Fraser River in coastal Surrey (Canada):

Quote: "The barge, east of the Pattullo Bridge, belongs to Schnitzer Metal, a recycling company, and was loaded with old cars and appliances ready for shipping. Surrey assistant fire chief Ben Dirksen said they received a call shortly after 4:30 a.m. about a large fire burning deep in a pile of scrap metal."

Note: This is the 747th boat/ship to burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-10 - Car bursts into flame on Highway 1 near the Port Mann Bridge over the Fraser River in coastal North Surrey (Canada):

Note: So a barge full of scrap cars went up in flames on the Fraser River in Surrey in the wee hours on this day and then later in the day this car burst into flame just north of the Fraser River in Surrey...

2018-08-10 - Smoke from California wildfires makes it all the way to New York City (New York):

2018-08-10 - Two mysterious explosions rattle people in Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Britain):

2018-08-10 - Driver, man, 21, has 'medical emergency', daycare bus veers off road, hits tree, on I-95 near the coast in Greenland (New Hampshire), several injured:

Quote: "John E. Guy, 21, had a medical emergency before the vehicle carrying 11 children from a [coastal] Kittery summer camp struck a tree off I-95, authorities say."

2018-08-10 - High UV levels reported around the world:

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2018-08-11 - Wave of zombie-like behavior hits the UK, blamed on bath salts:

Quote: "People who use it commonly believe they are being chased and often try to climb buildings and lash out at anyone around them - and it has been linked to horrific face-eating attacks in the US."

Note: It's true that the authorities did initially TRY to blame the two face-eating incidents in the US on bath salts. But after blood tests it was determined that neither face-eater was on bath salts, or anything else. I guess their 'logic' in Britain is that because zero face-eater incidents in the US involved bath salts, then bath salts must therefore be to blame for the face-eater incidents in the UK. Obviously there's a hole big enough to march a zombie horde through in that logic. The two face-eater incidents in the US did have one commonality though, aside from the fact that neither man was on any drugs: both events occurred along the coast in Florida. Britain is an island nation so the coast is never that far from anywhere, and indeed there have been many unexplained 'odor incidents' along the coast in Britain too. It could very well be that they have purposely left bath salts legal to sell in Britain so they'd have a convenient excuse to blame when the 'zombie' outbreaks and face-eating incidents began to occur - hey, they gotta have some story to sell to the gullible unobservant masses! Zombie-like behavior was reported around coastal Rio de Janeiro last year too, cause unknown but nothing to do with drugs of any kind, mentioned in the 2017-03-03 update...

2018-08-11 - Unknown stench hitting areas in coastal Aberdeen (Scotland):

2018-08-11 - Man, 59, found dead in burning pickup truck on street in Moorpark (California):

2018-08-11 - Underground electrical fire causes evacuations in coastal Queens (New York):

2018-08-11 - Underground electrical explosion and fire occurs along FDR Drive in coastal Manhattan (New York):

2018-08-11 - Realtime interactive map of every wildfire burning in the US:

2018-08-11 - Around 5,000 tons of nickel sulfide burns at the Port of Antwerp in coastal Antwerp (Belgium):

2018-08-11 - Car bursts into flame in bank drive-thru, fire spreads, bank destroyed, in Green Tree (Pennsylvania):

Quote: "Green Tree Fire Chief Don Gaupp said the couple’s Kia sedan caught fire just after 3 p.m. as it was pulling up to use the ATM under the canopy at First Commonwealth Bank on Mansfield Avenue. That eventually caught the whole bank on fire, collapsing the roof and gutting the interior."

Note: Tons of homes and quite a few apartment buildings have been destroyed by cars bursting into flame, and lots of businesses have burned that way too, especially auto shops, auto salvage yards and metal recycling centers, but this may be the first BANK to be destroyed by a car bursting into flame...

2018-08-11 - Ocean temperature hits 81 degrees at Solana Beach (California), San Diego sets high temp record for the day:

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2018-08-12 - Foul smell blows through coastal Widnes and coastal Runcorn (Britain):

2018-08-12 - Ten times more wildfires burning in the Russian Arctic than a decade ago as the ice melts and gives way to flame:

2018-08-12 - Passenger plane hit by unknown odor, plane makes emergency landing in coastal Los Angeles (California):

Quote: "An Alaska Airlines flight that left San Francisco for New Orleans with 136 people aboard has been diverted to Los Angeles International Airport after the flight crew detected what the airline described as a 'strong odor' in the cabin."

2018-08-12 - Passenger plane hit by brake fire after making at airport in Huntington (West Virginia):

Quote: "Ceredo Fire officials say the plane was not scheduled to land at Tri-State Airport, but diverted there due to the facility having a longer runway. The aircraft landed without any problems, and passengers and crew deplaned as soon as it came to a stop. That’s when Ceredo Fire officials say the Captain of the plane’s crew noticed a problem with one of the brakes. When checked closer, it was found the brake was actually on fire."

Note: This is the 134th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-12 - Underground electrical fire causes blackouts in Riverside (California):

2018-08-12 - Wildfire sends people fleeing on the island of Evia near Athens (Greece):

Quote: "Greece is still mourning 94 dead from a wildfire that struck the coastal resort of Mati near Athens on 23 July. Over 30 people are still in hospital, several in critical condition. The country’s worst fire calamity prompted the resignation or sacking of the heads of the police and fire brigade, in addition to the minister responsible for state security."

2018-08-12 - Strong and shallow magnitude 6.4 earthquake and dozens of other earthquakes strike the coast in the North Slope area in Alaska:

Quote: "Alaska's North Slope was hit Sunday by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the region, the state's seismologist said. At 6:58 a.m. Sunday, the magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck an area 42 miles (67 kilometers) east of Kavik River Camp and 343 miles (551 kilometers) northeast of Fairbanks, the state's second-biggest city. The agency says the earthquake had a depth of about 6 miles (9.9 kilometers.)"

Quote: "The previous most powerful quake in the North Slope was in 1995 at magnitude 5.2, West told the newspaper."

2018-08-12 - SUV bursts into flame on US 27 near Four Corners (Florida):

Quote: "Christine Adams said she and her husband and their 13-month-old son Calhen barely escaped the SUV Sunday afternoon."

Quote: "More than 400 vehicle fires involving some Kia models and some by sister company Hyundai have been reported. Most often, there's little left of those vehicles -- and there's no collision, no easy explanation."

Quote: "Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson wants a deeper investigation into the spontaneous vehicle fires. 'It's clear the federal government must make finding the cause of these unexplained fires a priority. If the regulators can't or won't do the job, then Congress will need to step in,' Nelson said."

Note: They're not unexplained fires - I've explained them for years. And the Earth won't care what Congress does or doesn't do...

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2018-08-13 - Foul smell blows through Braintree (Britain), near the coast:

2018-08-13 - Person found dead in burning van at 4 AM on Horsley Road in Northampton (Britain):

2018-08-13 - Man found dead in burning car near Lake Burrumbeet in Bo Peep (Australia):

Quote: "Police were called to Burrumbeet-Hillcrest Road at Bo Peep near the Lake Burrumbeet southern foreshore at around 9.30am, finding a man deceased inside the vehicle. The man is yet to be formally identified, but his death is not being treated as suspicious."

2018-08-13 - Submarine battery factory rocked by explosion in coastal Osborne (Australia), 2 injured:

Quote: "PMB Defence supplies batteries and engineering solutions for submarines. Its facilities are located opposite Australian Submarine Corp."

2018-08-13 - Underground electrical fire breaks out on Chester Road in coastal Ellesmere Port (Britain):

2018-08-13 - Three of California's 10 largest-ever wildfires are burning at the same time:

2018-08-13 - SUV bursts into flame in the wee hours while parked at boat landing in coastal Awendaw (South Carolina):

2018-08-13 - Around 600 wildfires rage across British Columbia (Canada):

Quote: "More than 3,400 wildfire personnel are fighting about 600 fires burning across the B.C. — surpassing the number of wildfires in last year’s devastating wildfire season."

2018-08-13 - Wildfires cause extremely high carbon monoxide levels in British Columbia (Canada):

2018-08-13 - How climate change is causing hotter, longer and drier wildfire seasons in British Columbia (Canada):

2018-08-13 - Red tide continues devastating sea life in Florida, governor declares emergency:

2018-08-13 - Very high UV levels measured around the US and Canada:

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2018-08-14 - Yellowstone emanating carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide in Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming):

Quote: "Yellowstone volcano is the subject of much speculation over whether there will be a major eruption in the future - but now National Park’s authorities have a more pressing issue to worry about as experts warned of toxic gases venting from the supervolcano."

Quote: "The two killers are poisonous levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen sulphide (H2S), which are concentrating around ground levels."

2018-08-14 - Unknown rotten egg odor evacuates high school in Tempe (Arizona):

Quote: "Corona del Sol High School students were evacuated to the football field Tuesday morning due to a 'strange odor,' officials said. Tempe Fire Department was called about a possible gas leak but crews were unable to locate any source for the odor, Tempe Fire said."

Note: Probably just some poison gas around randomly in the atmosphere, but hey, nobody died! This time...

2018-08-14 - Methane explosion damages sprinkler system near school in Rush (Colorado), 1 injured:

Quote: "The El Paso County Sheriff's Office says a methane explosion happened Tuesday afternoon at the Miami-Yoder School. The good news is that no students were injured, according to the sheriff's office. The methane was built up inside a sprinkler system about 150 feet south of the school, the sheriff's office said, and when a worker went to open a valve, the explosion occurred. It's not clear how methane got into the sprinkler system."

Note: Methane is water-soluble, so sprinkler system, water-soluble methane, probably got into the sprinkler system via contaminated water. Either that or it's in the ground there...

2018-08-14 - Mysterious explosion and flash of light alarm people in Canberra (Australia):

Quote: "Hundreds of people reported hearing what sounded like an explosion, described as 'a huge echoing boom', somewhere around Holt about 9.03pm. Many said it shook their houses, while others described seeing an orange flash at the same time and shared images from their CCTV cameras."

2018-08-14 - Underground electrical explosion blows manhole cover off near the Old Port in coastal Portland (Maine):

2018-08-14 - Tomato plant bursts into flame on porch at home, fire scorches home, in Sarinac (Michigan):

2018-08-14 - Toy ride-on car bursts into flame at home in North Andover (Massachusetts):

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2018-08-15 - Unknown odor hits passenger plane, 3 people hospitalized, plane makes emergency landing at airport in Morrisville (North Carolina):

Quote: "Passengers complained of a strange odour filling up the cabin, and at least 14 are receiving medical assistance. One of the passengers taken ill was an infant."

2018-08-15 - Unknown rotten egg odor evacuates buildings in Greeley (Colorado):

Quote: "Greeley Fire Lt. Christopher Ellmer said people described the smell differently, including natural gas, propane and a chemical or animal smell. Officials did not detect any natural gas at the scene, Ellmer said."

Quote: "Similar incidents in May and January hit downtown Greeley. The source of the smells never was identified."

2018-08-15 - Two underground electrical explosions before 2 AM cause blackouts in coastal Manhattan (New York):

2018-08-15 - Huge scrap metal fire breaks out at auto salvage yard in Otay Mesa (California):

2018-08-15 - Auto salvage yard fire breaks out in Columbia (South Carolina):

2018-08-15 - At least 30 vehicles destroyed by fire at towing business in Yecapixtla (Mexico):

Quote: "More than 30 vehicles were destroyed after a tow truck business in Yecapixtla, Morelos caught fire."

Quote: "They said that when the fire is out and the final count complete, that figure could reach nearly 100."

2018-08-15 - Recycling plant erupts in flame at 3 AM, fire gets big, in Clarksburg (Maryland), could burn for days:

Quote: "Pete Piringer, spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services, said in a tweet the fire caused an estimated $4 million in damage."

2018-08-15 - Hundreds of wildfires continue burning across British Columbia (Canada), state of emergency declared:

2018-08-15 - Wildfire season starting early in Australia:

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2018-08-16 - Unknown chemical odor hits large coastal area in and around Newport Beach and Huntington Beach (California):

Quote: "The odor is affecting cities like Orange, Anaheim Hills, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and Huntington Beach, according to Patrick Chandler, spokesperson for the South Coast Air Quality Management District."

Quote: "Fire officials in the region say they fielded complaints of nausea."

Quote: "Strong odors of unknown origin have permeated the region periodically for the past several years. In some cases, officials said they believed the smell was coming from offshore. Occasionally, an odor is carried several miles inland, “where it drops down and that’s when people start smelling it,” Costa Mesa fire Capt. Chris Coates said during a similar episode in March 2016. Mysterious smells recurred later in 2016 and in 2017, causing frustrated residents and city officials to demand answers. In each case, officials have said the odors pose no immediate danger to life, though residents have reported headaches, nausea and sore throats."

2018-08-16 - Twin-engine plane hit by engine fire in coastal Sandefjord (Norway):

Quote: "On the 15th of August, a restored DC-3 suffered from an engine fire at the small airport of Sandefjord, Norway outside of Oslo. At the airport, the small non-profit group 'Dakota Norway' service an old DC-3 registered LN-WND, a former warplane, and fly it every Wednesday during the summer months for its members."

Note: This is the 135th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-16 - Metal recycling center hit by fire at 4:30 AM, pile of tires burns, in Asheville (North Carolina):

2018-08-16 - Huge pallet fire rages at pallet business in Pomona (California):

2018-08-16 - Underground fire at 11 PM causes blackouts in coastal Queens (New York):

2018-08-16 - New footage of monstrous EF3 firenado that killed firefighter near Redding (California):

Quote: "It was approximately 1,000 feet in diameter at its base, with a plume reaching some 40,000 feet high; the interior temperature peaked in excess of 2,700 degrees."

Note: Thousand-foot-wide eight-mile-tall 2700-degree EF3 firenado - that's something new, not seen before. This is one of those things in recent years that once you see it happen once, you can bet you're gonna see it again, like those exploding methane craters in Siberia, or the 41 children plus some animals that suddenly died after rainfall in Indonesia...

2018-08-16 - Abrupt thaw of permafrost beneath lakes will release large amounts of methane and carbon dioxide:

2018-08-16 - Mysterious explosion alarms people in South Bengaluru (India):

2018-08-16 - In separate incidents, two men, 18 and 82, have heart attacks on the same cruise ship near coastal Wilmington (North Carolina):

Quote: "The crew reported that an 18-year-old male passenger was suffering symptoms of a heart attack and needed medical assistance."

Quote: "The Anthem of the Seas contacted the Coast Guard again Thursday evening to request the medevac of an additional passenger, an 82-year-old male, who was also suffering symptoms of a heart attack."

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2018-08-17 - Unknown foul smell blows through coastal San Diego (California):

Quote: "The most recent incident of a foul odor floating around San Diego came nearly three weeks ago in Oceanside. In that instance, Oceanside Police said ocean outgassing had caused the smell."

Note: An unknown chemical odor just blew through coastal Huntington Beach, coastal Newport Beach and surrounding areas the day before too, mentioned in the 2018-08-16 update...

2018-08-17 - Mysterious explosion shakes buildings, shatters windows and alarms people in Gatesville (Texas), second explosion later too, nothing found:

Quote: "Something exploded somewhere Friday morning that that rocked the Coryell Courthouse in Gatesville, shook homes, and broke out some windows, but authorities said Friday afternoon they have been unable to locate the source. Some residents also reported hearing a second loud explosion at around 2:40 p.m. Friday. 'We’ve checked out the western part of the county, after report of second boom near Pearl. All is clear,' Chief Coryell County Deputy Mark Wilcox said Friday afternoon. The first explosion at around 9:45 a.m. Friday was felt not only in Gatesville, but for miles around the community."

2018-08-17 - Person found dead in burned car on Noiseux Street in Dunham, Quebec (Canada):

2018-08-17 - Landfill fire breaks out near Chickamauga (Georgia):

2018-08-17 - Megafire grows to 195,213 acres, exhibits extreme fire behavior, turns day to night near Prince George (Canada):

Quote: "Hours after the sun had risen Friday morning, the street lights in Prince George, B.C., remained lit as thick smoke and ash smothered the city."

2018-08-17 - Death toll from heavy rain and flooding rises to 324 in Kerala (India):

Quote: "More than 324 people have died in the worst flooding in nearly a century in the south Indian state of Kerala. Roads are damaged, mobile phone networks are down, an international airport has been closed and more than 220,000 people have been left homeless after unusually heavy rain in the past nine days."

2018-08-17 - Climate and Extreme Weather News #133, August 6th-17th, 2018:

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2018-08-18 - Passenger plane hit by unknown smell, plane makes emergency landing at airport in Bentonville (Arkansas):

Quote: "An American Airlines flight made an unplanned landing at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) after pilots detected a strange smell in the cockpit, according to Kelly Johnson, the Airport Director for Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport."

2018-08-18 - Man found dead in burning car inside burning garage at apartments in Simi Valley (California):

Quote: "No rescues had to be performed, but a body was found inside a vehicle in one of the garages after the fire was knocked down, according to Simi Valley police, who came to the scene to investigate. Police said the body belonged to a male, but they provided no further identifying information on Saturday."

2018-08-18 - Man, 49, found dead in burning car before 4:30 AM in parking lot at Disney's Epcot Resort in Kissimmee (Florida):

Quote: "Deputies do not suspect foul play in the death of a man found in a burning car on Walt Disney World property nearly three weeks ago, a sheriff's spokeswoman said. Deputies identified the man, 49-year-old Brian Christ, using his dental records, Deputy Ingrid Tejada-Monforte said Friday."

2018-08-18 - Underground electrical explosion and fire hits Oxford (Britain):

2018-08-18 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, numerous cars burn, in San Bernardino (California):

Quote: "Auto dismantling facility with numerous cars burning."

2018-08-18 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame just before 7 AM in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):

2018-08-18 - Around 30 scrap cars go up in flames at auto salvage yard on Beeching Close in Chard (Britain):

Quote: "A call from site amongst many other calls to fire control stated there was approximately 30 scrap cars involved in the fire. All persons are accounted for and crews are at work with two breathing apparatus sets and two hose reel jets to try and prevent escalation."

2018-08-18 - Pallets and scrap wood go up in flames at 11:30 PM in coastal Nanaimo (Canada):

Quote: "Martin Drakeley, Nanaimo Fire Rescue assistant fire chief, said they were called to the fire at around 11:30 p.m. When they arrived, they discovered a large pile of wooden pallets on fire, along with a large pile of wood chips and another of shaved wood."

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2018-08-19 - Unquenchable underground fire burning and spewing sulfurous smell, people sickening and dying, in Anambra State (Nigeria):

Quote: "The lignite, which sends out gas with irritating sulphurous odour, has also led to the admission of scores of residents in different hospitals in the area."

Quote: "“Last night [Friday], after a little rain, we were unable to sleep. The most astonishing thing is that we have been recording sudden deaths in recent time. 'Within a space of two months, we have lost seven persons and we do not known the cause of their death. But if you put two and two together, you find out that it is not natural death. We never recorded that number of deaths in the past in this community,' he lamented."

Quote: "Surroundings of the chemical site are caving in and the emission becomes stronger. We have tried to put out the fire burning underground to no avail and we decided to leave the rains to deal with it. 'But despite the heavy rains so far experienced this year, the fire has been as if the rains are fueling it.'"

Note: Lignite is like really low-grade coal made from compressed peat. There's no sulfur in it, so what's that sulfur smell they're smelling? Maybe there's been some hydrogen sulfide falling in the rain, or there's some in the ground there, or both. That would cause the sulfur odor AND help fuel the fire AND cause people to sicken and die…

2018-08-19 - Heatwave kills 3,232,000 livestock across South Korea:

Quote: "The continuing heat wave has claimed the lives of millions of livestock across the country. Nonghyup Property and Casualty Insurance said that, as of Wednesday, it had received reports of the deaths of three-million-232-thousand livestock due to the hot weather this year resulting in an estimated total loss of 17-point-three billion won."

2018-08-19 - Metal recycling center hit by fire at midnight, scrap metal burns, in Dowagiac (Michigan), nobody there:

2018-08-19 - Auto salvage fire causes transit delays in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):

Quote: "A junkyard fire in Philadelphia is causing significant delays for Amtrak, SEPTA and NJ Transit."

2018-08-19 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire (Britain):

Quote: "The blaze broke out at a scrap car factory close to the railway line. Earlier today, Twitter users shared videos of a thick, black smoke near the Nottinghamshire village Sutton Bonington."

2018-08-19 - Magnitude 6.9 and 6.3 earthquakes shake Lombok Island (Indonesia), 1+ killed:

Quote: "The latest tremors arrived two weeks after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed 460 people on the island and caused damage worth more than 5 trillion rupiah (£268 million)."

2018-08-19 - Deep magnitude 8.2 earthquake strikes in the ocean between Fiji and Tonga:

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2018-08-20 - Unknown odor sickens passengers and crew on passenger plane, plane makes emergency landing in coastal Shannon (Ireland):

Quote: "It’s understood that a number of flight attendants and passengers have complained of feeling unwell after an odour was detected on board. Airport fire crews were standing by for the jet when it landed at 4.35pm. A number of HSE ambulances and fire crews from Shannon and Ennis were also sent to the airport. An American Airlines spokesperson confirmed that flight diverted due to an odour in the cabin."

2018-08-20 - Mysterious foul odor blows through Memphis (Tennessee):

2018-08-20 - Passenger plane hit by smoke at airport on coastal Nantucket Island (Massachusetts):

Quote: "(Aug. 20, 2018) An American Airlines pilot reported smoke in the cabin of his plane on the tarmac of Nantucket Memorial Airport just after noon Monday."

Note: This is the 136th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-20 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, pile of cars burns, in Munford (Alabama):

Quote: "Crews worked overnight to contain a scrapyard fire in Munford. Fire officials say multiple cars caught fire at Munford Recycling on Hwy 21 around 10:30 p.m. The flames were initially too much and several fire departments were called to the area to assist. At one point, the fire grew so large it forced the closure of Hwy 21. Firefighters are working to find out how those cars caught fire."

2018-08-20 - Landfill fire breaks out in Kielcz (Poland):

Quote: "It is not the first fire of landfill in recent months. So far, more than 60 cases of garbage dump fires have been reported in 2018, compared to 37 of such fires in 2017, according to Poland’s ministry of environment."

2018-08-20 - Seven cars go up in flames at 5 AM while parked at car dealership in coastal Reykjavík (Iceland):

Quote: "Firefighting crews were called out to Askja used car dealership in Reykjavík at 5.00am this morning, RÚV reports. A fire was raging in the lot, affecting seven vehicles, but was quickly extinguished. Evidence points to fire igniting in more than one vehicle, with flames then spreading to additional vehicles."

2018-08-20 - Three cars and two homes go up in flames in the wee hours in Phoenix (Arizona):

Quote: "Three cars parked in the driveway of the occupied home are a complete loss from the damage they suffered."

Note: Also see the two men who dropped dead near a motel and the small plane that crashed and killed two people in Phoenix on this day...

2018-08-20 - Some ground in the Arctic no longer freezing, even in the winter:

Quote: "In April he sent a team of workers out with heavy drills to be sure. They bored into the soil a few feet down and found thick, slushy mud. Zimov said that was impossible. Cherskiy, his community of 3,000 along the Kolyma River, is one of the coldest spots on Earth. Even in late spring, ground below the surface should be frozen solid. Except this year, it wasn't."

Quote: "Already, three of the last four years have been earth's hottest on record, with 2018 on schedule to be number four. And the poles are actually warming far faster, with areas 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle in Norway reaching 90 degrees Fahrenheit this July. If significant quantities of permafrost start thawing early, that would only make things worse."

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2018-08-21 - Man found dead and burning in culvert along street in coastal Hilo (Hawaii):

Quote: "Approximately 1:58 p.m. Tuesday, the Hawaii Fire Department and the Hawaii Police Department responded to a reported brush fire on the roadside south of the Komohana and Ponahawai Street intersection in Hilo. Upon fire and police arrival, the burning lifeless body of an unidentified male had been discovered in a culvert on the mauka side of the road. Detectives with the Area I Criminal Investigation Section are continuing this investigation as an unattended death and an autopsy will determine the exact cause of death."

2018-08-21 - RV trailer goes up in flames and kills man in Jasper (Texas):

2018-08-21 - Electronics factory heavily damaged by deadly fire in coastal Incheon (South Korea), 9 killed, 4 injured:

2018-08-21 - Landfill fire breaks out on island adjacent to the island of Jost Van Dyke (British Virgin Islands):

Quote: "Meanwhile, this is at least the second dump to have caught ablaze in recent months. There was a massive fire at the Cox Heath dump on Tortola back in May. That blaze lasted nearly a month before it was put out."

2018-08-21 - Metal business rocked by explosion in Delaware (Ohio), 5 injured:

2018-08-21 - Oilfield facility devastated by massive fire and explosions just north of Three Rivers (Texas):

Quote: "An oilfield facility in South Texas near the community of Peggy which is located just north of Three Rivers caught fire around noon on Tuesday. There were reported explosions and huge flames seen at the facility."

Quote: "Local oilfield truck driver Marcus Posada from Beeville TX said he felt intense heat and could see the fire was out of control as he drove by."

2018-08-21 - Underground electrical explosion and fire cause blackouts in Cleveland Heights (Ohio):

2018-08-21 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in coastal Honolulu (Hawaii):

2018-08-21 - 17 heavy trucks and concrete business destroyed by huge fire at 5:30 AM in Burlington (Wisconsin), nobody there:

Quote: "The company's vice president said the fire destroyed about 17 ready-mix trucks and spread to another building."

2018-08-21 - Fires escalating across Greater Manchester (Britain):

Quote: "Mills on fire, tonnes of burning waste at factories and industrial units up in flames. Firefighters across Greater Manchester appear to be busier than ever before."

Quote: "But the seemingly endless run of incidents has had the M.E.N. swamped with readers asking the same question: 'Why has there been so many fires?'"

Note: If they think fires are bad NOW, they're gonna be mighty surprised at how bad they get, because they ain't seen nothin' yet!

2018-08-21 - Arctic’s strongest sea ice, near Greenland, breaks up for the first time on record:

2018-08-21 - New report warns that dire climate warnings not dire enough:

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2018-08-22 - Man, 73, burns to death on street in Swanland just west of coastal Hull (Britain):

Quote: "A man who tragically died after being seen 'on fire' in Swanland has been named. Ken Allanson, 73 was rushed to hospital following the incident in Newton Thorpe Close on Thursday, August 16, but sadly died. An inquest into his death has now been opened at Hull Coroners Court. Emergency services rushed to the scene on August 16, following reports a man was on fire in the street. Several neighbours rushed to help the man, who was 'head to toe in flames' neighbours said. Humberside Police revealed there were no suspicious circumstances into Mr Allanson's death."

Note: A man burst into flame and burned to death on a street late last year in Hull too, mentioned in the 2017-12-27 update...

2018-08-22 - Passenger plane engine bursts into flame at 5:06 AM, plane makes emergency landing in Ufa (Russia):

Quote: "'At 5:06 a.m. local time [0:06 GMT], due to a fire outbreak in the left engine, the Tu-204 aircraft of the Red Wings, carrying out Ufa-Sochi flight 808, conducted an emergency landing at the Ufa airport. There were 202 passengers on board,' the airport said in a statement."

Note: This is the 137th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-22 - In three separate incidents, three cars burst into flame within 4 hours, two of them parked, in Lower Nazareth Township (Pennsylvania):

Quote: "It was a 'pretty rare day' for Hecktown volunteer firefighters as they battled three unrelated car fires in a little more than four hours on Wednesday in Lower Nazareth Township, Chief Jeff Seip said."

Note: One was parked in a driveway at a home, one was parked inside a garage at a home, and the other was being driven on Route 248...

2018-08-22 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, pile of discarded refrigerators burns, in Anderson (South Carolina):

2018-08-22 - Chemical plant rocked by explosion and fire at Britain's second-largest refinery, in coastal Ellesmere Port (Britain):

2018-08-22 - High-rise Crystal Tower apartment building heavily damaged by deadly fire in coastal Mumbai (India), 4+ killed, 16+ injured:

2018-08-22 - NOAA interactive map shows almost two million acres of land is on fire across the United States:

2018-08-22 - Big oil asks government to protect it from climate change:

Note: 'Save us from the monster we created so we can keep making the monster even stronger!'

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2018-08-23 - Small plane hit by smoke and/or fire then crashes and burns at airport in Blaine (Minnesota), 1 injured:

Quote: "The pilot of a 63-year-old vintage military airplane that crashed Thursday at Anoka Blaine Airport reported his plane was apparently on fire just before it crashed at the end of a runway."

Quote: "'I’ve got smoke in the cockpit. Let me see if I can get my gear down,' Cook was heard to say, according to audio recorded by the tower."

Note: This is the 138th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-23 - Landfill fire breaks out in coastal Lautoka (Fiji Islands):

Quote: "He says the fire was most probably caused by the combustion of biogases like methane and hydrogen sulphide."

2018-08-23 - SUV bursts into flame on I-70 near Myersville (Maryland), woman critically burned:

2018-08-23 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, huge pile of tires burns, in Lebanon (Tennessee):

2018-08-23 - Tesla factory hit by fire, pile of cardboard burns, in Fremont (California):

2018-08-23 - Industrial boat workshop destroyed by huge fire at the Holyhead Marina in coastal Holyhead (Britain):

Quote: "Eyewitnesses reported hearing an explosion moments before massive orange flames and black plumes of smoke billowed out of the building labelled Trinity Marine – which is located next to the town’s lifeboat station. It is understood that the workshop is used to maintain and repair boats."

2018-08-23 - Mount Etna erupts mightily in Sicily (Italy):

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2018-08-24 - Hydrogen sulfide kills off life, especially oceanic life, when too much CO2 enters the atmosphere:

Quote: "Yao et al. report sulfur isotopic data from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, an interval around 55 million years ago when atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and global temperatures were also high. They found widespread anoxia and resulting high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide, which is toxic to marine organisms. Similar effects could have severe negative effects on ocean ecosystems."

Quote: "Of particular interest is the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), where the carbon dioxide input into the atmosphere was similar to the IPCC RCP8.5 emission scenario. Here we present sulfur-isotope data that record a positive 1 per mil excursion during the PETM. Modeling suggests that large parts of the ocean must have become sulfidic. The toxicity of hydrogen sulfide will render two of the largest and least explored ecosystems on Earth, the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones, uninhabitable by multicellular organisms. This will affect many marine species whose ecozones stretch into the deep ocean."

Note: They're comparing the projections of the planet's atmosphere of today with what happened in the extinction event 55 million years ago. They should look even farther back in time, to what happened in the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago. The Permian-Triassic extinction, sometimes called the 'Great Dying', was Earth's deadliest, killing off more life, by far, than any other extinction event. Anoxic conditions and hydrogen sulfide were widespread throughout the oceans in that extinction event as well. The IPCC's projections are preposterously conservative, which means that we won't merely be seeing an extinction event comparable to the one 55 million years ago (which would still be plenty bad enough to wipe out the human race) but one far worse than that, one comparable to the Permian-Triassic extinction event, or possibly even worse than that, because as we die off there will be several hundred nuclear reactors melting down too, which obviously wasn't a factor 252 million years ago...

2018-08-24 - Australian graziers fear unexplained pasture dieback:

Quote: "Graziers fear unexplained pasture dieback has become a 'creeping cancer' that's moving into some of Queensland's best cattle country, yet researchers are still clueless about what is causing it."

Quote: "It's very common [and] it's widespread on the coast."

Quote: "While so far the condition has been largely coastal, there is evidence the dieback is moving south and west, but researchers are still unsure what is causing the condition."

Note: So stuff started mysteriously dying along the coast and now the die-off is spreading inland. Imagine that!

2018-08-24 - Waste and recycling fires escalating dramatically in Canada and the US:

Quote: "Waste and recycling facility fires across the United States and Canada surged starting in the spring. During the first four months of the year alone, there was actually 93% uptick compared to the same period last year, a scrap metal and recycling fire security expert found. Throughout the summer it seemed like there was a blaze every other day."

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Metal-related businesses will be hit hard, including salvage yards and metal recycling centers." Also, "Trash-related facilities such as recycling centers and landfills will burn hard too, as hydrogen sulfide is absorbed into flammable absorbent materials like wood, paper, cardboard, straw, hay, dried brush, generic trash, clothing, cotton, wool."

2018-08-24 - Cargo plane hit by landing gear fire after landing at airport in coastal Miami (Florida):

Quote: "A cargo plane at Miami International Airport had its landing gear catch fire just after it landed."

Note: This is the 139th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-24 - Sea lice outbreak hits beaches in Ocean City (Maryland):

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2018-08-25 - Update on fit and healthy couple that suddenly died at seaside resort in coastal Hurghada (Egypt) - 'funny smell' mentioned:

Quote: "The family of a British couple who died on a Thomas Cook holiday fear they may have been poisoned by a ‘funny smell’ in their hotel room. Under-pressure Egyptian officials have launched an urgent investigation, despite insisting John and Susan Cooper died of natural causes."

Quote: "My daughter said they could smell something that was a little bit funny, that wasn't right."

Note: Before this smell info, I was thinking they probably got poisoned in the water at the beach or the pool or the hotel shower, but that they died after there was a 'funny smell' indicates that they probably got gassed to death. The doctors there say 'natural causes' for both of them. That's an indicator that they were killed by hydrogen sulfide - it doesn't stick around in the body very long and there is no clinical test for hydrogen sulfide poisoning, so the deaths generally look like 'natural causes'. Also, hydrogen sulfide at medium-high or higher concentrations doesn't have that unpleasant 'rotten egg' odor. Different people describe it differently, because people's brains are different. Some say it's flowery, or sickly-sweet, or like licorice, or chemically. Not terribly unpleasant, just weird, unfamiliar...

2018-08-25 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame in North Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):

Note: An auto salvage yard burned in Philadelphia on August 18 too, and then another one burned on August 19th, so this current one is the third auto salvage yard fire in Philadelphia in a week...

2018-08-25 - Auto recycling business damaged by fire in Salt Lake City (Utah):

Quote: "The general manager of a neighboring business told FOX 13 the fire happened at Rio's Auto Recycling."

2018-08-25 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, big pile of scrap metal burns, in Sageston (Britain):

2018-08-25 - Deadly fire rips through hot springs resort at 4:36 AM in Harbin (China), 19 killed, 18 injured:

2018-08-25 - Greek-Catholic Episcopal Palace heavily damaged by fire in Oradea (Romania):

2018-08-25 - Volcano Manam erupts again, powerfully, in Papua New Guinea:

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2018-08-26 - Update on SUV that burst into flame on I-70 near Myersville (Maryland) - critically burned woman now dead:

Quote: "Cramer was driving a Jeep Wrangler west on I-70 near the 38-mile marker when the vehicle caught fire and exited the road, police said."

2018-08-26 - Landfill fire breaks out in Lower Windsor Township, York County (Pennsylvania):

2018-08-26 - After numerous landfill fires on the island of St. Maarten, citizens sue the government:

2018-08-26 - Power plant damaged by fire near Pétion-Ville (Haiti):

2018-08-26 - Wildfire season now second-worst in history in British Columbia (Canada):

Quote: "A year after the single worst season for wildfires in British Columbia’s history, government statistics indicate the 2018 wildfire season has already reached the second-worst mark, burning 945 square kilometres of land so far. That should prompt a longer look and more research into the trend, which saw more than 2,100 square kilometres of land burned over the past two years, said the province’s chief fire information officer."

Note: Still got four more months to go!

2018-08-26 - The only public school on the island heavily damaged by fire at 2:48 AM on coastal Hornby Island (Canada):

2018-08-26 - Golf cart bursts into flame while parked in garage at home in coastal Viera (Florida), nobody there:

2018-08-26 - Golf carts and golf cart dealership destroyed by fire in Hancock County (Mississippi):

Quote: "Golf carts and other flammable materials were seen being removed from the structure, which later became engulfed in flames and appeared to be a total loss."

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2018-08-27 - Landfill spewing hydrogen sulfide and sickening people along the Mississippi River in River Ridge suburb of coastal New Orleans (Louisiana):

Quote: "Retired Jefferson Parish Deputy Nancy Pearson is concerned about the higher levels of hydrogen sulfide gas that may be coming from the landfill."

Quote: "People who live in the River Ridge area continue to complain about the odor coming from the landfill, and they say it is causing them health problems, such as nose bleeds and respiratory and eye irritation."

2018-08-27 - Unknown odor causes workers' eyes to burn at office building in Concord (California), near the coast:

Quote: "At 11:16 a.m., crews responded to a call from workers who left the Concord Gateway office building, 1850 Gateway Blvd., after an unknown odor led some to experience burning eyes, ConFire public information officer Steve Hill said. After an inspection Monday afternoon, no obvious sign of hazardous material was found and crews left by 2:35 p.m., Hill said."

2018-08-27 - Mysterious explosion alarms people across wide area around the Twin Lakes (Arkansas):

Quote: "A spokesperson at the National Weather Service in Little Rock said there was no weather event occurring that could produce such a noise over such a large area. The spokesperson also said the United States Geological Survey had recorded no earthquakes that could explain the noise."

2018-08-27 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, pile of scrap metal burns, in Tacony area in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):

2018-08-27 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame, fire gets huge, in coastal Limerick (Ireland):

Quote: "A bystander who is close to the scene of the fire said they heard 'a number of loud explosions' coming from the scrap metal yard as the fire rages on. 'The flames are fifty to sixty foot high, they’re rising up over warehouses at the yard,' they added."

2018-08-27 - Transformer explodes and burns at water pumping station near Gauteng (South Africa):

2018-08-27 - Firefighter, man, goes into cardiac arrest at site of fire in coastal Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):

Quote: "A Myrtle Beach Fire Rescue lieutenant is expected to recover after suffering a cardiac arrest. Lt. Michael Beck suffered a severe cardiac event while fighting a structure fire around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, according to a video posted to the department's Facebook page."

Note: That was the day after one man had a 'medical emergency' in the water at a beach in Myrtle Beach, one man died after being pulled from the water at a beach in Myrtle Beach, and two different people had 'medical events' in Myrtle Beach. Two other men have died in the water at beaches in Myrtle Beach this month too, and a child also died in a swimming pool at a hotel 500 feet from the ocean in Myrtle Beach this month...

2018-08-27 - Nuclear plant almost shuts down due to high temps in the Danube River in Hungary:

Quote: "The third block of Hungary's sole nuclear power plant came close to being shut down last week as the temperature of the Danube reached extreme levels, Hungarian media reported on August 27."

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2018-08-28 - Unknown gas odor hits school in coastal West Palm Beach (Florida):

Quote: "Authorities briefly evacuated the Palm Beach County School District building Tuesday afternoon to investigate the smell of gas."

2018-09-28 - Sargassum seaweed problem that began in 2011 is intensifying, killing sea life and causing hydrogen sulfide releases across the Caribbean:

Quote: "Problems with Sargassum only started to arise in 2011. Seemingly out of nowhere, the seaweed began to amass in huge quantities on 'beaches across the Caribbean, trapping sea turtles and filling the air with the stench of rotting egg,' according to a report in the journal Science. The foul odor stems from hydrogen sulfide, which the seaweed releases when it rots on land."

Quote: "Sargassum researchers do appear confident in two things, though. The first is that these algal blooms constitute a new type of natural disaster—one that, like hurricanes, can be expected every single year. The second is that this new risk is not entirely natural. Humans have made these blooms far more likely."

Note: Similar to the red tide and cyanobacteria blooms that have also been escalating in recent years around the world. Both the climate and the biosphere are changing rapidly now, and in ways that are detrimental to human survival...

2018-08-28 - Passenger plane engine bursts into flame, plane makes emergency landing in Lubbock (Texas):

Quote: "A jet with an engine on fire made an emergency landing at the Lubbock airport on Tuesday afternoon. The Boeing 737 operated by Southwest was on its way from Phoenix to Oklahoma City with 104 people on board. The plane landed safely around 5:30 p.m. The pilot reported engine vibration and air traffic control said flames could be seen coming out of the engine. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished and light smoke could be seen coming from the engine as the plane went to the gate."

Note: This is the 140th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-28 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, scrap metal burns, in Opa-Locka (Florida), near the coast:

Quote: "A pile of scrap metal burst into flames at a junkyard in Opa-locka, prompting a massive response from firefighters."

2018-08-28 - Metal recycling center hit by fire on Island Road on island surrounded by waterways in Columbus (Mississippi):

Quote: "Anthony Colom with the Columbus Fire Department said the fire took place at the Columbus Scrap Material Company near the Travelers Deluxe Motel on Island Road. Colom said the cause of the fire is still unknown."

2018-08-28 - Aluminum plant rocked by deadly explosion at 2 AM near the Yangtze River in coastal Jiangyin (China), 5 killed:

2018-08-28 - Underground electrical fire causes blackouts in coastal Boston (Massachusetts):

2018-08-28 - Wildfire season now the worst in history in British Columbia (Canada):

Quote: "According to the latest statistics provided by the B.C. Wildfire Service, a record 12,998 square kilometres of the province have been scorched by wildfires this season, eclipsing last year’s mark of 12,164 square kilometres, which was the worst level of destruction since 1958 when 8,560 square kilometres burned. There have been 2,011 fires so far this summer, more than last year’s total of 1,353."

Note: British Columbia is the province along the west coast of Canada, next to the Pacific Ocean, so it's like the California of Canada. The western coasts of both the US and Canada are burning up hard now...

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2018-08-29 - Hydrogen sulfide, e.g. sewer gas, evacuates corrections facility building in coastal Pensacola (Florida):

Quote: "The Escambia County Corrections Office building was evacuated on Wednesday around 11:30 a.m. after officials say staff reported a strong smell thought to be sewer gas."

2018-08-29 - Unknown gas odor causes partial evacuation at school in Boerne (Texas):

Quote: "Boerne Middle School officials via Twitter Wednesday afternoon reported a gas odor prompted a partial evacuation of the campus."

2018-08-29 - Cargo plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in Cedar Rapids (Iowa):

Quote: "Officials say a UPS cargo plane made an emergency landing in Cedar Rapids Wednesday morning due to smoke in the cockpit."

Note: This is the 141st aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-29 - Ferry ship 'Eleftherios Venizelos' hit by car deck fire in the wee hours near coastal Piraeus (Greece):

Quote: "Update: Fire was or still is much more serious than we’ve been told – cargo decks were still emitting smoke in the afternoon, firefighting of a major scale still going on. All passengers of course, left ferry, no injures reported. Because of water poured into the ship, she developed portside list. Look at photos – smoke is seen both fore and aft, meaning that fire spread throughout car deck or decks."

Note: This is the third ferry ship to burn in four days. Ferry ship 'Wight Sky' was just damaged by fire on The Solent near the Isle of Wight (Britain), and ferry ship 'Alcántara Dos' just burst into flame near coastal Almeria (Spain), both events mentioned in the 2018-08-26 update. This is the 806th boat/ship to burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-30 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 70+ cars burn, in coastal Cancun (Mexico):

2018-08-30 - Car(s) and car yard go up in flames in coastal New Plymouth (New Zealand):

Quote: "Early indications are at this stage that the fire started in a vehicle in the building."

2018-08-29 - Underground electrical fires cause blackouts in coastal Bronx (New York):

2018-08-29 - Climate and Extreme Weather News #134, August 17th-28th, 2018:

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2018-08-30 - Unknown foul odor sickens people in Derby (Britain):

Quote: "Why does the whole of Derby smell like rotten egg?"

2018-08-30 - Unknown rotten egg odor regularly hitting Bristol (Britain), near the coast:

Quote: "There is a mysterious 'rotten egg' smell in Emersons Green - and residents are not happy. The strange odour, which has been described as smelling similar to sewage and rotting eggs, was first reported around two weeks ago the Environmental Agency. However, people have been complaining about the odour online for at least six months. One resident said they only noticed the stench early in the morning."

2018-08-30 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in Shreveport (Louisiana):

Quote: "A United Airlines plane, with smoke in the cockpit, made an emergency landing Thursday morning at Shreveport Regional Airport. It happened shortly before 11: 30 a.m. in the 5100 block of Hollywood Avenue, near Monkhouse Drive. Officials say Flight 4309 was heading to Louisville, Kentucky from Houston, Texas."

2018-08-30 - Passenger plane hit by smoke at airport in Yellowknife (Canada):

Quote: "In a recording of communications between flight 892 and Yellowknife air traffic control, a pilot can be heard saying: 'We’re shutting down here … smoke in the cockpit.'"

2018-08-30 - Military helicopter bursts into flame then crashes 100 kilometers from Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 17+ killed:

Quote: "The agency reported that the ET-AIU plane crashed just 100 km (62 miles) from the capital Addis Ababa as it burned mid-air above the East Shewa Zone. According to local news agency Fana, however, the aircraft in question was a helicopter, not a plane. Fana put the death toll at 18, including 15 members of the defense sector along with three civilians."

Quote: "ENA also said the aircraft was burning in midair before it crashed."

Note: These are the 142nd, 143rd and 144th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...

2018-08-30 - Water treatment plant explodes and collapses, in Cook County (Illinois), 10 injured:;-10-injured/4099483/

Quote: "A buildup of methane gas was suspected of causing an explosion at Cook County's oldest water treatment plant on the Far South Side Thursday morning, collapsing a roof and seriously injuring 10 workers, two of them trapped under steel beams and rubble."

2018-08-30 - White House staffer has seizure at the White House in coastal Washington DC:

Quote: "There is a medical emergency at the White House right now. Sarah Sanders informs us that a staffer has suffered a seizure and is being taken for evaluation by ambulance from the West Wing doors."

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2018-08-31 - Man relates event where strong smell hit his hotel room and killed his wife and sickened him, in coastal Marsa Alam (Egypt)

Quote: "A grieving husband says that his wife's death in Egypt has similarities to that of a couple there less than a fortnight ago. All three victims, on Thomas Cook holidays, were believed to be healthy and fell ill after a strong smell in their hotel rooms. Clive Eversfield, of Ramsgate, said in today's Mail Online: 'It is not a one-off. Three people, who their relatives believed were fit and healthy, have died. There are several common denominators – something is clearly wrong.'"

Quote: "All three deaths were treated as natural causes by the Egyptian authorities. Both Hurghada and Marsa Alam are on the western Red Sea coast but 180 miles apart."

Note: This man came forward with the story about his wife's death after hearing about that healthy and fit couple that just dropped dead, with a 'funny smell' mentioned, at a seaside resort in coastal Hurghada (Egypt), mentioned in the 2018-08-25 update. Strange smells, seaside areas, healthy people mysteriously dropping dead...

2018-08-31 - Unknown foul odor hits Glenealy (Ireland), 5 miles from the coast:

2018-08-31 - Unknown odor sickens people at business in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma):

Quote: "A hazardous materials team investigated a chemical smell Friday at an Oklahoma City business after several people became ill."

2018-08-31 - As the Arctic warms and the tundra melts, lakes bubbling up carbon dioxide and methane:

Quote: "NASA has released videos of bubbling lakes in the remote Arctic tundra, where warming continues to release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere at unprecedented rates. The international research team, funded by NASA as part of their Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE), recently published their results in Nature Communications. What they found are bubbling lakes as greenhouse gases are released from the previously frozen ground, leading to increased greenhouse gas emissions and a warming positive feedback."

Quote: "Large releases of carbon are not decades or centuries away, they are rapidly happening today and with it, changing the landscape of the Arctic."

Note: That's not just a feedback, that's an end-of-the-world feedback. More CO2 and methane are emitted, which causes more warming, which melts more tundra and permafrost, which releases more CO2 and methane, and so on and so on. In the Great Dying, the CO2 levels were about 1000 PPM. Because of the vast amounts of ancient carbon and methane stored in the permafrost, this feedback all by itself will get us to that level, which means mostly everything will die on this planet, just as happened before, and it won't take decades or centuries. This is also just one of the many feedbacks in play now. Even if every human being blew their brains out today, and every power plant was shut down, and every car was left rotting unused in a field, this one feedback all by itself would now still get the planet to Great Dying levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. We are thus irrelevant and before long we will also be nonexistent...

2018-08-31 - Power station explodes and burns at 1:36 AM in coastal Maracaibo (Venezuela):

2018-08-31 - Two underground electrical fires at 6 AM hit coastal Queens (New York):

Quote: "Two underground transformer fires burned in Forest Hills, Queens, early Friday morning. Residents reported hearing a loud explosion just before 6 a.m. It happened at 63rd Road and 99th Street. Flames could be seen shooting from the street."

2018-08-31 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, scrap cars burn, in Euclid (Ohio):

Quote: "Several junk cars and other materials are on fire at Dille Road Recycling in the 1400 block of Dille Road, the fire department posted on its Facebook page."

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