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Your daily dose of natural disasters and amazing phenomena for May 12, 2025...
The sea was angry that day my friends…
We (me and my wife) lost the mast of our sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic after sailing 10 days across an enormous stationary storm…
Coming back from Antarctica, I caught a huge storm in the Furious Fifties. Instead of sailing at 11-12 knots, The Polarstern, a scientific Ice Breaker on which I was working, was at 0.5-1 knot… The waves were just terrifying…
Yep, everyday, I am glad to hug my wife, my children, and to be able to write this newsletter…
Bolivian volcano dormant for 250,000 years…
Now, exhibiting warning signs of a potential eruption…
Everything is getting zombie right now… Even a volcano…
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Meanwhile, the Karymsky volcano in Kamchatka spewed a column of ash to a height of 3.5 km, which led to the temporary closure of local airports and the suspension of air traffic in the region.
Another air traffic control outage at Newark airport…
Flights brought to standstill…
Some days later, we will be saying "If only we had some signs, we could have prevented it".
Oh wait…
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About 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, an underwater volcano appears to be rumbling to life.
Scientists who have been monitoring the vast submarine volcano for decades say a flurry of recent activity — including an uptick in earthquakes in the vicinity, and swelling of the structure itself — signals that it’s ready to erupt.
Current forecasts project that the volcano, known as Axial Seamount, could erupt anytime between now and the end of the year, according to Bill Chadwick, a volcanologist and research professor at Oregon State University…
My first thought is that man sailing from Oregon to Hawaii…
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Work at Fort Detrick's high-risk infectious disease lab halted…
Following reports of repeated safety violations…
Sabotage, negligence, and a ridiculous management contract…
Attempted murder at Fort Detrick bio-lab halts operations…
Hail so thick that it covered the wheels of cars in Baoding, China…
Insane!
Spring doesn't feel like spring, summer doesn't feel like summer, the weather is not normal anymore…
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Congressman reveals hidden secret passageway from America's founding under Capitol floorboards…
Construction started in the 1700s and there are all sorts of little hidden passages…
This is just off of what's called Statuary Hall, which at one time was the actual House chamber.... But this is just an example of some of the little hidden secrets in the Capitol…
Tunnels are real… Reptilians are real…
Research uncovers the Parthenon's spectacular lighting effects…
Is the way light was used in the Greek temple something uniquely thought by the Greeks or did they learn from other civilizations?
Interview with the scientist here…
Floods devastate village in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Over 100 dead…
Local authorities report at least 104 confirmed deaths, with 28 injuries and approximately 150 homes destroyed. Rescue teams and villagers have recovered as many as 119 bodies, with many victims being children and elderly residents caught asleep during the surge. The floodwaters, carrying boulders, trees, and mud, tore through the lakeside community with immense force…
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Electric forests…
Trees respond to a solar eclipse…
Solar eclipses aren't just for homo sapiens. Researchers have long known that birds, insects, and many other mammals pay attention when the Moon slides in front of the sun.
Now we can add trees to the list…
The scientists explain:
‘As the eclipse approached, electrical signals from different trees began to align; their waveforms became more similar in shape and timing. This synchronization peaked during the eclipse and gradually diminished afterward. The older trees started showing electrical changes earlier, hours before the eclipse began, while the youngest tree responded later and more weakly. The tree stumps also exhibited a bioelectrical response, albeit less pronounced than in the standing trees.’
The researchers interpreted this as a coordinated "organism-like" response to a large-scale environmental event, possibly involving communication or shared signaling pathways…
Awesome!
Bright light changes night into day in Taitung, Taiwan…
Likely a meteor fireball…
WOW!
And that one across sky in Western Australia is also impressive:
The sky is on fire…
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Manuel
Taiwan¿ Sun simulator on the fritz. Or ...
The truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie. -Mark Twain
Thanks, Manuel, so much, for keeping track of all the weird weather going on!! We can thank the Nibiru System that has been passing through since 2009!!! SAMUEL HOFMAN & his group have been documenting this & one of them put out a great video today with amazing pictures. ;-)