Wierd Weather

[Blue Frost]

Nothing weird here, it's winter time, and the last few years as a whole have been nice
California, and the west have cycles where they are dry, nothing new there .

[Blue Frost]

Just wait till the rains start in California, they will be crying of landslides, and stuff like that.
Also, since it will be raining why save water for the next dry times

[Gary Oak]

There is bizarrely bad weather now almost everyday so I have actually not bothered trying to keep track of it all. Here we have another of the constant floods occurring everywhere all the time now.

Powerful storm causes extreme flash flooding across the South US

http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2016/0 ... -south-us/

[Blue Frost]

No flooding here yet, but the ground is getting full.

[Tribrid Vampire]

ABC: LA Sprays Their Skies w/ Silver Iodide (Weather Modification) After El Nino



As ABC, LA TIMES and mainstream news is reporting across the nation: Weather modification is real and alive over my former home of many years: Los Angeles, California.

Clouds over Los Angeles County were seeded with silver iodide Monday to increase the amount of rainfall during Monday’s storm, marking the first cloud seeding done by the Department of Public Works since 2002.

Some say it can have an environmental impact too which you can read down below in clickable link.

According to Medscape.com, prolonged exposure to silver iodide Can cause discoloration of the hands. While the yellow white film-processing chemical would sometimes leave the skin a little yellow or orange, the lasting result was often a grey ashy color staining their hands. This discoloration is a side-effect of the disorder, agyria.

Argyria is classified as a skin condition though it also can potentially affect mucous membranes. Basically, the silver particles impregnate the skin and leaving residue in mucous membranes. Studies conclude that an unknown amount of silver can cause this condition because the rate at which it affects individuals varies so much.

Los Angeles County has used cloud seeding to boost water supplies since the 1950s, backing off in times of heavy rain or when wildfire devastation creates an outsized risk of

A 2009 cloud seeding contract for services was terminated after the Station Fire, which burned roughly 250 square miles of the Angeles National Forest. Then, last October, the state’s severe drought led the county Board of Supervisors to approve a new one-year contract with Utah-based North American Weather Consultants for as much as $550,000 a year.




This week’s storm offered a good opportunity for “the first go-round for cloud seeding” this season, Department of Public Works spokesman Steve Frasher said.

North American Weather Consultants has set up land-based generators in 10 locations between Sylmar and Pacoima, Fraser said. Only some of those generators were used Sunday night, as weather conditions were not ideal in all areas.

The generators shoot silver iodide into the clouds, creating ice particles. Water vapor freezes onto those particles, which fall as rain.

Cloud seeding cannot create clouds, but it increases the amount of rainfall from existing clouds. That storm water is then captured in dams and in the Pacoima, Big Tujunga and San Gabriel watersheds.
The county estimates that seeded clouds produce about 15% more rainfall.

[Blue Frost]

Good thing is it might rain, bad it kills good bacteria . Being in LA they likely have a lot of bad bacteria so they should spray more.

[Gary Oak]

There is far too much weird weather to keep track of it all now. There never used to be super typhoons.

The Largest Cyclone Ever Recorded In The Indian Ocean Is Very Large

http://gizmodo.com/good-lord-the-larges ... 1772080671

[Gary Oak]

I will never forget the time twenty years ago in 1996 when I was hitchhiking in Saskatchewan and a very intense lightning storm was coming directly towards me. I was very scared. This is what would have happened if hit. I was soaked in seconds, lightning was landing not too far away from me. I was praying. This storm blew by and I got a ride into the next town and managed to find a few dirty clothes in my bag that were fairly dry and I did my laundry and got on my way.


The most terrifying part about getting struck by lightning is what happens afterwards

It's not good.

ALI SUNDERMIER, BUSINESS INSIDER

21 APR 2016

Somewhere in the sky, in the guts of a storm, lightning is forming.

Although it’s rare, with the odds of getting struck in your lifetime being roughly 1 in 12,000, every now and then a human will provide an attractive target for lightning bolts to unleash their energy. And of the roughly 500 people who are struck by lightning each year, about 90 percent survive. Here’s what you should expect if you ever find yourself in the path of lightning.

How lightning forms

Although we’re still not sure what causes it, scientists believe that ice particles bumping together inside a cloud can cause an excess of negative charge to collect at the bottom of the cloud. This charge can be so powerful that it repels electrons, negatively charged particles, on the ground beneath it, causing the ground to become positively charged.

As an insanely strong electrical field roils in the cloud above, an intense attraction builds between the cloud and the ground. Lightning is the runaway force that discharges this field. It races toward the ground at nearly 300,000 kilometers per hour, striking the ground with an energy of 300 kV, up to 150 times more powerful than an industrial shock. The energy can even exceed the power of a nuclear reactor. When the lightning hits the ground, it causes a trail of plasma that lights the sky with those telltale zigzags of blueish white light that we see as lightning.

The first three milliseconds


Man lightning strike scarring
Lichtenberg figures are a type of scarring that can occur when you’ve been struck by lightning. Image: Winston Kemp

A lot can happen in the three milliseconds it takes for a lightning bolt to course through your body.

As the lightning strikes and then exits your body, it will leave you with deep wounds, often accompanied with third degree burns. Your hair and clothing might singe or catch fire. Your clothes might even be shredded by the explosive force of the surrounding air being superheated to up to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit (27,700 degrees Celsius), which is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.

If you happen to be wearing any metal objects, like necklaces or a piercings, they could channel the electric current, superheating and searing your skin. And if the lightning exits through your feet, the force could literally knock your shoes off.

Blood vessels bursting from the electric discharge and heat might create something called a Lichtenberg figure on your skin. This is a pattern of scars that branches out across your body like the limbs of a tree, likely tracing the path the electricity took as it travelled through you.

It’s not uncommon for the blast to rupture your eardrums, possibly leading to hearing loss. And, of course, you can expect a whole world of pain. One victim recalled it as "the pain of a thousand wasps stinging from within".

In the wake of a lightning strike

Immediately after being struck, the disruption the lightning would have caused to your heart’s electrical rhythm could result in cardiac arrest, one of the leading causes of death in lightning strike victims. The shock could also cause seizures or respiratory arrest. If the electric current enters your skull, it could literally cook your brain, resulting in brain damage or putting you in a coma. The strike could even cause temporary or permanent paralysis.

But it doesn’t end there.

In the wake of a lightning attack, you might be faced with a lifetime of neurological afflictions for reasons that scientists still don’t fully understand. Some scientists believe that the lightning scrambles your internal circuitry, altering the behaviour of your cells. You might undergo personality changes, mood swings, and memory loss. It’s also possible that you will suffer from chronic pain and constant Parkinson’s-like muscle twitches.

In some cases, however, a lightning strike can lead to strange super talents. In a blog post for Psychology Today, University of Miami neuroscientist Berit Brogaard writes about an incident where an orthopaedic surgeon who was struck by lightning developed an urge to learn to play the piano. He began to compose music he had mysteriously started hearing in his head since the strike. After a few months he abandoned his career as a surgeon and became a classical musician. This type of phenomenon baffles scientists.

One theory that Brogaard says is currently being tested is that cell death caused by being struck by lightning could cause a one-time flooding of the brain with neurotransmitters that are released from the dying neurons. This causes a rewiring of neurons, providing access to areas of the brain that were previously inaccessible.

But as cool as it would be, you shouldn’t count on that stray bolt of electricity turning you into a prodigy in one swift flash. The overwhelming majority of consequences of being struck by lightning are painful and debilitating, and could stay with you for the rest of your life.

While your chances of being struck by lightning are low, you can stay safe by tossing aside that fishing pole or golf club when you see clouds forming and heading indoors.

http://www.sciencealert.com/what-happen ... -lightning

[Blue Frost]

I have been close to a strike, you can feel the power in the air. I got no special powers though unless it's me working on electric with it on, and not caring much

[Gary Oak]

wtf ! 14 feet of snow in Guatamala !?

Worst snowfall in 30 years blocks more than 10,000 Guatemalans

http://strangesounds.org/2016/06/worst- ... photo.html

[Blue Frost]

hose are some nice evergreens and a nice bit of snow.

[Gary Oak]

I was snowed on at the top of Kicking Horse Mountain last July but that's probably not too surprising in Canada but Hawaii in June is a bit more odd. Check out the pictures and video.

Anomalous summer snow in Hawaii and in the Cascades near Seattle – Something you don’t see too often!

http://strangesounds.org/2016/06/anomal ... video.html

[Blue Frost]

Summer is two days away, and up where that observatory is it is cold quite a lot up there. It's 4,200 meter high, that's 13779, and a half feet.

[Gary Oak]

Also the record for the most tornadoes in the USA is being broken every year for about the last ten years.

The Worst Period For Floods AND The Worst Period For Fires In U.S. History

As you read this article, the state of California is being ravaged by gigantic wildfires that are raging wildly out of control, and West Virginia is dealing with a "500 year flood". Since last September, the U.S. has been hit by a series of 11 historic floods.

Never before in American history have we seen so many major floods within such a compressed space of time. And just as the Shemitah year ended last September, massive wildfires began erupting all over the country.

Thanks to that unprecedented outbreak of large fires, 2015 ended up being the worst year for wildfires in all of U.S. history. And since 2016 began, things have continued to get worse. As far as the total number of acres burned is concerned, we are more than a million acres ahead of the pace that was set last year.

So why in the world is all of this happening?

The wildfires that are ripping through many parts of California right now are making headlines all over the world. In particular, the extremely quick moving Erskine fire in Kern County has already destroyed more than 200 homes and authorities are picking through the rubble hoping that they won't discover too many bodies...

The charred remains of two people were found inside a burned down mobile home which went up in flames as the fire tore through the South Lake area of Sierra Nevada, officials said.

The bodies were so horrifically burned that a forensic investigation is required to determine whether they belonged to a human or animal, said Kern County Sheriff spokesman Ray Pruitt.

Officials warned that more residents may be forced to flee the advancing flames as the fire has already scorched more than 30,000 acres.

At this point more than 1,000 firefighters are fighting this enormous fire, and it has already burned more than 35,000 acres. The latest update that I saw said that it was now "10 percent contained", and high temperatures in central California are expected to hit 110 degrees by mid-week.

Meanwhile, West Virginia is dealing with a "500 year flood" after it received approximately a quarter of its entire average annual rainfall in a single day.

The Elk River has already broken a record that has stood since 1888, and the Governor of West Virginia has declared a state of emergency for 44 of the 55 counties in the state.

According to Greenbrier County Sheriff Jan Cahill, the amount of damage that has already been done is unlike anything that has ever seen before...

At least 24 people have died and crews are still searching for missing residents in West Virginia after heavy rains flooded several towns. A federal disaster has been declared for this devastating event that has been described as "complete chaos."

"Roads destroyed, bridges out, homes burned down, washed off foundations," said Greenbrier County Sheriff Jan Cahill. "Multiple sections of highway just missing. Pavement just peeled off like a banana. I've never seen anything like that."

Unfortunately, the worst is not over for West Virginia.

In fact, the state is about to get a whole lot more rain. The following comes from the Daily Mail...

West Virginia is expected to be hit by another barrage of heavy rain and flood waters in the next 24 hours.

The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a flash flood watch for 22 counties tomorrow, warning that heavy rain could cause streams to burst their banks.

Around 18,000 people are currently languishing without electricity three days after the floods wiped away entire neighborhoods, killing at least 26.

As the floodwaters receded today, some returned to find their homes, businesses and entire neighborhoods swept away by the devastating weather.

If you follow my work closely, then you know that this is just the latest in a truly bizarre series of unprecedented floods that have been striking all over the nation over the past 10 months.

So now we can add this West Virginia flood to all of the other historic floods on my ongoing list...

October: Hurricane Joaquin never makes landfall, but it tracks up the east coast of the United States causing nightmarish rainfall and flooding all over the eastern seaboard. Things were particularly bad in South Carolina, where the governor declared that it was the worst rainfall that many areas of her state had seen in 1,000 years.

October: Violent storms in southern California caused flash flooding that buried some highways in "rivers of mud" that were up to six feet deep. Hundreds of vehicles got buried in the fast moving mud, and the lifeless body of one man that had his vehicle completely encased by several feet of mud was recovered only after a few days had passed because that is how long it took emergency workers to dig him out.

October: Hurricane Patricia was the second most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the entire world, and remnants from that storm caused absolutely horrible flooding in some parts of Texas. The flood waters were moving so fast at one point that a freight train was actually knocked entirely off the tracks.

November-December: A "conveyor belt" of violent storms barreled into coastal areas of Oregon and Washington causing nightmarish flooding in many areas. The resulting landslides and floods made headlines all over the country, and it is going to be a long time before the region fully recovers. In early December we witnessed the wettest day in the history of Portland, Oregon, and things were also extremely bad at that time up in the Seattle area.

January: The middle part of the country experienced record-breaking flooding as the calendar rolled over from 2015 to 2016. The only thing that people could really compare it to was the great flood of 1993, and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon said that some communities saw floodwaters get to "places they've never been before". Normally, if the middle of the country is going to see flooding like this it is going to take place when the snow begins to thaw in the spring. For something like this to happen in the middle of the winter was absolutely unprecedented.

January: On January 22nd, one of the worst east coast blizzards in history slammed into Washington D.C., New York City and other major metropolitan areas. More than three feet of snow was dumped on some areas, hundreds of thousands of people were left without power, and coastal cities all long the eastern seaboard experienced flooding that was described as "worse than Hurricane Sandy". It is also interesting to note that this storm was known as "Jonas", which is actually a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name "Jonah". Jonah, of course, was a Hebrew prophet that was sent to the capital city of Assyria (Ninevah) to warn that the judgment of God was coming. Well, it turns out that this storm called Jonas also hit our capital city (Washington D.C.) on the exact anniversary of Roe v. Wade and in the exact location where Roe v. Wade was decided.

March: Almost two feet of rain triggered historic flooding in parts of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Flooding along one area of the Sabine River broke the previous record by more than five feet, and some sections of Interstate 10 were closed for four days.

April: City officials in Houston declared that the flooding that struck that city was "a life-threatening emergency", and substantial sections of Interstate 10 and Interstate 45 near downtown were fully underwater. Authorities admitted that water was getting to areas that it had never been before, and Fire Department spokesman Jay Evans said that the water was 10 to 15 feet deep in some areas.

May: Long stretches of Interstate 95 were shut down in South Carolina after Tropical Storm Bonnie dumped massive amounts of rain on the state. At the time, Lance Cpl. Matt Southern of the South Carolina Highway Patrol told reporters that "we are at the mercy of mother nature".

June: Extremely heavy rain caused the Brazos River in Texas to hit its highest level "in more than a century", and many parts of Houston found themselves under water yet once again. According to CNN, this was "the second year in a row that Texas has been hit by 500-year floods"...

"It could just be really bad luck," said CNN Senior Meteorologist Brandon Miller. "A 500-year flood doesn't mean you will go 500 years between them. It just means it is such an extreme event that the odds of it happening are very low, therefore it only happens on average every 500 years.

"It just so happens that parts of Texas have seen them now in back-to-back years, and maybe even twice this year. The odds of that happening are infinitesimally small."

Are you starting to see the trend?

There have always been floods, but never before has the United States been hit by so many major floods within such a compressed space of time.

So what is causing all of this?

Why is the U.S. being hit by record wildfires and record flooding simultaneously?

I think that it is interesting to note that our sun has become extremely quiet. Our sun has more influence over our weather than any other natural cause, and right now it is completely spotless...

For the second time this month, the sun has gone completely blank. On June 4th, the sun went completely spotless for the first time since 2011 and that quiet spell lasted for about 4 days. Sunspot regions then reappeared for the next few weeks on a sporadic basis, but are once again completely missing from the surface of the sun. The blank sun is a sign that the next solar minimum is approaching and there will be an increasing number of spotless days over the next few years.

At first, the blankness will stretch for just a few days at a time, then it'll continue for weeks at a time, and finally it should last for months at a time when the sunspot cycle reaches its nadir.

The next solar minimum phase is expected to take place around 2019 or 2020. The current solar cycle is the 24th since 1755 when extensive recording of solar sunspot activity began and is the weakest in more than a century with the fewest sunspots since cycle 14 peaked in February 1906.

Could that help explain why all of this weird activity is going on, or is there something more taking place?

In my new book, I warn that we are moving into a time that many have described as "a perfect storm". Our weather is getting crazy, the ground underneath our feet is shaking with frightening regularity, our economic and financial systems are crumbling, and there is political instability all over the planet.

If I am right, natural disasters are going to continue to get even worse and global events are going to continue to spiral out of control.

A great shaking is coming, and yet most people are completely oblivious to what is happening and they are going to be completely blindsided by it.

But those that are wise understand the times, and they will thrive even in the midst of all the chaos and darkness that are coming.

Read more at http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/articl ... 7LirDFc.99

[Blue Frost]

A lot of the fires are because people setting them, and they are bigger because it's dry.
The record for tornadoes go back how far ?

[Blue Frost]

[Gary Oak]

This super typhoon phenomenom is a recent phenomenom.


Super-typhoon Nepartak to strike Taiwan, eastern China

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/weather/video/ ... ?ocid=iehp

[Blue Frost]

Not recent at all, there has been many, and off record I'm sure a lot higher winds.

Hurricane Allen in 1980 was 305KPH. Gilbert in 88 was 195KPH Maybe in the great timeline that is recent, maybe the last 10000 years is recent.

[Gary Oak]

Check out those photos. The crops getting hit that bad has got to be a problem with such a huge population. That's a double whammy with the super typhoon hitting at the same time.

128 dead scores missing 1.34 million evacuated and 41,000 houses destroyed as Biblical floods hit China

http://www.thebigwobble.org/2016/07/128 ... llion.html

[Blue Frost]

My heart goes out to the people who lost loved ones, and their homes. I wish i could help somehow, it's so sad to loose everything, and family.