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Showing posts with label deaths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deaths. Show all posts

Friday, April 12, 2013

More Mass Animal Deaths With No Explanation...


9 April 2013
The carcasses of more than 8,000 sheep that died in snow blizzards last month have been collected from NI farms.
                                    
source:  bbc.co.uk

10 April 2013
CHINA - More than 200 dead pigs have been retrieved from the waterways of Changzhou in Jiangsu province, local media reported on Tuesday, 9 April.
As of Monday (8 April), 113 pigs had been fished from rivers in the city's Tianning district, while another 100 decomposed carcasses were found in waterways in Wujin district, the Changzhou Daily reported.

source: thepigsite.com



City must consult federal agency when removing dead sea lions at La Jolla Cove *GRAPHIC*GROSS*

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 18:31

Sea lion carcasses found at La Jolla Cove are part of a rash of pup deaths occurring from San Diego to Ventura.









‘Tonnes’ of dead fish found on Swedish lake

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 6:01



Published: 8 Apr 13
Masses of fish found dead on a lake in eastern Sweden have left experts theorizing that the harsh winter and icy conditions prevented the fish from getting enough oxygen.



The Dannemore lake, near Östhammar in the east of Sweden, was discovered to be covered with floating fish this weekend as the ice began to melt. Among the dead fish were pike, perch, roach, and bream.

"It was not a pleasant sight, there were tonnes on fish on the lake," Timo Hakulinen, who made the discovery, told the Aftonbladet newspaper.

source: thelocal.se

23 Dolphin deaths add to mystery in Indian River Lagoon since Jan. 1

Scientists work to explain link, cause of manatee, pelican deaths
Apr. 10, 2013
Written by Jim Waymer
FLORIDA TODAY
Mysterious manatee and pelican deaths mount: Manatee deaths have reached 100 and pelican deaths top 250 in the Brevard County region. Video by Jim Waymer.
Add bottlenose dolphins to this year’s list of species dying mysteriously in the Indian River Lagoon.
Researchers have documented 23 dead dolphins in the lagoon since Jan. 1, all but a few in Brevard County. That’s more than twice what researchers would expect, based on the death rate during the past decade.
"It’s especially scary now to be losing so many manatees, and now dolphins," said Teresa Mazza, a biologist with the Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, which gathers the carcasses for research purposes.
The lagoon has seen at least 100 mysterious manatee deaths in just over eight months and 250 dead pelicans in the past two months, with most in Brevard.
Most of the dead dolphin have been adult females. The bottlenose deaths have occurred from Titusville to Central Brevard.

source: floridatoday.com 

and there are many, many more...most of which have no explanation.


Tuesday, March 26, 2013

5.5 Magnitude Earthquake Near Mexico City Followed by a 5.1 Magnitude Quake


M5.5 - 17km SW of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico2013-03-26 13:04:48 UTC

Summary

Location and Magnitude contributed by: USGS, NEIC, Golden, Colorado (and predecessors)

General

50 km
30 mi
Powered by Leaflet
16.209°N, 98.136°W
Depth: 10.0km (6.2mi)

Event Time

  1. 2013-03-26 13:04:48 UTC
  2. 2013-03-26 06:04:48 UTC-07:00 at epicenter
  3. 2013-03-26 07:04:48 UTC-06:00 system time

Location

16.209°N 98.136°W depth=10.0km (6.2mi)

Nearby Cities

  1. 17km (11mi) SW of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico
  2. 60km (37mi) SSE of Ometepec, Mexico
  3. 121km (75mi) WNW of Puerto Escondido, Mexico
  4. 126km (78mi) SSW of Santa Maria Asuncion Tlaxiaco, Mexico
  5. 371km (231mi) SSE of Mexico City, Mexico

Tectonic Summary

Seismotectonics of Mexico

Located atop three of the large tectonic plates, Mexico is one of the world's most seismologically active regions. The relative motion of these crustal plates causes frequent earthquakes and occasional volcanic eruptions. Most of the Mexican landmass is on the westward moving North American plate. The Pacific Ocean floor south of Mexico is being carried northeastward by the underlying Cocos plate. Because oceanic crust is relatively dense, when the Pacific Ocean floor encounters the lighter continental crust of the Mexican landmass, the ocean floor is subducted beneath the North American plate creating the deep Middle American trench along Mexico's southern coast. Also as a result of this convergence, the westward moving Mexico landmass is slowed and crumpled creating the mountain ranges of southern Mexico and earthquakes near Mexico's southern coast. As the oceanic crust is pulled downward, it melts; the molten material is then forced upward through weaknesses in the overlying continental crust. This process has created a region of volcanoes across south-central Mexico known as the Cordillera Neovolcánica.
The area west of the Gulf of California, including Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, is moving northwestward with the Pacific plate at about 50 mm per year. Here, the Pacific and North American plates grind past each other creating strike-slip faulting, the southern extension of California's San Andreas fault. In the past, this relative plate motion pulled Baja California away from the coast forming the Gulf of California and is the cause of earthquakes in the Gulf of California region today.
Mexico has a long history of destructive earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. In September 1985, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake killed more than 9,500 people in Mexico City. In southern Mexico, Volcán de Colima and El Chichón erupted in 2005 and 1982, respectively. Paricutín volcano, west of Mexico City, began venting smoke in a cornfield in 1943; a decade later this new volcano had grown to a height of 424 meters. Popocatépetl and Ixtaccíhuatl volcanos ("smoking mountain" and "white lady", respectively), southeast of Mexico City, occasionally vent gas that can be clearly seen from the City, a reminder that volcanic activity is ongoing. In 1994 and 2000 Popocatépetl renewed its activity forcing the evacuation of nearby towns, causing seismologists and government officials to be concerned about the effect a large-scale eruption might have on the heavily populated region. Popocatépetl volcano last erupted in 2010.

M5.1 - 19km WSW of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico2013-03-26 13:12:17 UTC


Summary

Location and Magnitude contributed by: USGS, NEIC, Golden, Colorado (and predecessors)

General

50 km
30 mi
Powered by Leaflet
Mexico
16.234°N, 98.175°W
Depth: 11.4km (7.1mi)

Event Time

  1. 2013-03-26 13:12:17 UTC
  2. 2013-03-26 06:12:17 UTC-07:00 at epicenter
  3. 2013-03-26 07:12:17 UTC-06:00 system time

Location

16.234°N 98.175°W depth=11.4km (7.1mi)

Nearby Cities

  1. 19km (12mi) WSW of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico
  2. 56km (35mi) SSE of Ometepec, Mexico
  3. 125km (78mi) WNW of Puerto Escondido, Mexico
  4. 125km (78mi) SSW of Santa Maria Asuncion Tlaxiaco, Mexico
  5. 367km (228mi) SSE of Mexico City, Mexico

Tectonic Summary

Seismotectonics of Mexico

Located atop three of the large tectonic plates, Mexico is one of the world's most seismologically active regions. The relative motion of these crustal plates causes frequent earthquakes and occasional volcanic eruptions. Most of the Mexican landmass is on the westward moving North American plate. The Pacific Ocean floor south of Mexico is being carried northeastward by the underlying Cocos plate. Because oceanic crust is relatively dense, when the Pacific Ocean floor encounters the lighter continental crust of the Mexican landmass, the ocean floor is subducted beneath the North American plate creating the deep Middle American trench along Mexico's southern coast. Also as a result of this convergence, the westward moving Mexico landmass is slowed and crumpled creating the mountain ranges of southern Mexico and earthquakes near Mexico's southern coast. As the oceanic crust is pulled downward, it melts; the molten material is then forced upward through weaknesses in the overlying continental crust. This process has created a region of volcanoes across south-central Mexico known as the Cordillera Neovolcánica.
The area west of the Gulf of California, including Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, is moving northwestward with the Pacific plate at about 50 mm per year. Here, the Pacific and North American plates grind past each other creating strike-slip faulting, the southern extension of California's San Andreas fault. In the past, this relative plate motion pulled Baja California away from the coast forming the Gulf of California and is the cause of earthquakes in the Gulf of California region today.
Mexico has a long history of destructive earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. In September 1985, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake killed more than 9,500 people in Mexico City. In southern Mexico, Volcán de Colima and El Chichón erupted in 2005 and 1982, respectively. Paricutín volcano, west of Mexico City, began venting smoke in a cornfield in 1943; a decade later this new volcano had grown to a height of 424 meters. Popocatépetl and Ixtaccíhuatl volcanos ("smoking mountain" and "white lady", respectively), southeast of Mexico City, occasionally vent gas that can be clearly seen from the City, a reminder that volcanic activity is ongoing. In 1994 and 2000 Popocatépetl renewed its activity forcing the evacuation of nearby towns, causing seismologists and government officials to be concerned about the effect a large-scale eruption might have on the heavily populated region. Popocatépetl volcano last erupted in 2010.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Flu Epidemic

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Flu Epidemic: Hospitals Crack Down On Workers Who Refuse Shots
CHICAGO — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing theirjobs over their refusal.

"Where does it say that I am no longer a patient if I'm a nurse," wondered Carrie Calhoun, a longtime critical care nurse in suburban Chicago who was fired last month after she refused a flu shot.


Hospitals' get-tougher measures coincide with an earlier-than-usual flu season hitting harder than in recent mild seasons. Flu is widespread in most states, and at least 20 children have died.


Most doctors and nurses do get flu shots. But in the past two months, at least 15 nurses and other hospital staffers in fourstates have been fired for refusing, and several others have resigned, according to affected workers, hospital authorities and published reports.


read more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/12/flu-vaccine-nurses_n_2464663.html



Flu Epidemic: Officials, Drug Stores Say Call Ahead Before Getting Vaccine

The heightened demand for the flu vaccine has caused some providers to run out of doses, however officials said there are still plenty to go around and are encouraging people to call ahead before driving to a local clinic to get immunized.

National drug store chain Rite Aid is moving some of its supplies around to make sure each of their locations remain stocked, spokeswoman Ashley Flower said.


"In select areas, just like everybody else, we are experiencing a reduced amount of shots," Flower told ABC News Radio. "We would certainly advise our customers to call their local Rite Aid before coming in to see what the status of the vaccine is at their location."


read more at http://abcnews.go.com/Health/flu-epidemic-officials-drug-stores-call-ahead-vaccine/story?id=18198019


Flu Widespread

Flu widespread in 47 of 50 United States, but eases off in some areasThe flu is rapidly spreading across the nation, widespread in all but three states: California, Mississippi and Hawaii. But there's a tiny bit of good news — it's backing off a bit. It may have already peaked in some parts, like the Southern states.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/flu-spreads-u-s-eases-areas-article-1.1238794#ixzz2Hp4yBwnD


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