lazarus Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 (edited) There's been a lot of natural disasters lately. Here's one in India -- nine tourists were killed and several were injured after a massive rockslide hit a bridge in Himachal Pradesh’s Sangla Valley yesterday, July 25th, 2021. Edited July 26, 2021 by lazarus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 Drought in the western US. Lake Oroville, CA. The first photo is from 3 years ago. The 2nd photo was taken April 27 2021. The 3rd was taken last week. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 The biggest disaster, natural or not, to hit Thailand in a century, lol! 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 Remote camera captures California wildfire. https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/See-dramatic-video-as-remote-wildfire-camera-is-16341442.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 A man made disaster in a natural area...private jet plane crashes just after a school bus drives by. story: https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/Six-confirmed-dead-in-jet-crash-near-16347151.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathmandu Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 It's bad Laz. The greater Bay Area has been spared so far. So Far...long way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 38 minutes ago, Kathmandu said: It's bad Laz. The greater Bay Area has been spared so far. So Far...long way to go. Yeah. I was here in'91 for the Oakland Hills fire. Always a possibility it might happen again. More so this year. 🙏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 Colorado US rock slide takes out main interstate freeway - I-70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Yeah Matt, forgot to mention that on my way to Fresno, i could not believe how low the San Luis Reservoir was. A real eye opener...I should have stopped and taken a picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 Just the start of a very bad fire season here... Raging wildfire destroys parts of Northern California Gold Rush town https://www.foxnews.com/us/raging-wildfire-northern-california-gold-rush-town 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, Yessongs said: Yeah Matt, forgot to mention that on my way to Fresno, i could not believe how low the San Luis Reservoir was. A real eye opener...I should have stopped and taken a picture. Yeah...no rain, little snow. Lake Oroville is at it's lowest level since '77. https://www.chicoer.com/2021/08/03/lake-oroville-at-lowest-levels-since-1977/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickrock Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I think a lot of these real bad storms earthquakes etc is the planets way of saying there are too many of us now your messing with the planets equilibrium or some thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Nickrock said: I think a lot of these real bad storms earthquakes etc is the planets way of saying there are too many of us now your messing with the planets equilibrium or some thing Where storms are concerned, I agree with you. As for earthquakes, most[0] aren't man-induced, so I mostly disagree with you. [0] I know of some man induced earthquakes caused by natural gas extraction in the Dutch province Groningen. Edited August 5, 2021 by Freee!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lirchenfeld Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Some of the smoke from the american fires reached Europe last month... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 9 hours ago, Yessongs said: Yeah Matt, forgot to mention that on my way to Fresno, i could not believe how low the San Luis Reservoir was. A real eye opener...I should have stopped and taken a picture. Snagged one off Twitter. Caption said it's currently at 10% of capacity. source: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Co4Eyo3UMAAtn6K.jpg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 On 8/5/2021 at 5:20 PM, Freee!! said: I know of some man induced earthquakes caused by natural gas extraction in the Dutch province Groningen. Fracking for gas has been blamed for causing quakes in a few places. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-49471321 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) My daughter's step-father directed this short documentary... Use your mouse...it was filmed in Insta-360. Edited August 6, 2021 by lazarus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 European wildfires: (apologies for the CNN link) https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/06/world/gallery/europe-extreme-summer-weather-2021/index.html Germany flooding recently: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/21/germany-floods-one-hundred-fifty-five-still-missing-hope-further-rescue-fade Now the Gulfstream might collapse (or not ) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/us/gulf-stream-collapse.html Of course Climate change being mooted, but nothing mentioned about the fact that most floods are caused by building houses on flood plains and deforestation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 12 minutes ago, Stillearly said: For those who can't read Greek a translation: Quote Incredible images from a ship on Lake Evia that drove people away from the shores where the big fire reached on Friday, August 6, 2021. Video Stavros Dev 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 Effects of drought and climate change... I saw this recently while on a trip in California's Central Valley. In blistering drought, California farmers rip up precious almond trees https://phys.org/news/2021-08-blistering-drought-california-farmers-rip.html?fbclid=IwAR1rF-f39KaMOfraIy_-rlnKmFG2yXgnCbo4BfRcMOuEt6rFWD_8MapmScI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 1 hour ago, lazarus said: Effects of drought and climate change... I saw this recently while on a trip in California's Central Valley. In blistering drought, California farmers rip up precious almond trees https://phys.org/news/2021-08-blistering-drought-california-farmers-rip.html?fbclid=IwAR1rF-f39KaMOfraIy_-rlnKmFG2yXgnCbo4BfRcMOuEt6rFWD_8MapmScI Greece and Turkey getting hammered now. Much of Russia is a giant field of Hogweed now. They virtually destroyed a vast area of their agricultural lands. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 Yesterday...near by... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 No Global Warming Here !!! Hotter than f**k !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 What a mess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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