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Eight dead, five missing in Hildale flash flood 

A sad event after a group of people fell victim to a powerful flash flood in southern Utah. Heavy rains in Washington County swept a road away, taking their cars along with it. As always, please exercise the utmost caution around flash floods, and areas prone to flooding after any amount of rain fall. sltrib.com

Mountain lions captured consuming a deer in incredible remote-camera pictures 

Hill lion discoveries in California aren’t unusual, but the predators try to stay out of view and also stalk their victim mainly from twilight right into the evening, so it’s not all that frequently we obtain this up close and personal with the large cats. Many thanks to the Santa Monica Mountains National Entertainment Area, […] The post Mountain lions captured consuming a deer in incredible remote-camera pictures appeared first on Liberty, Equality, and

Last Toronto Glacier Fading - Victim of Global Warming 

Here it is, only almost May, and the last ice is fading.  I took this sad shot today.  We know that some day we'll have kilometres of ice, and we'll all live underground.  Constantly redoing the ice shafts as the glaciers grind over us.  But not this day. Here is a picture of an Arctic wildflower in Toronto, struggling against the coming heat.  Oh, I know you're going to ask why all

Oklahoma Senator Illustrates Dunning-Kruger Effect 

I wrote about the Dunning Kruger effect last week and a U.S.Senator took the floor of the Senate today to illustrate why you do not want to be a victim of this disease. In case your wondering about how the winter of 2015 is shaping up in the U.S. and around the world. Read this post from last week as well.Then there is also this research being published in the

Oso landslide: the last set of remains been recovered and a new report has been released 

Two key events happened yesterday in relation to the Oso landslide in Washington State - the remains of the last victim were recovered and a new report analysing the landslide was

The sad tale of Maggie the Kakapo, the victim of a landslide 

On Codfish island in New Zealand a rare Kakapo, known as Maggie, has been killed by a landslide triggered by heavy

Taxidermy photobombs of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History 

Visiting relatives in Texas, just like last spring. Very distant relatives. And this happened: Here’s the culprit, with his sidekicks Monorail Badger, Trashbag Tortoise, and Kas-Tor, Last Beaver of Krypton. A disreputable bunch. The victim. Some call him the Winter Cervical. He was fast, strong–and he had a metal arm…ature. Meanwhile, in the

Doctor Rock bites the dust 

Back in November I confessed to you all in a post that I was being paid to write the Dr. Rock blog for the RVTravel.com website. Doc Rock got the axe today, victim to lack of excitement among the RV-attuned aficionados of the website. My screed did not bring in the bucks to support my

The Olinguito: the First Carnivore to be Described From the New World in 35 Years 

Observed in the wild, tucked away in museum collections, and even exhibited in zoos around the world--there is one mysterious creature that has been a victim of mistaken identity for more than 100 years. A team of Smithsonian scientists, however, uncovered overlooked museum specimens of this remarkable animal, which took them on a journey from museum cabinets in Chicago to cloud forests

Man swallowed by a Sinkhole in Shenzhen city, China 

A frightening moment was captured on video when a security guard in Shenzhen city, China was swallowed by a sinkhole. The video indicated that residents complained of vibrations or tremors from a nearby construction site prior to the accident. The victim was rescued from the sinkhole, but later died from his injuries. The video footage from security cameras is available at the Geoengineer.org website. [Source: Geoengineer.org. Image: CBS via