What's the weather where you are?

[Persej]

With all this talk of sinkholes and the Earth opening up, and bad smells etc., has anyone given any thought to the possibility that there may some 'Fracking' going on in the neighbourhood?

That might be the case for some areas of the world but there is no Fracking around Belgrade.

 

[Deleted member 4320]

Unusually hot in north Poland, 34,5 (94F) degrees in the shade on my thermometer. Probably will be storms.

 

[Gawan]

With all this talk of sinkholes and the Earth opening up, and bad smells etc., has anyone given any thought to the possibility that there may some 'Fracking' going on in the neighbourhood?
Fracking is the pumping of water at high pressures into underground cracks etc in order to push up the oil and gas that may be down there. I believe this may be what caused the blowout of that oil well in the Gulf.

Yes, fracking greatly contributes to landscape changes, including sinkholes, along with other factors. You may wish to read a new article about the latest research by Simon Fraser University (Canada) on this subject: Scientists warn time to stop drilling in the dark. Here is the report itself. I read it on the Russian news yesterday, fwiw.

I'm not sure if fracking causes many of these sinkholes or if this fracking procedure should make us believe that it does? At least this could be one factor to be considered too, that many things can be blamed on fracking when the earth is indeed opening up.

While some sinkholes may indeed be due to the above-mentioned causes, how is it possible to explain the overall, sudden global increase in newly formed sinkholes? Is rock suddenly dissolving faster? Have sewers all of a sudden decided to collapse at the same time in widely divergent locations? Even ‘fracking’, which has been pushed strongly in the U.S. in recent years, can’t account for all the new sinkholes, especially those that have appeared where fracking isn’t practiced.

 

[Siberia]

With all this talk of sinkholes and the Earth opening up, and bad smells etc., has anyone given any thought to the possibility that there may some 'Fracking' going on in the neighbourhood?
Fracking is the pumping of water at high pressures into underground cracks etc in order to push up the oil and gas that may be down there. I believe this may be what caused the blowout of that oil well in the Gulf.

Yes, fracking greatly contributes to landscape changes, including sinkholes, along with other factors. You may wish to read a new article about the latest research by Simon Fraser University (Canada) on this subject: Scientists warn time to stop drilling in the dark. Here is the report itself. I read it on the Russian news yesterday, fwiw.

I'm not sure if fracking causes many of these sinkholes or if this fracking procedure should make us believe that it does? At least this could be one factor to be considered too, that many things can be blamed on fracking when the earth is indeed opening up.

While some sinkholes may indeed be due to the above-mentioned causes, how is it possible to explain the overall, sudden global increase in newly formed sinkholes? Is rock suddenly dissolving faster? Have sewers all of a sudden decided to collapse at the same time in widely divergent locations? Even ‘fracking’, which has been pushed strongly in the U.S. in recent years, can’t account for all the new sinkholes, especially those that have appeared where fracking isn’t practiced.

Yes, it's not the major factor, as we indeed witness many sinkholes opening up in the non-fracking areas. Fracking is mostly detrimental to landscape in terms of soil and water poisoning. As for the sinkholes, intense and widespread fracking (like in the US) also seems to significantly speed up the natural process of the earth opening up. And not only fracking probably, but also drilling in general and mining. My neighbouring coal-mining region, for example, becomes more and more seismically active year by year. Coal-mining is probably not the prime reason for that, but it amplifies the process with it's digging and explosives. As a result, our region is also now considered more 'seismically active' due to our proximity to the neighbouring one (no epicenters here, but we can sometimes feel the 'waves' coming from the neighbouring region).

 

[Chad]

We had an hour of thunder a few days ago which was interesting as we don't get much action in that sense near these parts - NW England. Other than that it's been a few days of total cloud cover and then today it perked up again with baby blue skies and hardly any cloud.

I came across this image: 'Miroslav Kordiak posts us this dramatic image by Tomas Hulk of yesterday's storm over Schloss Hofom, Schloßhof, Niederösterreich, Austria.' i'm not sure how common it is, but the sky looks busy! (on 2nd thoughts, it's a timelapse image eh?

_https://www.facebook.com/246667595346687/photos/a.246675158679264.78487.246667595346687/913856421961131/?type=1

 

[Nević Nenad]

We had an hour of thunder a few days ago which was interesting as we don't get much action in that sense near these parts - NW England. Other than that it's been a few days of total cloud cover and then today it perked up again with baby blue skies and hardly any cloud.

I came across this image: 'Miroslav Kordiak posts us this dramatic image by Tomas Hulk of yesterday's storm over Schloss Hofom, Schloßhof, Niederösterreich, Austria.' i'm not sure how common it is, but the sky looks busy! (on 2nd thoughts, it's a timelapse image eh?

_https://www.facebook.com/246667595346687/photos/a.246675158679264.78487.246667595346687/913856421961131/?type=1

I wouldn't say "time lapse" but long exposition. And not too long, because with the too long, the picture would be much much brighter (for example lights on the windows and the sky would be much brighter). But even with the long exposition it is many lightnings.

 

[Persej]

More floods in Serbia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQhXmfGzYR0

 

[Skyalmian]

Bright and sunny.

 

[Skyalmian]

Hawaii has been directly hit by hurricanes only three times since 1950, though the region has had 147 tropical cyclones over that time. The last time Hawaii was hit with a tropical storm or hurricane was in 1992, when Hurricane Iniki killed six people and destroyed more than 1,400 homes in Kauai, said meteorologist Eric Lau.

_http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/hi/flash-rgb.html
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M4.5 - 14km WNW of Waimea, Hawaii
2014-08-07 16:24:04 UTC

 

[Ca.]

- Never Had a Dream Come True * SW -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=549WQGBjMuY​

 

[grini]

- Never Had a Dream Come True * SW -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=549WQGBjMuY​

Hi c.a.,

Nice song, but I'm wondering what this song has to do with this topic? Maybe I'm missing something. :)

 

[Kawika]

Wanted to check in we're going to get hit with Hurricane Iselle tonight here in Hawaii, it's hitting the Big Island right now and winds are about 80 mph it should be hitting us in a few hours, if the winds stay at 80 mph it could get interesting! Oh and Hurricane Julio is expected to hit on Sunday winds are picking up momentum at over 100 mph if it stays on course and hits the warm air and water it could pick up strength and hit us head on! Two Hurricanes in a row time to batten down the hatches!

 

[Skyalmian]

Re: What's the weather where you are? Hawai'i Hurricane Iselle

Oh and Hurricane Julio is expected to hit on Sunday winds are picking up momentum at over 100 mph if it stays on course and hits the warm air and water it could pick up strength and hit us head on! Two Hurricanes in a row time to batten down the hatches!

Julio? No, the path continues to veer further north.
_http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_ep5+shtml/024830.shtml?5-daynl#contents
Iselle has lost circular vorticity and has become a big blotch of rain and wind.

 

[Tomek]

Weather in Paris : very rainy for a week, now, with violent rainfalls lasting a few minutes or an hour, then it's sunny and warm and wet, then it rains again....

 

[scyth]

Heavy rains in Istanbul

http://www.posta.com.tr/turkiye/GaleriHaber/Kare-kare-siddetli-yagis-sonrasi-Istanbul.htm?ArticleID=239393&PageIndex=1