Flooding in Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium. Climate chaos everywhere

[Dreamtimer]

Louisiana just got hammered by a very powerful hurricane Ida.

In the Gulf of Mexico, some things are adrift...



Tennessee which was just hammered by floods a couple weeks ago is going to get hit by the remains of this storm. I hope folks have a safe place to go.

[Dreamtimer]

This is a piece telling the story of melting methane and increasingly numerous sink-holes in the arctic. Information about release of fossil methane is presented. There are numerous places where this type of methane is escaping, which is separate from the thawing permafrost which releases its own methane.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvKpnaXYUPU

[Aragorn]

Just letting you guys know that we're all bracing ourselves over here for a big storm that's coming in tomorrow. Actually, we've already been experiencing a storm (called Dudley) over here since the past weekend, but the one that's headed our way now (called Eunice) is even more severe.

It's coming in from the North Sea at 10 or 11 on the Beaufort scale. It'll be hitting us between the afternoon tomorrow and noon on Saturday, with gushes up to 130 km/h in all of the Flemish provinces except for Limburg, where it'll still reach speeds of around 100-120 km/h. There's also a realistic chance that it'll be hitting the coastline itself at 150 km/h. It should be a dry storm, so there is no expectation of rain or flooding this time, but it is bound to wreak some serious havoc nevertheless.

We've been seeing some bad storms over here over the past two decades — including a very bad one last year — but none have been as severe as the one that's headed for us now, albeit that the worst storm I myself have ever witnessed was in the early 1990s, when the gushes reached peaks of up to 170 km/h and rain was literally flying horizontally. It was simply surreal — there is no other word.

So... if you don't see me online anymore between tomorrow and Saturday, then chances are that I've lost my internet connection — the cabling is mostly underground, but there are some above-ground junction boxes too — or possibly that there's damage to the electrical grid. Most of all, I am actually more than just a little afraid of any damage to my trusted and beloved Frankmobile, which unfortunately has to sleep outside.

[Emil El Zapato]

Just letting you guys know that we're all bracing ourselves over here for a big storm that's coming in tomorrow. Actually, we've already been experiencing a storm (called Dudley) over here since the past weekend, but the one that's headed our way now (called Eunice) is even more severe.

It's coming in from the North Sea at 10 or 11 on the Beaufort scale. It'll be hitting us between the afternoon tomorrow and noon on Saturday, with gushes up to 130 km/h in all of the Flemish provinces except for Limburg, where it'll still reach speeds of around 100-120 km/h. There's also a realistic chance that it'll be hitting the coastline itself at 150 km/h. It should be a dry storm, so there is no expectation of rain or flooding this time, but it is bound to wreak some serious havoc nevertheless.

We've been seeing some bad storms over here over the past two decades — including a very bad one last year — but none have been as severe as the one that's headed for us now, albeit that the worst storm I myself have ever witnessed was in the early 1990s, when the gushes reached peaks of up to 170 km/h and rain was literally flying horizontally. It was simply surreal — there is no other word.

So... if you don't see me online anymore between tomorrow and Saturday, then chances are that I've lost my internet connection — the cabling is mostly underground, but there are some above-ground junction boxes too — or possibly that there's damage to the electrical grid. Most of all, I am actually more than just a little afraid of any damage to my trusted and beloved Frankmobile, which unfortunately has to sleep outside.

Good luck, Aragorn, storms can be scary. One from the great North Sea seems scary just by tradition.

[Gio]

Storm causes transport chaos in Germany

DW News

Gale-force winds have swept across central Europe, wreaking havoc for commuters and killing at least four people.

Storm Ylenia hit northern Germany in the early hours of Thursday morning, with a wind speed of up to 152 kilometers per hour (almost 95 mph) recorded by the German Meteorological Service (DWD).

Germany's national rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) canceled long-distance trains in the states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Berlin and Brandenburg.

Lufthansa canceled 20 flights and announced there would be delays because of bad weather. The German airline asked people to check their flight status before traveling.

Authorities recommended staying indoors and keeping a distance from buildings, scaffoldings and power lines.

In Poland, more than 500 homes were reported damaged in wind gusts measuring up to 125 kilometres per hour.

Police said two people died and two were injured after a large crane was toppled by heavy wind at a construction site in the southern city of Krakow.

In the UK, a rare "red weather" alert was issued Thursday and Friday, warning of "danger to life" from severe gusts in southwestern England and south Wales.

Feb 17, 2022

1:51 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N3ZHx-rTSM

[Dreamtimer]

I was watching videos of flooding in Rio de Janero. More than 100 dead.