Skyquakes

This a very very strange phenomena.

Skyquakes are unexplained reports of a phenomenon that sounds like a cannon, trumpet or a sonic boom coming from the sky. The sound produces shock wave that can vibrate a building or a particular area. They have been heard in several locations around the world. Such locations include the banks of the river Ganges, Marwari village in Himachal Pradesh, the East Coast and inland Finger Lakes of the United States, the Magic Valley in South Central Idaho of the United States, Colombia, Southern Canada, as well as areas of the North Sea, Japan, Australia, Italy, Drogheda, Bettystown, Slane, Dundalk, Ireland, Pune, Ambala, The Netherlands, Norway, Bengaluru, Tierra del Fuego Argentina, United Kingdom and recently (11 April 2020) in Jakarta, West Java, Brazil, Uruguay, (23 April 2020) in Tampico, Mexico, on May 11 2020 in Central Java and on May 21 2020 in Bandung, West Java.

They have been reported from an Adriatic island in 1824; Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria in Australia; Belgium; frequently on calm summer days in the Bay of Fundy, Canada; Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland; Scotland; Passamaquoddy Bay, New Brunswick; Cedar Keys, Florida; Franklinville, New York in 1896; and northern Georgia in the United States.

Their sound has been described as being like distant but inordinately loud thunder while no clouds are in the sky large enough to generate lightning. Those familiar with the sound of cannon fire say the sound is nearly identical. The booms occasionally cause shock waves that rattle plates. Early white settlers in North America were told by the native Haudenosaunee Iroquois that the booms were the sound of the Great Spirit continuing his work of shaping the earth.

The terms “mistpouffers” and “Seneca guns” both originate in Seneca Lake, NY, and refer to the rumble of artillery fire. James Fenimore Cooper, author of The Last of the Mohicans, wrote “The Lake Gun” in 1850, a short story describing the phenomenon heard at Seneca Lake, which seems to have popularized the terms.

Hypotheses
Their origin has not been positively identified. They have been explained as:

Coronal mass ejection CMEs often generate shock waves similar to what happens when an aircraft flies at a speed higher than the speed of sound in Earth’s atmosphere (sonic boom). The solar wind’s equivalent of a sonic boom can accelerate protons up to millions of miles per minute—as much as 40 percent of the speed of light.
Meteors entering the atmosphere causing sonic booms.
Gas:
Gas escaping from vents in the Earth’s surface.
With lakes, bio gas from decaying vegetation trapped beneath the lake bottoms suddenly bursting forth. This is plausible, since Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake are two large and deep lakes.
Explosive release of less volatile gases generated as limestone decays in underwater caves.
Military aircraft (though it cannot explain occurrences before supersonic flight started).
In some cases, they have been associated with earthquakes. Earthquakes may not hold as a general cause because these sounds are often unaccompanied by seismic activity, other than the vibrations induced by sound.
In North Carolina, one speculation is that they are the sound of pieces of the continental shelf falling off into the Atlantic abyss. However, the Atlantic abyss is too far away from the east coast, and the Atlantic ridge is the result of very slow-moving tectonics and could not produce such sounds, given how often they occur.
Underwater caves collapsing, and the air rapidly rising to the surface.
Possible resonance from solar and/or earth magnetic activity inducing sounds.
Volcanic eruptions
Avalanches, either natural or human-made for avalanche control.
A recent explanation is that the noise is very distant thunder which has been focused anomalously as it travelled through the upper atmosphere.

Winnipeg Shots

The river walk is finally above water. The walk was submerged for most of the summer as river levels were higher than normal due to excessive rainfall.

 

 

 

 

 

Homelessness is a problem throughout North America. Winnipeg is no exception. This homeless camp popped on the riverbank.

 

No leash dog park along the river. The surface the hounds romp around on is artificial turf.

 

 

 

Giant mural 7 stories high on the Union Centre building.

Notable movie posters

When I was growing up in a small prairie town as a little kid, one of my favourite things to do was bicycle to the movie theatre and check out the movie posters on the front of the building.  I would analyze every corner and detail of the poster.  Especially if there were scantily clad women illustrated in the poster.  Horror and Science Fiction movie posters were also some of my favourites. 

The posters would make you imagine what the movie was about and what the visuals would instill in your head.  The posters would create the curiosity that would motivate you to see the film or not.

Below are some of the more engaging posters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rosemary’s Baby

 

 

This poster REALLY caught my attention.  Great scary movie.

 

 

Life: Quick, Intriguing, Random and quite Absurd

I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.
Carl Sandburg

 

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Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

Mark Twain

 

 

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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

George Burns
When we talk to God, we’re praying. When God talks to us, we’re schizophrenic.
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Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?

Robin Williams
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There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
Josh Billings
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Socrates

 

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Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering – and it’s all over much too soon.

Woody Allen

 

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Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn’t mean the circus has left town.

George Carlin

 

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The Doors of ‘Psychoactive Drug’ Perception

The term ‘psychoactive drug’ is used to describe any chemical substance that affects mood, perception or consciousness as a result of changes in the functioning of the nervous system (brain and spinal cord).

Psychoactive drugs are divided into 3 groups:

  • depressants: they slow down the central nervous system; for example: tranquillisers, alcohol, petrol, heroin and other opiates, cannabis (in low doses)
  • stimulants: they excite the nervous system; for example: nicotine, amphetamines, cocaine, caffeine
  • hallucinogens: they distort how things are perceived; for example: LSD, mescaline, ‘magic mushrooms’, cannabis (in high doses)

A few DOORS to contemplate:

 

Early effects of an LSD trip

 

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LSD trip two hours in

 

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Cocaine

 

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DMT

 

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Magic Mushrooms

 

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Cheap Sherry combined with Tylenol 3

 

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Crack Cocaine

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Mescaline

 

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Ecstasy

 

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Marijuana

 

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Heroine

 

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Alcohol

 

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Fentanyl

 

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Pilots Report Seeing ‘Guy in Jetpack’ Flying Near LAX

Only in Los Angeles.

In a bizarre story out of Los Angeles, the pilot of a jet coming in for a landing at LAX reported seeing a person in a jetpack flying alongside their aircraft. The very strange incident reportedly occurred on Sunday evening as an American Airlines flight was headed towards Los Angeles International Airport. The normally routine task of landing the plane took a weird turn when the pilot looked out his window and spotted a proverbial ‘rocketeer’ in the sky next to the airliner.

Understandably concerned about the ‘unidentified flying person,’ the pilot promptly contacted the control tower at LAX to report the curious sighting. “We just passed a guy in a jetpack,” he told them with a tone suggesting that he was more annoyed than bewildered by the odd aerial interloper. To their credit, officials at the airport also seemed to take the sighting in stride and simply asked “were they off to your left side or right side?”

In response to the inquiry, the pilot said “off to the left side, maybe 300 yards or so, at about our altitude,” which was around 3,000 feet at the time. The sighting was subsequently confirmed by two other pilots who told the tower that they had also seen the mysterious individual flying near the airport. Although the series of sightings sound somewhat hard to believe, aviation experts say that it is possible that someone with an advanced jetpack could actually pull off the foolish feat.

As one might imagine, authorities are taking the matter seriously since someone flying a jetpack in the congested airspace around LAX could have disastrous consequences. Attempts to locate and identify the individual at the center of the case have so far proven futile. One suspects that now that their misadventure has spawned international headlines and likely would result in some kind of legal trouble, ‘jetpack man’ will likely stay silent and, hopefully, stick to the ground.