A pair of climate scientists are proposing a sixth category for hurricanes as climate change increasingly intensifies these storms, according to a new research study. In a study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the two scientists argued the “open-ended” Saffir Simpson hurricane wind scale is becoming increasingly “inadequate” as… […]
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Scientists propose a Category 6 as hurricanes gain in intensity with climate change
Hurricane Otis Makes Landfall As Category 5 Storm Off Mexico’s Coast
Otis brought 165 mph winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and surrounding towns, stirring memories of a deadly 1997 storm. Source
Japan to downgrade COVID to same threat category as seasonal flu
(Natural News) Japan has announced that it will downgrade the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) to the same threat level as seasonal influenza. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida broke the news on Jan. 20, saying that the demotion of COVID-19 in the same class as seasonal flu will begin in the spring. Under current guidelines from the… […]
Pornhub revealed the category most watched by Greeks: The World Cup saw a drop in traffic
The standard review it does at the end of each year was published by Pornhub, which revealed, among other things, the category that Greeks enjoy. Pornhub, the well-known website for erotic content, shortly before the end of 2022, made its usual review, from in which we know what category the Greeks prefer the most. For… […]
Hurricane Ian Strikes Cuba, Florida Braces For Category 4 Damage
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said “significant wind and storm surge impacts” occurred Tuesday morning in western Cuba. Source
Fiona Threatens To Become Category 4 Storm Headed To Bermuda
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona threatened to strengthen into a Category 4 storm Wednesday as it lashed the Turks and Caicos Islands and was forecast to squeeze past Bermuda later this week. The storm was blamed for causing at least four direct deaths in its march through the Caribbean, where it unleashed […]
Fiona Threatens To Become Category 4 Storm Headed To Bermuda
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona threatened to strengthen into a Category 4 storm Wednesday as it lashed the Turks and Caicos Islands and was forecast to squeeze past Bermuda later this week. The storm was blamed for causing at least four direct deaths in its march through the Caribbean, where it unleashed […]
Fiona Threatens To Become Category 4 Storm Headed To Bermuda
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona threatened to strengthen into a Category 4 storm Wednesday as it lashed the Turks and Caicos Islands and was forecast to squeeze past Bermuda later this week. The storm was blamed for causing at least four direct deaths in its march through the Caribbean, where it unleashed […]
Fiona Threatens To Become Category 4 Storm Headed To Bermuda
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona threatened to strengthen into a Category 4 storm Wednesday as it lashed the Turks and Caicos Islands and was forecast to squeeze past Bermuda later this week. The storm was blamed for causing at least four direct deaths in its march through the Caribbean, where it unleashed […]
Fiona Threatens To Become Category 4 Storm Headed To Bermuda
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona threatened to strengthen into a Category 4 storm Wednesday as it lashed the Turks and Caicos Islands and was forecast to squeeze past Bermuda later this week. The storm was blamed for causing at least four direct deaths in its march through the Caribbean, where it unleashed […]
CDC Adds Sweden, Other European Destinations, to Its Highest Travel Risk Category
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday warned Americans against travel to several more European destinations, including Sweden, adding the countries to its highest-risk category for travel. In its weekly update of COVID-19 travel advisories, Malta, Moldova, and Sweden were added to the agency’s “Level 4: Covid-19 Very High” category, which indicates […]
‘Yiddish’ Category on ‘Jeopardy!’ Episode Stumps Contestants
A screenshot of one of the “answers” featured in the “Yiddish” category on “Jeopardy!” November 30, 2020. Photo: Twitter. A recent episode of the game show “Jeopardy!” featured an entire category devoted to the Yiddish language. The episode which aired on Nov. 30 and was hosted by the late Alex Trebek, who continued to film […]
Hurricane Season 2018: Experts Warn Of Super Storms, Call For New Category 6
Hurricane Season 2018: Experts Warn Of Super Storms, Call For New Category 6 Above Photo: A new analysis of global hurricane data since 1980 shows the number of storms with winds over 124 mph has doubled, and those with winds over 155 mph has tripled. Credit: NASA A spate of record-breaking storms has spurred a […]
Island of Dominica Just Took a Direct Hit From Category 5 Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria made landfall Monday night around 9:15 p.m. local time on the small Caribbean island of Dominica as a Category 5 storm with sustained winds over 160 mph. The storm grew from a Category 1 to Category 5 hurricane in only 20 hours, which may be the fasteststrengthening on record. I’m sorry, but THIS. IS. INSANE. Hurricane Maria was a […]
Florida Scientists Create Artificial Category 5 Hurricane In A Lab
Scientists in Florida have spent $45 million on an indoor laboratory capable of producing a category 5 level hurricane. The University of Miami say that the lab, nicknamed “SUSTAIN” (short for “SUrge STructure Atmosphere INteraction“), has constructed a 75-foot long, 30,000 gallon capacity acrylic water tank, equipped with a 1,700-horsepower fan and 12-paddle wave generator. […]
Category 6? If Hurricane Irma Becomes The Strongest Hurricane In History, It Could Wipe Entire Cities Off The Map
Meteorologists have been shocked at how rapidly Hurricane Irma has been strengthening, and they are already warning that if it hits the United States as a high level category 5 storm the devastation would be absolutely unprecedented. Of course we are already dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, and many experts are already telling us […]
Ever-worsening Hurricane Irma is upgraded AGAIN to Category 3 a day ahead of schedule – and may hit the Carolinas
Hurricane Irma has been upgraded for the second time Thursday and is now at Category 3 strength as it continues its voyage westward over the Atlantic Ocean. Its winds are now blowing at a sustained 115mph, Pix11 reported. ‘Irma is forecast to become a major hurricane by tonight and is expected to be […]
Canada Introduces ‘X’ as a Third Sex Category for Passport Holders
Starting Thursday, Canadians will have a new way to identify their sex on passports and other government documents: “X” will join the options of male and female. The decision to allow the third category, indicating an “unspecified” sex, is intended to protect the rights of Canadians to identify by the gender of […]
Newest Medicare proposal promotes Big Pharma’s money-making scam by encouraging doctors to choose more costly brands over others
(NaturalNews) The Department of Health and Human Services is proposing to test new methods of reimbursing cancer doctors for chemotherapy and other drugs, but it is facing furious pushback from oncologists and others who are demanding that the Obama Administration drop the plan. As reported by The Associated Press, the outsized level of […]
The Plutonium Files: MIT scientists fed radioactive oatmeal to schoolboys to see what would happen
(NaturalNews) Between 1946 and 1953, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) conducted a horrifying experiment in which schoolboys were fed radioactive oatmeal, simply to support marketing claims made by the Quaker Oats company! The study was performed on more than 100 boys, many of whom were wards of the state and had been […]
100 Year Old Vegan Heart Surgeon Retired At 95 – Here’s Why He’s Been A Vegan For 50 Years
“Veganism is a very fine form of nutrition. It’s a little extreme to tell a person who is using flesh foods that you’re going to take everything entirely away from them. When I was in practice in medicine, I would tell the patients that the vegetable based diet was the healthy way to go, and to keep […]
Australia’s Passport introduces ‘X’ Gender Category
The new passport feature is for the benefit of people who have trouble when going abroad because their appearance does not match their gender, according to Senator Louise Pratt. “It’s a really important recognition of people’s human rights that if they choose to have their sex as ‘indeterminate’, they can,” Dailymail.com quoted her as saying. […]