It snowed a LOT last night .. Not everywhere.. Maybe you have beautiful warmth and sun.. Maybe you have rain.. maybe a landslide.. typhoon.. name that disaster. But here in HORROR REPORT land, we had over 7 inches of snow after the flooding rain made the switch. A reminder that March can end like a lion, too.. and that April could still be rough. Take nothing for granted, not even beautiful blue skies. It can change rapidly..
And news does, too.. here’s the latest rundown of things making me scared today..
As if Kim Jong Un is not worrying enough, this happened hours ago: North Korea and South Korea traded fire during military drills–real fire. Real artillery. Residents on five front line islands in South Korea were in shelters for hours ..
(When will this stop being ‘breaking news’?) New debris has been sighted but no confirmed signs of the Flight 370.. I think there is a larger story we are missing: The oceans are apparently (and obviously) littered with garbage and ‘debris’ as far as the eye can see.. Nice work humans.
Experts are now saying that a major quake on the Puente Hills fault line may actually do more damage to Los Angeles than one along the San Andreas! After aftershock weekend, this is the only thing on Los Angelenos’ minds..
But just get into the mindset of people from Southern California right now.. They have a beautiful state and, besides Hollywood, the area is filled with good people. And they are being told that up to 18,000 of them could die if a big one hit.. Of course, as the UK DAILY MAIL points out, in our selfie culture, it’s sort of what everyone did after the series of weekend quakes.. They didn’t do THAT in 1906! OR … did they? My God.. I think they did!?
After I read the DAILY MAIL piece about the selfie culture, I found so many photos from the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake in which people were posing in front of rubble.. ruins.. and remnants. I think it’s because, in a sense, the selfie is just a piece of human nature. It documents the fact that “you were there” .. that you saw what you saw, and for the record, you lived through it.. Just as those who wore those cloaks and vestments of the 1900s did as they sternly posed for the camera with debris and death behind them, we do the same now.. Perhaps nothing has really changed. Maybe nothing has ever been the same.. But the selfie has always been there. Even honest Abe loved to get his photo taken. I bet central bank notes that he would have also had an INSTAGRAM to compete with Justin Bieber. And that soldiers would have taken selfies on the battlefield at Gettysburg..
Then again, as we see here, sometimes the selfie gets tasteless.. the Arizona Wildcats lost and the streets went wild, with students ‘rioting’ over the pointless nonsense that is called college sports. And selfies were all the rage, along with the actual ‘rage’ over nothing in the streets..
This weekend also featured a pretty strong tremor in Yellowstone. I greet that story with two opposing others: 1) In February ‘unusual’ activity was noted at Yellowstone. And 2) The 4.8 quake came does after a story was reported that some experts want to classify Yellowstone as ‘dormant.’ SO, take that experts! Either way, it appears animals know something we don’t..
Nothing has changed with the Ebola situation: It continues to spread, and it continues to kill..
And this…
Federal Ministry of Health has issued an alert urging persons with high fever, headache, severe abdominal pain, diarrhea and bleeding and especially with a history of travel to Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia, to report to the health authorities at once.
A mystery aircraft flying over the state of Texas is raising suspicions.. It’s low flying, it’s silver-painted, and it’s got everyone looking to the sky.. And it’s government..
Seriously.. this is happening again!? People trying to apply for Monday’s midnight OBAMACARE deadline are being greeted again with the website ‘currently unavailable’ messages.. this is beginning to feel like a big joke–maybe it’s just an April fools prank and the website will announce on the 1st of April, “April Fools, you got until midnight tonight instead!”
And while you were trying to access the Health Care website, Obama was eatin’ good in the neighborhood of King Abdullah, as photos prove..
Two weather forecasters were literally blown away while reporting on storm..
I am constantly amazed by elephants–anyone who read this site for any given time will know that.. And this article equally interested me. A killer elephant on the rampage through a West Bengal village STOPPED to save a crying baby beneath the rubble of a house it had begun to demolish.. And besides that nice little story, my GOD, ELEPHANTS VS HUMAN should be the next SYFY special…Or just put a camera on an elephant’s tusk in West Bengal and see the action as it rampages the streets…
Scientists say that they have found a way to read minds.. the future is now.
Project Stargate: Meet the spies of the Cold War..
History repeats: Everything that was old is new again..
The SMART SET from Drexel University has an interesting little story (and humorously sarcastic) about whether or not the car killed with fairies .. you know, those little creatures who plagued so many in history? Fairies are believed, by some, to be real.. to be actual little creatures that appear in legends and folklore. In 2011, an out of work bricklayer in Mexico said he caught a fairy and preserved it in formaldehyde.. Other websites are dedicated to the idea that fairies are real .. BUT ALAS, should you see a fairy, perhaps it’s best not to surround yourself with their radiant light. They could be of darkness, and perhaps there to steal your soul with their evil.. That .. or they are JUST NOT REAL.
QUICK HITS:
Chelsea Handler set to leave E! late night show..
FROZEN has become the number 1 animated film of all time..
HARRY POTTER spinoff FANTASTIC BEASTS will be a trilogy..
Hugh Jackson sings WOLVERINE THE MUSICAL..
Rain suddenly changed to THIS tonight:
On Thursday, 10,000 Russian troops began a drill simulating the massive use of nuclear missiles.
Saturday night was a weird kind of night.. creepy.. rainy.. foreboding. Anyone else feeling like we are on the verge of something ..? There is just something about raw nights like last night, with wind and cold rain. The earth has power, as does nature. We don’t. Sometimes it feels like we are just constant victims to time itself. Each hour could be the last..
But collectively looking at it, I feel a sense of dread about upcoming events and times. And I don’t know why.. I fear the future this Sunday morning..
Here’s some reasons why..
This image is the 3.0 magnitude earthquakes or better across the United States.
We already know about the Southern California shaking, whether they be aftershocks ore foreshocks of a bigger one to come.. But take a glance at the middle of the country: Oklahoma has been getting rattled by quake after quake after quake–mostly in natural gas drilling areas where fracking is taking place. Just last night–last night–there were two moderate earthquakes over that state.. (and at a fracking location) And it was felt as far as Kansas..
I was also catching up on my boom and noise news .. The Strange Sounds blog ran a post concerning booms in Missouri earlier this month.. I have actually seen some more recent reports from Missouri of the same booming noises taking place. And with all of these booms and obvious mini quakes taking place, it reminded me of something I have read before concerning the days before the last major New Madrid quake in the 1800s: There were booms heard prior to the 1811 quake..
Speaking of the LA panics: They just keep happening: There is a lot of movement taking place in Southern California, as documented by this quake rundown..
The deadly virus Ebola continues to spread, seemingly unabated. The outbreak has now reached Guinea’s capital .. people are obviously worried, as shown here, about what would happen should Ebola spread throughout the world. Meanwhile, the death toll continues to rise, nations that surround Guinea shut down their borders, and Guinea orders a ban on eating meat.. The scary part is: When people battle Ebola, Ebola always wins..
Entertainment continues its best to promote the President.. Last night SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE joined in the already apparent NBC comedy team’s portrayals of the President. I long for the good old days when politicians were lampooned instead of being propped up–no matter the party or silly side you’re on. It’s healthy to laugh at our Chief Executive and Congress. It’s needed. IT SHOULD BE MANDATED! Instead we’re subjected to PR and badly written comedic mind control.. During the supposed political ‘satire’ on SNL, the President had to kiss Justin Bieber to promote health care to the young. I missed the joke.. I didn’t get why it was funny.. But I sure saw through the attempt to promote President Obama. And that is NOT WHAT POLITICAL SATIRE IS..
The epic NOAH movie is storming through box offices.. Christians flocking to it in bigger numbers than Sunday mass. But noteworthy are some Christian perspectives, as this one by Matt Walsh, on why it’s a terrible movie if you look at compared to the ‘book version.’ Walsh points out that NOAH was made by an atheist and that rock people were bad guys. Along with weird love angles. I had no inclination to see this film. After this review, now I may just want to..
The New York TIMES called NOAH ‘less epic’ than a horror movie..
NOAH seems to be slated to have a $47 mil opening for the weekend.. Nikki Finke wondered if the Southern California quakes made NOAH seem a little too real to see in theaters.. Either way, it appears that the former Governator’s SABOTAGE failed massively..
The kids these days appear to like ONE DIRECTION. At least if you judge it by who cleaned up at the Kids Choice Awards.. Though I am glad to see that NICK still slimes people.. I bet few folks these days would remember why that tradition happened. I do. I am a child who happily used to watch YOU CAN’T DO THAT ON TELEVISION.
The DAILY MAIL reports that Megan Fox is ‘stunning’ as April O’Neil in the new TMNT movie..Really?? I think she was all thumbs..
Michael Chiklis will be joining the cast of AMERICAN HORROR STORY..
CELEBRATE! Lady Gaga has emerged almost fully nude to celebrate turning 28. The big news, she made it out of the 27 club alive.. Congrats Lady in nothing. But my God, how do you walk in those shoes!? They just can’t be OSHA safe.. who’s carrying workers comp on you, Stephanie?
Speaking of workers compensation, someone who is not carrying it: Tina Fey. And she was just hit with a $79,000 fine because of it..
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http://strangesounds.org/
http://paranormaldaily.tumblr.com/
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We’re fun. Foreboding. And constantly nervous about the future, quakes or no quakes.
Saturday night live! A blast from the past to the band that people predicted would become the next ‘Beetles’ but never did.
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A shallow magnitude 4.1 earthquake was reported Saturday afternoon one mile from Rowland Heights, according to the U.S. Geological Survey . The temblor occurred at 2:32 p.m. at a depth of 5.6 miles. (It was originally reported as a 4.4 magnitude.)
Get ready for heroes in a half shell. My son is already enthralled by the minute plus trailer for the NINJA TURTLES movie with Megan Fox coming out this summer.. Although I have read a few sources that are not as excited as today’s youth are with the Michael Bay rethink of the TURTLES..
And others are providing harsh commentary on Megan Fox’ abilities to transform into April O’Neill. The only thing I really noted about the trailer was the lack of substance, but instead the reliance on big action bombs and blasts and Megan Fox’s face. Not three seconds of the trailer went by without seeing Megan Fox ..
It seems that every time the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES come around, they get bigger. This one is no different. It appears that Michael Bay made them absolutely huge, as though they were steroid-using weight lifting heroes in a half shell .. Maybe too big?
As a student of the 1980s and 90s, the cartoon featured turtles who were short and fun.. As a matter of fact, even April O’Neill was taller than them. Not this go around, though.. Michael Bay made them ugly and huge.. They looked more like alligators than turtles.
And Megan Fox looks more like Megan Fox than April.
And Michael Bay looks like Michael Bay.
But does TMNT look more like Pearl Harbor than a hit?
Will Megan Fox be all thumbs?
Will the new imagined turtles scare kids?
Time will tell, this summer…
The trailer here:
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