Anonymous ID: f66b5b Oct. 12, 2021, 6:06 p.m. No.14775187   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>5213 >>5235 >>5283 >>5296 >>5424 >>5664 >>5817

TOWER BLOCK FEARS Huge blaze breaks out on 20th floor of flats in London as 70 firefighters tackle flames

21:03, 12 Oct 2021Updated: 23:05, 12 Oct 2021

 

Ten fire engines and 70 firefighters were rushed to the blaze on Westbridge Road, Battersea, this evening.

 

Crews from Battersea, Fulham, Wandsworth, North Kensington and surrounding fire stations were called shortly after 8pm.

 

Dramatic footage on social media showed flames erupting from the high rise building as smoke billows above.

 

A woman and child were taken to hospital as 50 others evacuated the building.

 

London Fire Brigade said in a statement: "Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters have been called to a fire at a block of flats on Westbridge Road in Battersea.

 

"A flat on the 20th floor is alight. One woman left the affected flat before the Brigade arrived. She is being assessed for smoke inhalation at the scene."

 

Station Commander Pete Johnson, added: "Crews were faced with a lot of smoke issuing from the top of a block of flats on arrival.

 

"There was also lots of visible flame which has prompted a high number of calls to our Control Officers.

 

"Firefighters are working hard to bring the fire under control.

"There are a number of road closures in place."

The cause of the blaze is not known at this stage.

London Fire Brigade said the fire was under control by 8.53pm.

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16399182/london-fire-battersea-tower-block/

 

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Anonymous ID: f66b5b Oct. 12, 2021, 6:31 p.m. No.14775402   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>5436 >>5629

Hundreds of weird three-eyed 'dinosaur shrimp' emerge after heavy rain

First published on Oct. 5, 2021 at 3:38 p.m. PT.

 

The miniature pink critters basically look like Pokemon, and evolve from eggs like them, too.

 

Tourists roaming Wupatki National Monument, an ancestral Puebloan site in Arizona, recently stumbled upon some unlikely fellow visitors โ€“ hundreds of pre-dinosaur-era three-eyed shrimp. The little critters presumably infested a ball court at the park after a monsoon filled it to the brim.

 

Formally named triops, the gentle beasts that roamed Earth hundreds of millions of years ago literally have a third eye. It's smack in the middle of their two compound buggy ones that peer straight ahead. The creatures, also called tadpole shrimp, are an inch or two long and their peachy pink bodies have a crest-shaped torso that tapers off into a dangly tail.

 

They're the epitome of creepy, yet somehow adorable. They basically look like Pokemon.

 

It's not uncommon to find a few of these guys in the wild, and some pet stores even sell them, claiming triopses are low-maintenance friends โ€“ they only live up to about 90 days. But for tourists to find hundreds of the alien-like creatures at the site of a national monument is definitelyโ€ฆ new.

 

Puebloan farmers fled from from modern-day Flagstaff to the region of Wupatki National Monument following the eruption of Sunset Crater Volcano 900 years ago. Within the area, now protected by the state and open for tourism, there's a circular ball court that used to be the site where cultural ideas got exchanged. The court measures about 105 feet (32 meters) in diameter.

 

In late July, however, these whimsical shrimp filled the former intellectual meeting spot. Lauren Carter, lead interpretation ranger at Wupatki National Monument "just scooped it up with [her] hand and looked at it and was like 'What is that?'" she said in a statement.

 

Presumably, the triple-eyed shellfish abruptly emerged in the triple digits due to Arizona's late-July monsoon. These shrimp can lay eggs that remain dormant until enough water is present. A monsoon's downpour could've easily activated a bunch of their already-laid eggs to hatch.

 

Carter said she first learned of the critters' presence in the rainwater pond by a tourist wandering the park. Eventually, she and the rest of the staff concluded these strange-looking shrimp could be freshwater versions of triops called triops longicaudatus. They note that further scientific analysis is needed to confirm that hypothesis.

 

The exceptionally astute organisms visually, that is were apparently spotted by birds in the area and promptly turned into an avian dinner. But who's to say they didn't lay a few more eggs in their chosen breeding grounds at Wuptaki?

 

https://www.cnet.com/news/hundreds-of-weird-three-eyed-dinosaur-shrimp-emerge-in-arizona-after-heavy-rain/