HOPEFULLY NOT RUDOLPH "Lightning strike kills more than 300 reindeer in Norway" | Offbeat News | US News

"STOCKHOLM (AP) — More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lighting in central Norway in what wildlife officials are calling an unusually large natural disaster.
The Norwegian..."

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2016-08-29/lightning-strike-kills-more-than-300-reindeer-in-norway

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TROUBLE IN PARADISE [only Montana so far] "Much of popular Yellowstone River closes after thousands of fish die " The Orange County Register

"The closure could last for months if river conditions don't improve and fish keep dying, according to officials from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. It extends to hundreds of miles of waterways that feed into the Yellowstone, including the Boulder, Shields and Stillwater rivers...."

http://m.ocregister.com/articles/fish-726420-yellowstone-river.html

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I BELIEVE IT "Climate Change: July Was the Warmest Month Ever Recorded"

http://time.com/4453038/heat-wave-july-temperature/

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"Thaw could release U.S. toxic waste buried under Greenland’s ice " The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/thaw-could-release-us-toxic-waste-buried-under-greenlands-ice/article31287977/?cmpid=rss1

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