Rise in homeless deaths shows 300% increase, but it’s likely under estimated

Homeless-Death-Chart

Important Takeaways:

  • Report Reveals 300% Surge in Death of Homeless People in LA Amid Fentanyl Crisis
  • These tragic deaths, averaging nearly six per day, underscore the severity of the humanitarian crisis unfolding on the streets and in shelters across the county.
  • Over the past decade, a total of 11,573 deaths of unhoused individuals have been logged, with fatalities steadily climbing each year. In 2023 alone, 2,033 lives were lost—an astonishing 291% increase from 2014 and an 8% uptick from the previous year.
  • The data, however, likely underestimates the true scope of the crisis, as it only captures deaths falling under the medical examiner’s jurisdiction, excluding cases where individuals recently saw a doctor.
  • The LA County public health department, employing more comprehensive methodologies, estimates a 20% increase in deaths recorded in its database, further underscoring the magnitude of the crisis. Behind these stark statistics lie stories of profound human suffering and struggle.
  • The autopsy reports from 2023 highlight the myriad challenges facing unhoused individuals: the proliferation of fentanyl, untreated physical and mental illnesses, and the absence of affordable housing. Tragically, many deaths are attributed to overdoses, violence, and untreated medical conditions, reflecting the harsh realities of life on the streets.

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West Michigan struck by tornado; 240,000 without power

Tornado Webberville Michigan

Important Takeaways:

  • Michigan tornado leaves overturned cars on I-96 near Webberville and Detroit area roads flooded
  • A tornado ripped through West Michigan Thursday night, along with a round of thunderstorms causing severe damage and leaving over 240k without power
  • The storm, with wind gusts reaching over 85 mph, overturned cars, downed trees, flooded towns and destroyed buildings and homes
  • Injuries have been reported in Kent County. A woman and two children were killed in a hydroplaning crash, according to Fox17

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MAUI Wildfire update: “Impossible Situation” still no details on how it happened; death toll expected to rise

Burned out cars Lahaina

Important Takeaways:

  • New video shows Lahaina residents bobbing in choppy ocean after jumping into water to escape Maui fire that killed 55 and counting
  • The fire began on Tuesday, spreading quickly and ferociously. The exact cause of it remains unclear but high winds, dry conditions and low humidity exacerbated the flames.
  • Fifty-five people have been confirmed dead already and 1,000 remain missing three days on from the blaze.
  • In an interview this morning, the Mayor of Maui County said the bodies found so far have all been discovered in the street, outside properties. Search teams have not yet begun pulling bodies from homes and businesses.
  • An unknown number of people are also thought to have perished in their cars while trying to escape the hellish flames.
  • ‘I think that number could go up. According to those doing the recovery – our police, Coast Guard and National Guard, that was the number they found of people outside of the buildings. We have not yet searched the interior of the buildings. We’re waiting for FEMA to help with that search.
  • ‘They are equipped to handle the hazmat conditions of the buildings that have been burned,’ Mayor Richard Bissen told the TODAY show.
  • The West side of the island remains without power, water and communications.
  • ‘They have no internet, no cell phone. That’s the challenge. We’ve been sending crews out with water…but our focus is on finding any missing persons. We want to give people information.’
  • ‘This was an impossible situation. The winds that hit us on that side of the island, the gusts were up to 80mph. Some sustained up to 45 and 60 mph. Everything happened so quickly.
  • ‘I can’t comment on whether or not the sirens sounded or not but the fires came up so quickly and spread so fast. ‘

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Typhoon brings Historic Rain to China

China Flood

Important Takeaways:

  • Biblical flooding in Beijing after heaviest rain in 140 years
  • Torrents of water gushed through streets in China as moisture from former Typhoon Doksuri triggered catastrophic flooding over the weekend and into the start of August.
  • Doksuri made landfall last Friday in the Chinese province of Fujian, located roughly 1,000 miles (1,609 km) south of Beijing, and lost wind intensity over the weekend as it pushed inland. However, the tropical moisture fueled extreme rain across the country for days.
  • More than 800,000 people were forced to relocate in and around Beijing after nearly 30 inches of rain triggered some of the worst flooding in the city’s history.
  • At least 26 people have died due to the flooding. The death toll may continue to climb as officials assess the damage and as floodwaters gradually recede.

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CDC and World Health are concerned over woman in Brazil dying from Swine Flu

Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

Important Takeaways:

  • Brazilian woman dies of SWINE FLU: Fatality sparks terror and CDC investigation
  • US health chiefs are investigating the death of a Brazilian woman who became a rare victim of swine flu.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials plan to probe samples collected from the patient, 42, who died from an H1N1 variant spreading in pigs.
  • Her death earlier last month has sparked concern because she had no direct contact with pigs — which may signal onward transmission from someone else.
  • Scientists are concerned that the next pandemic could come from flu viruses — such as H1N1 — which can be spread by pigs.
  • In 2009 the world faced a swine flu pandemic after an H1N1 subtype killed up to 575,000 people globally.
  • A spokesman for the WHO said: ‘Based on the information currently available, the WHO considers this is a sporadic case, and there is no evidence of person-to-person transmission of this event.’

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Does the Bible indicate that ‘Man will find a way to immortality’? Since the time of Gilgamesh man has tried to cheat death

Revelations 9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

Important Takeaways:

  • The billion-dollar search for immortality
  • Altos Labs’s Cambridge Institute of Science What does the company actually do? “Cell rejuvenation,” or “sell rejuvenation.” Depending on how you hear it
  • Altos Labs is pursuing a lavishly funded quest to unearth the secrets of ageing.
  • Last year, the Silicon Valley venture revealed it had raised $3 billion from investors, making it one of the best-financed start-ups in history.
  • Altos’s leaders, however, are in the business of managing expectations. Hans Bishop, the president, has said his focus is on increasing “healthspan” rather than lifespan, and that any extension in longevity would be “an accidental consequence”. The idea is that, by focusing on “reprogramming” cells with various proteins, Altos can find medicines that treat many diseases at once by targeting the underlying problem: ageing.
  • [More companies are in this race] Calico was set up a decade ago by Google co-founder Larry Page, though it has yet to unveil a product. Other players include Unity, BioAge, BioViva and AgeX Therapeutics. Billionaires — including Milner himself, Page, and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel — are regularly glimpsed behind the scenes.
  • [In a separate story there is] Bryan Johnson, who injected himself with his son’s blood and spends $2 million a year in the hope of achieving the body of an 18-year-old.
  • Amazon CEO [When he stepped down] in 2021, Bezos urged shareholders to stay nimble, quoting Richard Dawkins: “Staving off death is a thing that you have to work at… If living things don’t actively work to prevent it, they would eventually merge with their surroundings and cease to exist as autonomous beings. That is what happens when they die.”
  • philosopher Ingemar Patrick Linden, who calls the suggestion that everyone should die at a natural age “appalling”
  • fellow tech titans articulated a very different philosophy of ageing. In 2005, Steve Jobs reflected on his pancreatic cancer diagnosis and offered a powerful rebuke to Silicon Valley-style transhumanism. “No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there,” he said. “And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it.”
  • But that is as it should be, he said, because “death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.”

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Maine records first case and death from tick borne Powassan virus this year

Tick CDC

Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

Important Takeaways:

  • This is the third recorded Powassan death in Maine since 2015.
  • People can be infected by the Powassan virus through the bite of an infected deer tick or woodchuck tick.
  • The CDC says the adult victim developed neurologic symptoms and died in the hospital.

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Tornado flattens small town in Oklahoma; leaves trail of destruction into Kansas

Tennis Ball size hail

Luke 21:25 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves

Important Takeaways:

  • Monster supercell tornado rips through Midwest killing two and flattening Oklahoma town bringing hail the size of tennis balls and creating a 19,000 ft high ‘debris ball’: 20,000 are still without power
  • A tornado has left a trail of destruction across Oklahoma and Kansas, killing at least two people, levelling homes and leaving tens of thousands without power
  • Several other states are under severe weather watches as the twister system continues to leave a trail of destruction across the Midwest
  • The terrifying twisters tore through the Midwest Wednesday evening, while parts of Nebraska, Missouri, Texas and Iowa have also been placed under tornado and severe thunderstorm watches.
  • Tennis-ball sized hail and torrential winds cut across the region, leaving approximately 20,000 people in the dark after the storms downed powerlines.
  • The severe weather front comes after multiple tornadoes ripped through America’s Midwest and South in recent weeks, killing at least 26 people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.

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EF-4 Tornado carves a path through Mississippi into Alabama leaving 26 dead

Mississippi Tornadoes

Luke 21:25 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves

Important Takeaways:

  • ‘There’s nothing left’: Deep South tornadoes kill 26
  • A powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, and flattening entire blocks as it carved a path of destruction for more than an hour. One person was killed in Alabama.
  • The tornado devastated a swath of the Mississippi Delta town of Rolling Fork, reducing homes to piles of rubble, flipping cars on their sides and toppling the town’s water tower.
  • “There’s nothing left,” said Wonder Bolden, holding her granddaughter
  • Based on early data, the tornado received a preliminary EF-4 rating
  • An EF-4 tornado has top wind gusts between 166 mph and 200 mph (265 kph and 320 kph), according to the service.
  • Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves issued a State of Emergency and vowed to help rebuild as he headed to view the damage in an area speckled with wide expanses of cotton, corn and soybean fields and catfish farming ponds. President Joe Biden also promised federal help, describing the damage as “heartbreaking.”

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San Francisco blasted by a Bomb Cyclone as Evacuation orders are issued

Luke 21:25 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves

Important Takeaways:

  • Bomb cyclone slams into San Francisco with hurricane force winds killing one person and plunging over 230,000 into darkness – as yet ANOTHER major storm of year hits California
  • A ‘bomb cyclone’ slammed into San Francisco Tuesday evening…devastating the region with hurricane-force winds and torrential rainfall.
  • The weather front is the latest major storm to hit the region this year, where it unleashed flash floods and blistering wind gusts throughout the Golden State.
  • At least one person died after the gusts – which reached upwards of 78mph – caused a tree to fall near Portolla Valley.
  • More than 230,000 residents across California had their power wiped out in the storm.
  • Evacuation orders were issued in Santa Cruz County as torrential rains battered the coastal region

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