Circus Elephant Saved By Vodka

Last Saturday, there were some sick Siberian elephants. They were suffering from the Siberian Cold, which is very deadly, and practically kills most things. Well, the two elephants that had it, were on the brink of death, when they were given some vodka, and they were saved. They were both given 10 liters of vodka, that was diluted in some warm water. The veterinarian that treated the elephants, said that the ears were only frostbitten. The vet was talking to reporters, about the effects of vodka on people. Vodka makes the body feel warm, but makes the core body temperature go down. When the elephants drank it, they did not become intoxicated, they just got saved from frostbite and pneumonia. Only give vodka to elephants to save them, nothing else.  

Military Plane goes down in South Africa

Yesterday, a military plane, supposedly carrying a team of doctors went down in the Drakensberg Mountains. The doctors were a personal crew for former President Mandela who is 94 years old. Although two sources that are very close to Mandela, say that the passengers of the plane were not actually doctors. When the rescue crews finally found the crash site, there were no survivors, and they said it is too early to tell how the plane actually went down. The rescue teams were still searching for survivors, but they still haven't found anything, and Mandela doesn't wish to talk about what or who was on the plane, so we may never know.

Massive Car Pileup

Thanksgiving Day, down in South East Texas, there was a dense amount of fog, that was way too hard to see through, in a result, one car crashed. This car started a chain reaction that lead to a 140 car pileup wreck. Surprisingly only two people were killed in this massive accident, but many were injured. The Man and the woman that were killed, got crushed by a tractor trailer. It took a whole eight hours to clean up the wreck, before the lanes re-opened and people were back to their normal lives. I hope that the two that have died are in a better place.

Rocket strikes in Israel and Gaza

Early this morning rockets were all over the skies in Israel and Gaza. Israel had at least three people killed, while Palestinians had up to fifteen people dead, over 250 rockets were fired from Gaza. Of the 250 rockets that were shot from Gaza, only 105 rockets were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome Defense System. The rocket that killed the three Israeli's had hit a house, which also wounded four others. The Hamas spokesman, Osama Hamdan, insisted that Israel has started the war. The rocket strikes have stopped now, but there may be more in the future. There were no further reports of imminent attacks, but Israel is keeping there heads faced towards Gaza.   

Deadly Ferry Crash Kills 38

Last night, in Hong Kong there was an accident involving two ferries colliding. One of the ferries was upended and many passengers on that boat flew into the water. There were 123 survivors that have been found, there are at least 38 dead, and many people are still missing. A survivor said it was chaotic, as the sinking ship was completely vertical, this survivor put a like jacket on a small child and pushed it out the window. The search is still underway for the missing. One of the boats was rented by a company for a holiday party. This accident has been the worst one recorded since 1971 when the Fat Shan capsized in a typhoon. Hopefully everyone is found.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/02/world/asia/hong-kong-ferry-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Nepali Avalanche Kills Eight

On Sunday there was an avalanche in Nepal that struck at 5 am. It hit two camp zones on the mountain, one at 6,600 feet and another at 500 feet.There were many survivors, but they had a lot of injuries. Many climbers were still in their tents reading or sleeping when the avalanche hit. A French surgeon and his friends had heard it coming, so he kicked open the tent and went tumbling 200 meters with the snow. He was buried from the neck down, wearing only a T-shirt. Luckily he got out and manged to save one of his companions, but the other was buried too deep and had died. There are 3 people still missing and feared dead, but the search for them has been suspended. Hopefully they are alright.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/24/world/asia/nepal-avalanche/index.html

Chicago Teacher Strikes

On Monday, Chicago school officials said they had nothing more to offer, so they all went on strike. Over 350,000 students were out of school on an unscheduled day off. It is Chicago's first teacher strike in 25 years that will go on to a second day, because of the absence of a deal. The police thought there would be much more trouble with the amount of kids out of school, so they pulled officers out of desk duty and got them on patrols. Many churches and other organizations tried to provide activities for the thousands of idle students. The union, involving nearly 30,000 teachers, arranged this strike because negotiators failed to reach an agreement after eight months. Depending on what happens Tuesday, it could go on for a third day.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/10/us/illinois-chicago-teachers-strike/index.html

129 Dolphins become stranded

In January there were many accounts of dolphins beaching themselves and dying. Then three weeks later in February the number of dolphins beaching themselves rose to 129, it is expected that more will strand themselves. At least 92 dolphins died so far, this is considered the single largest stranding since at least 13 years in 1999. Nobody knows why the dolphins are doing this, they are all in good health which raises more mystery to why they have beached themselves. Many marine biologists and other scientists are working together to help these dolphins, but it just so happens to be that congress is trying to cut funding to rescue response groups. Without proper funding it will be hard to help these magnificent animals anymore.


http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/02/06/10331137-cape-cod-dolphin-beachings-rise-to-129-more-expected?lite