we are making no claims about it, just noting it because it is far outside the realm of statistical probability. in just the last month, more than a dozen food processing plants in this country have been disabled by freak events. two of them were hit by planes. the rest caught fire. it is not just in the last month this has happened, this has been going on for the last year. a disproportionately large number of food processing plants have had an excellent accidents. then there is this. a new avian virus, more than 27 million chickens and turkeys in this country have been destroyed because of the bird flu epidemic, the same time, china has been buying up 200,00. farmland. we are not saying all these things are connected but we are saying their effect is the same, a threat to our food supply. what is going on here? ben s colonnades is a radio host in the city of washington, d.c.e happy to have them on. thanks for coming on. not making any claims about this but our job is to kind of notic
and we re making no claims about it. we re just noting it because far outside the realm of statistical probability. in just the last month, more than a dozen food processing plants in this country have been disabledev by freak events. two of them were hit by planes. the restau caught fire . and it s not just in the last month this has happened. it s been going on for the last year a disproportionately large number of food processing plants have had unexplained accidentsts. and there s this ai new avian virus, more than 20 seven million chickens and turkeys in this country have been destroyed because of t a bird flu epidemic. atim the same time, chinach has been buying up two hundred thousand acres at least of us farmland. we re not saying all these thingsgswe a are connected, bute saying their effect iss the same. a threat eth to our food supply. what is going on here? vince collins is a radio show a host in the city ofre washingto, d.c. we re delighted to have him tonight . c vince, t
monitoring this for us. i hate to see it but i suppose with temperatures like this, it is little wonder. it temperatures like this, it is little wonder. little wonder. it is little wonder little wonder. it is little wonder and little wonder. it is little wonder and it - little wonder. it is little wonder and it is - little wonder. it is little i wonder and it is becoming little wonder. it is little - wonder and it is becoming a very serious situation now. the real problem when we are talking about these regions of canada and the pacific northwest is that the people that live there are simply not used to sky high temperatures like these and this is why the authorities are now reporting up authorities are now reporting up to possibly 69 people having lost their lives. reports of southern sudden deaths, they are being investigated, but the authorities and local police believe that heat was a factor. it does pose a problem moving forward when clearly we can t necessarily link this w
temperatures are rising around the world and the experts are saying that these freak events are becoming more common. so it poses all sorts of problems in terms of how you it s very difficult to plan for something like this, but for how the authorities can deal with it when it happens. yeah, how you can know that your average temperature s going to be i think it was 48 degrees higher than average for the time of year, it s just extraordinary. how much longer though, peter, do they think this will go on? well, probably for a few more days. there are signs, and of course, this is a phenomenon that s been affecting the entire western united states, from canada all the way down to the mexican border. i ve felt it myself living on the outskirts of los angeles with temperatures in the mid 40s celsius, which even for los angeles is extreme heat. i noticed this morning as i went outside, significantly cooler, perhaps in the low 30s, which is still extremely hot, but the signs are that this
development and frankly frightening news down near new orleans this afternoon. residents are struggling to cope with the death of a 4-year-old boy killed by a brain-eating amoeba. this amoeba can only attack through the nose by attaching itself to the olfactory nerve where it spreads quickly. they believe he contracted while getting water up his nose while playing on a slip and slide. it is formed in an area largely abandoned after hurricane katrina, leaving stagnant water that baked under the hot louisiana sun. only 130 people have ever been affected in the united states and of them just three have survived. this is just the latest though unthinkable story in an era of which these freak events are becoming much more common. in just the past decade we ve