Killer Earth

18/10/2023

18/10/2023

Hey guys! 🔪🌏

On this episode of Killer Earth, V and Kat are joined by John Sherwood, Ph.D, naval historian and author of A Global Force for Good: Sea Services Humanitarian Operations in the Twenty-First Century.

We dive into the history of the U.S. Navy's humanitarian involvement with natural disasters in Part One of this two-part interview.

Read his book here: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/publications/publications-by-subject/global-force-for-good.html

Connect with John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-sherwood-03747011a/

Listen to John's awesome podcast, Preble Hall!
https://www.usna.edu/Museum/PrebleHall/index.php

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26/09/2023

Oh s**t. 😲

A study predicts a mass extinction of mammals in 250 million years due to extreme heat from the formation of a supercontinent. The research highlights the lethal combination of a hotter sun, increased CO2, and continental effects, underscoring the importance of landmass layouts in evaluating the hab

03/09/2023

111 feet = longer than a Boeing 737 ✈️

About 70 new dinosaur tracks estimated to be 113 million years old were discovered in a riverbed receding under abnormally intense drought conditions.

27/08/2023

Hey guys! 🔪🌏

On this episode of Killer Earth, Kat and Vanessa take a deep dive into the world of the deadly Komodo dragon. 🐉

On Kat's recent trip to Bali, she became one with the Komodos and has some pretty freakin' sweet stories.

Photos:
1. Kat insanely close to a KD
2. Chillin' in the shade and not caring to eat Kat and Sam because it was [probably] full
3. The iconic Komodo tooth necklace that stabs Kat in the jugular every night
4. A Komodo up close and personal (National Geographic Magazine)
5. Komodo Island, Indonesia (Jon Hanson)
6. Main the park ranger who survived a Komodo attack (Dita Alangkara/AP)

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Thank you and we love you all so much!

17/08/2023

Better late than never, amirite!?

We published our Static Electricity episode but we never posted about it!! 😬

On this episode of Killer Earth, Kat and V delve into the confusing and scary world of something we all live with - static electricity.

That thing that shocks you when you least expect it can actually be deadly - Killer Earth-level deadly (survival tip - never EVER get on a blimp). 🔪 🌏 ☠

Photos:
1. The Hindenburg disaster on May 6, 1937 (Sam Shere)
2. Westwego Continental Grain Company elevator explosion on December 22, 1977 (Bill Haber, AP)
3. A worker in China igniting a cotton lorry by stepping on the metal floor with his shoe (AsiaWire)

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17/08/2023

Black 🐻: Fight back
Brown 🐻: Play dead

16/08/2023

💔 ❤️‍🩹

The Maui Humane Society is working around the clock to treat injured cats and dogs from the Lahaina fire and reunite the pets with their owners. - Videos from The Weather Channel | weather.com

29/06/2023

Uh oh. Hot Atlantic summer = El Niño won't be counteracting severe hurricane formation much this year.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday issued an El Niño advisory, announcing the arrival of the climatic condition. It may not quite be like the others.

25/06/2023

MUST watch | James Cameron’s take on the submersible implosion 👀

20/06/2023

Kat had this on her bucket list but NOPE ⚓️

Retired U.S. Navy submarine Capt. David Marquet says crews would need to locate the vessel then bring it to the surface to unlatch it. He puts the odds of passengers' survival at "about 1%."

15/06/2023

We're back!!!! 🌏 🔪

On this episode of Killer Earth, Kat and Vanessa unpack the story of the mysterious island of North Sentinel and the murderous people who inhabit it. ☠️

Photos:
1. The Sentinelese (Ministry of Tribal Affairs Government of India)
2. Anthropologist Trinoknath Pandit and his team delivering coconuts to the Sentinelese in 1991 (Handout/NYT)
3. John Allen Chau (John Chau's Instagram)
4. A Sentinel man threatening an Indian Coast Guard helicopter in 2004 (Indian Coast Guard)
5. The Sentinelese warning an approaching boat away (History of Yesterday)
6. Port Blair, South Andaman Island, about 34 miles from North Sentinel Island (tourmyindia.com)
7. Wandoor, the closest town to North Sentinel Island (traveltriangle.com)

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Thank you and we love you all so much!

11/05/2022

Oh hey there!

On this episode of Killer Earth, Kat and Vanessa take a shallow water dive into the murderous and mysterious life of the hippo. 🦛

This is a re-recorded episode! We had some technical issues while recording the original episode and decided it was best to release a fresh record.

Photos:
1. Hippos in Wechiau, Ghana (brandelmina.com)
2. Henry the Hippo (coventrytelegraph.net)
3. Paul Templer (telegraph.co.uk)
4. Mama and baby hippo (smithsonianmag.com)
5. Marius Els riding his "pet" Humphrey the Hippo (foxnews.com)

Videos:
1. A compilation of hippo encounters (the fishermen almost launched out of their boat is at 1:18 and the kayakers who are almost attacked is at 3:05): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnVVe1dvaY4
2. The live hippo cam at the San Diego Zoo: https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/cams/hippo-cam
3. Hippos eating watermelons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wyhhxOZazI

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Thank you and we love you all so much!

15/04/2022

Hey hey hey friends!

On this episode of Killer Earth, Kat and Vanessa discuss the devastating Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923.

It's also Kat's birthday episode and we get into her night out enjoying some questionable live music as well as past Kat birthday celebrations and random movies we used to watch.

Photos:
1. A fire spreading in Tokyo’s Kanda district (National Film Archive of Japan)
2. Ruins of the earthquake (japan-guide.com)
3. A circa 1925 woodcut by Unpo Takashima depicting Tokyo's Ueno district ablaze (Unpo Takashima/Artelino)
4. The "dragon twist" fire tornado that killed 44,000 people in Tokyo (National Museum of Japanese History)
5. A photo of the cosmopolitan city of Yokohama immediately after it was completely destroyed by the earthquake (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)

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15/03/2022

On this episode of Killer Earth, Kat's sister Lauren tells us the crazy story about how she became extremely ill with altitude sickness on a hiking trip in New Mexico last year. There is some super important survival info in here, so listen up!

Photos:
1. The Pecos Wilderness of New Mexico
2. A bighorn sheep spotted from the trail
3. Lauren, Jesse, and Jesse's niece
4. The campsite where Lauren started to feel sick
5. Lauren in the hospital

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Thank you and we love you all!

09/03/2022

Hola amigos!

On this episode of Killer Earth, Kat and Vanessa discuss the the phenomenon of sneaker waves and the unsuspecting beachgoers who have succumbed to them.

Photos
1. A tourist in Iceland getting caught up by a sneaker wave (Guide to Iceland)
2. Running from a sneaker wave in Iceland (Iceland Monitor)
3. A simple illustration of why it's easy to be caught off guard by a sneaker wave (North Coast Journal)
4. A sneaker wave flooding a beach near Coos Bay in Oregon (The Oregonian)
5. A sign at Goat Rock Beach in California (Press Democrat)

Check out this insane video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSgSMZsMh4A&t=2s #

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07/02/2022

We're back!!! We didn't break up or die. We just didn't get our s**t together to get new episodes up until now.

On this comeback episode of Killer Earth, Kat and Vanessa discuss the deadliest lake in the world, Cameroon's Lake Nyos. Did you know a lake can kill you just by being near it? Neither did we!

Photos
1. Lake Nyos (awesci.com)
2. The degassing system (Inhabitat)
3. A villager with his dead cattle (Getty Images)
4. Red Lake Nyos (inf.news)
5. Cameroon (Forbes)

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17/09/2021

Hey guys!

This week, the drinks are flowing as Kat and Vanessa discuss the death tubs of Yellowstone - technically known as geysers or thermal springs. Prepare to be amazed by even more mounting evidence that national parks are trash and you shouldn't go to them ever.

Also, do NOT take a shot every time Vanessa gets pi**ed about something or someone during this episode. You will not live to see another day.

Photos:
1. The infamously named Porkchop Geyser where Collin Scott met his fate (USGS)
2. Where David Kirwan jumped in to save his friend's dog (National Park Service)
3. The crested pool where 9-year-old Andy Hecht fell in (Yellowstone Naturalist)
4. The area where 20-year-old Sara Hulphers, a park concession employee, died thinking she was crossing a stream (Dave Coppedge)

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Thank you and we love you all!

30/08/2021

Another video from Kat’s husbands ship during the eye of hurricane Ida! Sending love to Louisiana!

30/08/2021

Video taken during hurricane Ida from
Kat’s husbands ship! 🌀

30/08/2021

Hurricane Ida swept through as a category 4 yesterday (gusts up to 150mph winds!), slamming through Louisiana. Kat’s husband happened to be on a ship directly in it’s path. (Blue dot in the first image was his location). Luckily he and the crew are safe! These are photos from the aftermath of the storm in Port Fourchon! Sending love to Louisiana!

12/08/2021

Back by popular demand, the latest episode is streaming now! Hear a clip from episode 20: The 1970 Huascarán Debris Avalanche.

06/08/2021

We're BACK!! Sorry guys, we just needed a couple months to.....pretty much do what we normally do. But you know how it is.

On this episode of Killer Earth, Kat and Vanessa get into the deadliest avalanche in human history - the Huascarán debris avalanche of 1970. If you don't trust clowns but you do trust Jesus, you might reconsider after this episode. Just saying.

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Photos:
1. The map of the impact zone. The "CS" stands for Campo Santo, the present day memorial site, which Yungay was renamed after New Yungay was established. (.com)
2. Camp Santo (Old Yungay) today (unknown)
3. Huascarán (Andrew Haliburton)

02/06/2021

The things people think about when they're stuck between a crevasse and a hard place...

01/06/2021

Crevice or crevasse? The difference is explained on Episode 19 - Dangerous Crevasses
Steaming Now!

28/05/2021

Episode 18 is up! 💀

On this week's episode, Kat and Vanessa take a deep dive into the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northeastern coast of Japan.

Listen to it here: https://killerearth.buzzsprout.com/

Photos:
1. Ruins of main street in Shizugawa, Minamisanriku (Place to Grow)
2. Residents of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, watch helplessly as a wave approaches via the Heigawa estuary (Miyako City Office/Reuters)
3. The tsunami pummels the coast (Sadatsugu Tomizawa/Jiji Press/AFP/Getty)
4. The tsunami traveling inland (Mainichi/Nippon News)
5. A woman whose house was washed away stands amidst debris in Shinhamacyo (Kuni Takahashi/Polaris)

25/05/2021

The volcanic eruption in Washington was no joke. A minor detail was overlooked that lead to major consequences. Find out more on Episode 17 - Mount St. Helens

Available on ITunes, Spotify, Buzzsprout and wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

23/05/2021

Remember the the real Might Ducks plot? V and Kat sure do! Take a 90's stroll before hearing the story of the most destructive volcano in US history, Mount St. Helens - Episode 17

02/03/2021

Episode 14 is up! 💀

On this week's episode, Kat and Vanessa chat about the 1964 Alaska earthquake that rang the earth like a bell and forever changed earthquake science.

Listen to it on Stitcher, Spotify, Apple, Google, Pandora, or pretty much any place you listen to podcasts. 🌎

Photos:
1. 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage (HISTORY)
2. Torn and buckled railroad tracks southeast of Anchorage (U.S. Geological Survey (USGS))
3. Damage in Anchorage (NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center)
4. A map of what went down (U.S. Geological Survey (USGS))
5. The damage in Valdez (Anchorage Daily News archive)

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