Hoping for the best for Florida Fogbowers!
The latest Helene forecasts are scary. Might be Cat 4 at landfall. Deadly storm surge. Rain and flooding all the way up to Georgia and the Carolinas.
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- Wed Sep 25, 2024 1:58 pm
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Weather Alerts
- Replies: 2699
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- Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:00 am
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Planes and Boats and Trains. Wrecks!
- Replies: 617
- Views: 52246
Planes and Boats and Trains. Wrecks!
Dangerous chemical leak spurs evacuation order in Ohio town https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/24/us/ohio-train-chemical-leak-evacuation-order/index.html Students in school buildings and residents in hundreds of neighboring homes were told to evacuate after a dangerous chemical began leaking from a ...
- Tue Sep 24, 2024 10:26 pm
- Forum: Arts, Music, Photography, and stuff like that
- Topic: To what are you listening?
- Replies: 140
- Views: 19384
To what are you listening?
The Copenhagen Ring Ok, I give up. Here is a fourth complete video Ring Cycle on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5__IeJtGIE In addition to the video versions I have mentioned you can find several audio versions by Furtwangler (2 versions), Knappertsbusch, Solti, Karajan. and others on ...
- Tue Sep 24, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Weather Alerts
- Replies: 2699
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Weather Alerts
We have Tropical Storm Helene.
It is now forecast to come ashore on the Florida panhandle as a major hurricane on Thursday.
It is now forecast to come ashore on the Florida panhandle as a major hurricane on Thursday.
- Tue Sep 24, 2024 12:12 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Titan Submersible Vessel
- Replies: 310
- Views: 31759
Titan Submersible Vessel
Humans colonizing Venus?
They should check a Venusian weather report first.
They should check a Venusian weather report first.
- Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:36 am
- Forum: Arts, Music, Photography, and stuff like that
- Topic: To what are you listening?
- Replies: 140
- Views: 19384
To what are you listening?
I think so. The video is standard definition. Unable to confirm on my phone because there are so many other Met Wagner performances that flood my searches.
- Mon Sep 23, 2024 11:21 pm
- Forum: Arts, Music, Photography, and stuff like that
- Topic: To what are you listening?
- Replies: 140
- Views: 19384
To what are you listening?
Good news! There is a 4th complete Ring Cycle on YouTube. This one is by the Metropolitan Opera. This might be the one to watch if you are only watching one. The staging and costumes are very traditional. No modern dress. No mostly empty stages. Most of Wagner's directions are followed. Siegfried ...
- Mon Sep 23, 2024 8:01 pm
- Forum: Arts, Music, Photography, and stuff like that
- Topic: To what are you listening?
- Replies: 140
- Views: 19384
To what are you listening?
Having time on my hands with Mrs. V in Italy I have been wandering around YouTube. There I found not one, not two, but three complete video performances of Wagner's massive four opera Ring Cycle. Wow! :o :shock: These are by the Vienna State Opera, Opera North in Leeds England and the Bayreuth ...
- Mon Sep 23, 2024 7:08 pm
- Forum: Russian Invasion of Ukraine
- Topic: Russia
- Replies: 843
- Views: 228201
Russia
Russia's test launch of ICBM known as Satan II appears to have failed https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-icbm-test-launch-failed/ New satellite imagery indicates Russia may have conducted a failed intercontinental ballistic missile test in recent days involving its Sarmat ICBM, also known as the ...
- Mon Sep 23, 2024 7:00 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Meanwhile on the North Fork...........
- Replies: 1811
- Views: 178264
Meanwhile on the North Fork...........
Flanders Deli Robbed https://patch.com/new-york/northfork/s/izhao/flanders-deli-robbed-police-seeking-information?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert&user_email=68d0d95d04b1943d6df2a50a18778a5d4c0db329e9bce010a35ce027b23925a1&user_email_md5 ...
- Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:33 pm
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Weather Alerts
- Replies: 2699
- Views: 546514
- Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:27 pm
- Forum: US President
- Topic: 2nd 2024 Presidential Debate - 9/10/2024 on ABC
- Replies: 287
- Views: 13499
2nd 2024 Presidential Debate - 9/10/2024 on ABC
Pressure grows on Trump to accept second Harris debate https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4894831-trump-pressure-second-harris-debate/?utm_source=press.coop Republicans argue that Trump can have a better, more disciplined performance a second time around after Harris was widely seen by voters as ...
- Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:07 pm
- Forum: US President
- Topic: A General thread for 2024 Presidential Elections
- Replies: 630
- Views: 267828
A General thread for 2024 Presidential Elections
Republican bid to change Nebraska voting rules to help Trump fails https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/23/republican-bid-change-nebraskas-electoral-system-trump-fails Mike McDonnell, a former Democrat who crossed to the Republican party this year, said he would not vote to change the ...
- Mon Sep 23, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: US President
- Topic: A General thread for 2024 Presidential Elections
- Replies: 630
- Views: 267828
- Sun Sep 22, 2024 1:52 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Disease Outbreaks
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2759
Disease Outbreaks
Meanwhile on the South Fork- A Case Pertussis Confirmed at Sag Harbor Elementary https://www.easthamptonstar.com/education/2024920/case-pertussis-confirmed-sag-harbor-elementary A case of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, has been confirmed at Sag Harbor Elementary School. The case was ...
- Sun Sep 22, 2024 9:16 am
- Forum: US President
- Topic: Donald J. Trump 2024
- Replies: 3531
- Views: 799170
Donald J. Trump 2024
I hope that California farmers are smart enough not to believe Trump's water lies.
- Sun Sep 22, 2024 9:02 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Meanwhile on the North Fork...........
- Replies: 1811
- Views: 178264
Meanwhile on the North Fork...........
Autumn weather has arrived right on time. :biggrin: Our quiet two weeks after Labor Day are over. The dreaded pumpkin traffic begins. The Modern Snack Bar has added on premises baked pumpkin pies to its dessert list. The breweries all have pumpkin ales. Local apples and fresh cider are for sale ...
- Sat Sep 21, 2024 10:28 pm
- Forum: Arts, Music, Photography, and stuff like that
- Topic: To what are you listening?
- Replies: 140
- Views: 19384
To what are you listening?
I discovered German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler from records in the Music Library at college. For many years I collected his recordings which could be a challenge since many of the studio recordings were out of print and most of his recordings were live recordings that often where never published ...
- Fri Sep 20, 2024 2:59 pm
- Forum: Worst of the Right-Wing Pieholes
- Topic: “I don’t control Laura [Loomer]. Laura has to say what she wants. She’s a free spirit."
- Replies: 909
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“I don’t control Laura [Loomer]. Laura has to say what she wants. She’s a free spirit."
Where did this Haitian cannibal nonsense come from?
- Fri Sep 20, 2024 2:41 pm
- Forum: US President
- Topic: A General thread for 2024 Presidential Elections
- Replies: 630
- Views: 267828
A General thread for 2024 Presidential Elections
Yep. Georgia elections officials have voted to hand count ballots.Dave from down under wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2024 7:59 pm https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-10/ ... /104104898
In Georgia, Democrats fear a Republican-controlled board could try to 'rig' the 2024 US election
- Thu Sep 19, 2024 9:50 pm
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Weather Alerts
- Replies: 2699
- Views: 546514
Weather Alerts
Autumn has arrived. We know because the Canadian geese are honking overhead on their way south.
Happily the geese don't pause here in the Circle. They do stop along some of the rivers and marinas.
Happily the geese don't pause here in the Circle. They do stop along some of the rivers and marinas.
- Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: U.S. Culture and Media
- Topic: Another Shooting
- Replies: 2239
- Views: 154913
Another Shooting
Kentucky highway shooting suspect believed to have been found dead https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05gpz2jzpqo Police say they believe they have found the body of a suspected gunman who went on a highway shooting spree that wounded five people in Kentucky almost two weeks ago. The body was found ...
- Wed Sep 18, 2024 11:19 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Oceans and Their Inhabitants
- Replies: 110
- Views: 14280
Oceans and Their Inhabitants
Very interesting. So Norway is torn between reducing the crab population to maintain biodiversity and maintaining the crab population for economic exploitation. Difficult balancing act.
- Wed Sep 18, 2024 4:24 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: The View From Maybelot
- Replies: 424
- Views: 105504
- Wed Sep 18, 2024 1:38 pm
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: 💣 The Disastrous 118th Congress - MAGA Mike Johnson Saved by Shadow Speaker Hakeem Jeffries
- Replies: 2842
- Views: 582974
💣 The Disastrous 118th Congress - MAGA Mike Johnson Saved by Shadow Speaker Hakeem Jeffries
This appears to be the same bill that he canceled the vote on last Wednesday. Government Shutdown: Mike Johnson Faces Growing Pressure https://www.newsweek.com/government-shutdown-mike-johnson-faces-growing-pressure-1955836 Johnson's plan, a six-month stopgap funding measure combined with the ...