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Hurricane Melissa forms near Jamaica. Expected to intensify before making landfall
Hurricane Melissa formed Saturday afternoon as parts of the Caribbean including Jamaica brace for catastrophic rain, ... Read More
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Jamaica could feel hurricane strength wind from slow-moving Melissa by Sunday
Tropical Storm Melissa continues to linger over the central Caribbean, moving slowly while unleashing torrential rain across Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. The storm already has claimed at least three lives and...Read more
This Day in History, October 25
On October 25th, 1828, the St. Katharine Docks opened in London.
Three dead in Haiti in landslides from Tropical Storm Melissa; Jamaica begins shutdown
Though the full effects of Tropical Storm Melissa have yet to be felt in the Caribbean, Haiti’s disaster office said Friday three people have already died and another was injured in a landslide attributed to the storm’...Read more
California kills 4 wolves, removes pack after Sierra cattle attacks
California wildlife officials euthanized four gray wolves in Sierra Valley and plan to relocate three more to a wildlife sanctuary, after months of nonlethal efforts failed to prevent livestock attacks that cost ranchers ...Read more
Today's Word "malleable"
malleable \MAL-ee-uh-buhl\ (adjective) - 1 : Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals. 2 : Capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces; ...Read more
Born Liars
Edward, Howard, and John are three high school students each of whom is taking three of the four subjects, biology, chemistry, history, and mathematics. One day while talking about their programs they made the following statements.
Edward: There is just one subject we're all taking. I'm the only one of us who is taking mathematics. No two of us are taking the same three subjects. John is wrong when he says that Howard and I are both taking ...
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Two more Florida corals are 'functionally extinct' after 2023 heatwave
MIAMI — The marine heatwave that gripped Florida in 2023 was hotter than anything Florida has seen in 150 years, and claimed at least two victims — species of corals now marked "functionally extinct" from Florida’s ...Read more
Tropical Storm Melissa parks in the Caribbean, dumping deadly rain on islands
Tropical Storm Melissa is effectively parked in the central Caribbean, dumping devastating amounts of rain on Haiti and Jamaica that has already claimed at least three lives and destroyed one bridge. And more rain is on ...Read more
Three dead in Haiti in landslides from Tropical Storm Melissa; Jamaica begins shut down
Though the full effects of Tropical Storm Melissa have yet to be felt in the Caribbean, Haiti’s disaster office said Friday three people have already died and another was injured in a landslide attributed to the storm’...Read more
2 earthquakes reported just hours apart in NC mountain community, USGS reports
Two earthquakes were recorded within hours of each other near Marion, North Carolina, and witnesses report they felt shaking miles away, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The quakes registered as a 2.2 around 1:20 ...Read more
Melissa hits the brakes in the Caribbean, dumping deadly rain on islands
Tropical Storm Melissa is effectively parked in the central Caribbean, dumping devastating amounts of rain on Haiti and Jamaica that has already claimed at least one life and injured others. And more rain is on the way.
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10 years since Aliso Canyon: Disaster was wake-up call for US on dangers of underground gas
LOS ANGELES — On an evening 10 years ago, Porter Ranch resident Matt Pakucko stepped out of his music studio and was walloped by the smell of gas — like sticking your head in an oven, he recalled.
Pakucko called the ...Read more
Today's Word "gelid"
gelid \JEL-id\ (adjective) - Extremely cold; icy.
"The house was silent, filled with a gelid, wintery hush even as lilac and dogwood leaves brushed darkly against the windowpanes." -- Michael Cunningham, 'A Home at the ...Read more
This Day in History, October 24
On October 24th, 1929, "Black Thursday" marked the beginning of the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
Take the Blue Pill
You've been placed on a course of expensive medication in which you are to take one tablet of Sildenafil and one tablet of Citrate daily. You must be careful that you take just one of each because taking more of either can have serious side effects.
Taking Sildenafil without taking Citrate, or vice versa, can also be very serious, because they must be taken together in order to be effective. In summary, you must take exactly one of the ...
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Trump plans to open almost all of coast to offshore drilling
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is readying a proposal to open almost all U.S. coastal waters to new offshore oil drilling despite opposition from state governors and the president’s previous efforts to close off...Read more
Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to be major hurricane; effect on Florida uncertain
Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to be major hurricane; effect on Florida uncertain
Tropical Storm Melissa continued its slow push north in the Caribbean Thursday and is expected to grow into a major hurricane as it nears ...Read more
Trump reopens Alaska Arctic coastal plain to oil leasing
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is opening the entire coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing, reversing a Biden administration decision that put the pristine wilderness ...Read more
'Destructive' swans in the crosshairs as California allows hunting
Hunters will soon be allowed to kill mute swans as part of an effort to cull the "destructive, non-native" species statewide, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Starting Jan. 1, anyone with a ...Read more
As Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba brace for tropical storm, World Food Program preps response
With slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane as soon as Saturday as it churns towards Jamaica and southwest Haiti, the United Nations said Friday it’s actively helping the ...Read more
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