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Post by sdsichero on Oct 9, 2019 20:58:31 GMT
And yet another typhoon headed toward Japan. Looks like a big one, ugh.
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Post by sdsichero on Oct 13, 2019 18:05:16 GMT
I think the current death toll is at 19. Many still missing though. I guess the good thing is that it swept through relatively fast. Still, not a great outcome.  |
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Post by achilles on Oct 13, 2019 21:45:14 GMT
I think the current death toll is at 19. Many still missing though. I guess the good thing is that it swept through relatively fast. Still, not a great outcome. Sorry to hear that. I've been following it on NHK, and some of those rainfall totals were mindblowing to a guy who basically lives in a desert. A METER in a single hour in maybe Kanagawa IIRC... |
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Post by sdsichero on Oct 25, 2019 15:19:19 GMT
Holy cow, again?!
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Post by sdsichero on Oct 25, 2019 15:20:47 GMT
Speaking of "holy cow again?!"
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Post by achilles on Oct 25, 2019 15:40:03 GMT
Speaking of "holy cow again?!" Yeah, the sky was red this morning, even though I'm quite far from the nearest ongoing fire. Not from the flames, it's too far for that, but the smoke. Yesterday, there was something near my home from a DUI crash that sparked a brushfire, but fortunately it just burned itself out with some help from pretty much every local fire department. Those guys jump on anything that looks flaming...er, on fire, to knock it down before it turns into something. At least I didn't have to water down my roof again, that gets old, and no ash falls this time. We get rolling blackouts, some of which can last for days or weeks, because the power companies are too afraid...for good reason, the one up in Sonoma was evidently started by PG and E lines sparking again. Of course, they won't actually SOLVE the problem by burying the lines; that would cost money. That Pacific Palisades fire BTW, it was funny watching the live shots in the neighborhood and seeing some of the people talking to the news crews; I recognized like half of them. Movies, TV, bunch of celebs with some really fine houses. |
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Post by sdsichero on Oct 25, 2019 16:57:37 GMT
Yeah, the sky was red this morning, even though I'm quite far from the nearest ongoing fire. Not from the flames, it's too far for that, but the smoke. Yesterday, there was something near my home from a DUI crash that sparked a brushfire, but fortunately it just burned itself out with some help from pretty much every local fire department. Those guys jump on anything that looks flaming...er, on fire, to knock it down before it turns into something. At least I didn't have to water down my roof again, that gets old, and no ash falls this time. We get rolling blackouts, some of which can last for days or weeks, because the power companies are too afraid...for good reason, the one up in Sonoma was evidently started by PG and E lines sparking again. Of course, they won't actually SOLVE the problem by burying the lines; that would cost money. That Pacific Palisades fire BTW, it was funny watching the live shots in the neighborhood and seeing some of the people talking to the news crews; I recognized like half of them. Movies, TV, bunch of celebs with some really fine houses. Damn. When the volcano is active two islands away, I can smell it if the wind is blowing in the "right" way. I can't imagine how bad those fires must be. Ugh.
Stay safe.
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Post by achilles on Nov 26, 2019 13:09:46 GMT
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Post by sdsichero on Nov 26, 2019 22:12:12 GMT
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Post by achilles on Dec 9, 2019 12:56:31 GMT
Five people killed in New Zealand volcanic eruption.It's on an island popular with tourists. No more survivors are expected; up to two dozen are feared dead. There was a live feed of people walking on the crater floor....then it went dead.  They appear to mostly be passengers from the cruise ship Ovation of the Seas, operated by Royal Caribbean. Some of those rescued have severe burns. It's too dangerous currently for authorities to try more rescue attempts, but again, it's thought no one else survived. Up to 50 people from the ship were on the island.
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Post by sdsichero on Dec 9, 2019 17:15:52 GMT
Five people killed in New Zealand volcanic eruption.It's on an island popular with tourists. No more survivors are expected; up to two dozen are feared dead. There was a live feed of people walking on the crater floor....then it went dead. They appear to mostly be passengers from the cruise ship Ovation of the Seas, operated by Royal Caribbean. Some of those rescued have severe burns. It's too dangerous currently for authorities to try more rescue attempts, but again, it's thought no one else survived. Up to 50 people from the ship were on the island. Oh shoot, I saw someone take a pic on twitter of the smoke from the eruption saying they just got off the island minutes before it happened. Didn't hear about the deaths. |
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Post by achilles on Dec 23, 2019 14:22:14 GMT
Sadly, and something we all knew was going to happen, the victims of that New Zealand volcano eruption continue to die; the latest an American woman. There remain many in hospital with very bad burns...from what I know of that sort of injury, it may be a relief to die when that badly burned, and many of the victims have burns over 80-95% of their bodies...only occasionally survivable. I really hope they stop tourism to active volcanoes worldwide... www.yahoo.com/gma/american-woman-dies-burns-weeks-volcano-erupted-zealand-082000868--abc-news-topstories.html |
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Post by sdsichero on Dec 23, 2019 17:19:39 GMT
Sadly, and something we all knew was going to happen, the victims of that New Zealand volcano eruption continue to die; the latest an American woman. There remain many in hospital with very bad burns...from what I know of that sort of injury, it may be a relief to die when that badly burned, and many of the victims have burns over 80-95% of their bodies...only occasionally survivable. I really hope they stop tourism to active volcanoes worldwide... www.yahoo.com/gma/american-woman-dies-burns-weeks-volcano-erupted-zealand-082000868--abc-news-topstories.htmlYeah. Sadly, as long as there is something kind of dangerous, people will want to try it.
For instance, I can't believe this IDIOT's family won this lawsuit
Sorry, someone died, but come on…
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Post by achilles on Dec 23, 2019 18:08:55 GMT
Sadly, and something we all knew was going to happen, the victims of that New Zealand volcano eruption continue to die; the latest an American woman. There remain many in hospital with very bad burns...from what I know of that sort of injury, it may be a relief to die when that badly burned, and many of the victims have burns over 80-95% of their bodies...only occasionally survivable. I really hope they stop tourism to active volcanoes worldwide... www.yahoo.com/gma/american-woman-dies-burns-weeks-volcano-erupted-zealand-082000868--abc-news-topstories.htmlYeah. Sadly, as long as there is something kind of dangerous, people will want to try it.
For instance, I can't believe this IDIOT's family won this lawsuit
Sorry, someone died, but come on…
I think the great Wesley Snipes summed it up perfectly: "Some muthaf*ckas always got to ice skate uphill." |
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Post by sdsichero on Dec 26, 2019 17:56:27 GMT
Had no idea California had a tornado season but…
It was cancelled but still…
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