Non-IT News Thread
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Crowds awaiting the tsunami in Valparaiso
They don't look that elevated to me.. .are they not expecting more than a 50 ft wave? Even that would seemingly be high enough to get them from the picture.
61ft was measured at sea which means far larger could hit land. They were expecting potentially quite a lot of water. Ended up not hitting 20ft at landfall, though. But you have to get to much higher ground than the height of the tsunami for safety.
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Exactly, which is why I was confused all those people were so close to the coast.
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@Dashrender said:
I didn't realize earthquakes were this common. There were 87 yesterday along around the world.
This is an interesting map
And a new earthquake just popped on in Taiwan while I was looking at the map.
While I was in Panama they had, at the BioMuseo, a live map of just the region showing the earthquakes that had happened in the last two weeks (live updating.) You could see a hundred or so regional quakes. We had several, including a 5.9, while we were there.
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Hernando County, Florida: Woman in House With Hundreds of Knives Tried to Stab Officer, Police Say
Deputies were serving felony warrants when Nickole Dykema lunged at an officer with a sword or machete, then fled into a room with about 500 bladed weapons and fake severed limbs, police said.
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@mlnews said:
Hernando County, Florida: Woman in House With Hundreds of Knives Tried to Stab Officer, Police Say
Deputies were serving felony warrants when Nickole Dykema lunged at an officer with a sword or machete, then fled into a room with about 500 bladed weapons and fake severed limbs, police said.
As you already asked.. news worthy why? At least it wasn't full of guns, then we'd have another presidential debate just over that - ha!
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@scottalanmiller Somebody's on the ball!
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Crowds awaiting the tsunami in Valparaiso
They don't look that elevated to me.. .are they not expecting more than a 50 ft wave? Even that would seemingly be high enough to get them from the picture.
61ft was measured at sea which means far larger could hit land. They were expecting potentially quite a lot of water. Ended up not hitting 20ft at landfall, though. But you have to get to much higher ground than the height of the tsunami for safety.
Please, oh please, let the sea wash away that idiot convention.... none should weep for you because you did something profoundly stupid and died.
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They are way higher than 100ft over sealevel there.
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@RojoLoco hey man, you want to like go catch a wave bro?
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@MattSpeller said:
@RojoLoco hey man, you want to like go catch a wave bro?
"Gonna be a totally epic storm surge bro... WOOOO!!!!!"
Actually, when I lived in FL, on the Gulf side, a storm surge was the only opportunity the locals had to try surfing.... The Gulf of Mexico is basically a warm, salty, calm lake. So I got to go out and watch that epic 3ft break....
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@RojoLoco we have an entire town here dedicated to those same sorts of nutters. Granted the waves are bigger, but it's so flipping cold that many wear dry suits.
http://www.pacificsurfschool.com/
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@MattSpeller said:
@RojoLoco we have an entire town here dedicated to those same sorts of nutters. Granted the waves are bigger, but it's so flipping cold that many wear dry suits.
http://www.pacificsurfschool.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TofinoNow a visit to BC has to happen... I love idiot watching.
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Johnson & Johnson: Company Says It Is Pulling Ads From 'The View' Following Comments About Nurses
Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday in a statement it has "paused" advertising on "The View." The show came under fire after co-hosts Joy Behar and Michelle Collins made comments about nurses.
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Solar System: To-Scale Model of Sun and Planetary System Built in 7 Miles of Nevada Desert
Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh, creators of the project, said in a video they used a scale of 1 astronomical unit per 176 meters to plot the orbital lines of each planet in the Nevada desert.
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Stockton, California: Video Shows Police Officer Striking Alleged Jaywalker With Baton
The police officer, who stopped the person for allegedly jaywalking, according to the video, is seen using his baton and bringing the suspect to the ground with the help of three other officers.
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Guess who is going to space!!
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seriously?
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Nichelle Nichols -- famous for her role as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura on Star Trek -- took to the skies this week on a NASA mission aboard SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, the largest airborne observatory in the world! The 82-year-old Nichols has collaborated with NASA for decades to help them recruit more diverse candidates to the space program and encourage young people's interest in science. In the 1980s, she also flew on SOFIA's predecessor, the Kulper Airborne Observatory.
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Almost space.... "near space". Still very cool.
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@mlnews said:
Nichelle Nichols -- famous for her role as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura on Star Trek -- took to the skies this week on a NASA mission aboard SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, the largest airborne observatory in the world! The 82-year-old Nichols has collaborated with NASA for decades to help them recruit more diverse candidates to the space program and encourage young people's interest in science. In the 1980s, she also flew on SOFIA's predecessor, the Kulper Airborne Observatory.
That is awesome.
