Lucky there were no serious injuries. There doesn’t seem to be a paywall to see this short article. Excerpt below the link. https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/google-map-rescue-22367661.php?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us A teen hiking group trusted Google Maps on a B.C. alpine trail. It ended in a helicopter rescue. The Howe Sound Crest Trail is one of British Columbia’s most iconic alpine trails, … Read more
Off CSPAN. Yep. That’s about right.
UPDATE: Comment by reader RN: “At least he is consistent. Since he’d received a broad pardon for his past malfeasance this was a smart strategy. But wow does it look bad. Here are some prior posts I’d put up on the Fauci issue. WSJ: “The Revealing Diaries of Dr. Fauci” and Good thing Fauci got … Read more
A Faranda favorite – especially considering the miracle that lead to her canonization. The boys name is Jake Finkbonner and when he was three years old he got a small cut on his lip, fell on a basketball court. Horrendous flesh eating bacteria, massive infection – the physicians had decided to ask the family about … Read more
Wow. Lucky to be alive. He had some surgery – posted on his facebook page he’s doing OK
“The encounter happened near Seascape Beach (California) at about 8:45 a.m. on June 10, when drone photographer Nick Bertocchini spotted the animal swimming around a surfer identified as Rex…”
Appearing in yesterday’s Journal. I agree. The IPO (Initial Public Offering) went live a bit before noontime Friday. Everyone is happy – SpaceX got their $75 billion, the consortium of Investment Banks got $1 billion dollars in fees to split amongst themselves, many thousands of the 22,000 SpaceX employees became instant millionaires – a few … Read more
I love it! Hit the link and read the whole article – it’s only another five paragraphs. I think this is very possible; when I lived in Jamaica the government basically admitted that they were not sure of the Island population and likely were undercounting. Homo sapiens is the most successful mammalian species in Earth … Read more
Brigid and I have been following this tragic case since we are both experienced divers, having spent two years living in the Cayman Islands – 1979-81. The deaths were total human error. Even doing such a dive with regular air and without the very high level of training and specific equipment needed for cave diving, … Read more
We at Farandaville are fans of Attenborough; so many wonderful documentaries* on nature and our planet’s history. So, fine article in the NY Times linked below with very short excerpts. *The word evolution is in one of the excerpts; there is no need to leave a comment or email me that the planet is 11,000 … Read more