“MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarusian furniture company Swed House, which sells items intended to look like those made by Swedish giant IKEA, opened its first store in Moscow on Saturday
IKEA halted all retail and production operations in Russia soon after Moscow started its “special military operation” against Ukraine
Swed House initially aims to open five stores in Moscow malls before moving into other Russian regions next year”
IKEA Lookalike ‘Swed House’ Opens in Moscow to Mixed Reactions
A few months ago the New York Times predicted a dry winter for California. Now they say California has too much water and it is a disaster.
“California is most likely heading into a fourth consecutive year of drought. The state’s water year ends tomorrow, which has prompted predictions about what’s in store for the next 12 months. (California’s water year runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, so that the winter rainy season falls within a single water year.)
The forecasts tend to agree: The Golden State’s extreme drought, exacerbated by warming temperatures and increasingly unpredictable precipitation patterns, is expected to continue into the new year. Gov. Gavin Newsom warned on Wednesday that Californians must adjust to a hotter and drier world.”
California Is Expected to Enter a Fourth Straight Year of Drought – The New York Times
“CORCORAN, Calif. — It is no secret to locals that the heart of California’s Central Valley was once the largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi River, dammed and drained into an empire of farms by the mid-20th century. Still, even longtime residents have been staggered this year by the brute swiftness with which Tulare Lake has resurfaced: In less than three weeks, a parched expanse of 30 square miles has been transformed by furious storms into a vast and rising sea. The lake’s rebirth has become a slow-motion disaster for farmers and residents in Kings County, home to 152,000 residents and a $2 billion agricultural industry that sends cotton, tomatoes, safflower, pistachios, milk and more around the planet. The wider and deeper Tulare Lake gets, the greater the risk that entire harvests will be lost, homes will be submerged and businesses will go under.”
Tulare Lake Returned in the Central Valley After California Storms – The New York Times
“The Town of Waterboro, South Carolina, Literally Swept Away—Fifteen Persons Killed Outright, Over One Hundred Houses and All Churches Ruined—Various Other Points Struck.
The Vicinity of Moscow is Roughly Handled by Monday’s Cyclone— Forests Levelled and Houses Razed — Frightful Storm and Loss of Life at Lisbon, Texas.”
18 Apr 1879, Page 1 – Memphis Daily Appeal at Newspapers.com
On April 16, 1939 tornadoes killed dozens of people in Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. One day earlier Kansas and Oklahoma were hit by deadly tornadoes.
17 Apr 1939, Page 1 – The Times at Newspapers.com
On April 15, 1921 more than fifty people were killed in a tornado outbreak in Arkansas. Violent weather and tornadoes ravaged Texas, Mississippi and Alabama the same day.
16 Apr 1921, Page 1 – Arkansas Democrat at Newspapers.com
16 Apr 1921, Page 1 – The News-Herald at Newspapers.com
16 Apr 1921, Page 1 – Daily Arkansas Gazette at Newspapers.com
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
“A California church that defied safety regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic by holding large, unmasked religious services must pay $1.2 million in fines, a judge has ruled.”
California church must pay $1.2M for breaking COVID rules | AP News
On January 28, 2020, Dr. Fauci said :
“In all the history of respiratory borne viruses of any type, asymptomatic transmission has never been the driver of outbreaks. The driver of outbreaks is always a symptomatic person.”
During May 2021, Dr. Fauci said vaccinated people don’t transmit coronavirus.
“The most potent vaccination is getting infected yourself.”
Alaska used to be the canary in the global warming coal mine, but with record cold and snow, the canary has flown the coop.
The press says the Rio Grande has dried up due to the burning of fossil fuels. Kirye and Toto spent the last few documenting this along the Rio Grande and its headwaters along the San Antonio, Santa Barbara and Jemez Rivers.
My father passed away peacefully on Wednesday afternoon, in his Los Alamos, New Mexico home surrounded by his children. He lived for seven years after my mother’s passing, and now they are together again.
