1880 California Climate Change

“Tulare lake bed in Hanford, California, is five miles from where it was four years ago. On the land reclaimed by the change are found the remains of a corral and cabin, and irrigating ditches can be traced running in straight lines. Wheat is now growing on the bed of the old lake.”

19 Apr 1880, 3 – Rutland Daily Herald at Newspapers.com

 

Tulare Lake Returned in the Central Valley After California Storms – The New York Times

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“Stuffed dead birds made into drones”

“A project for incorporating dead birds into flapping-wing drones might enable new ways of stealthily snooping on wildlife – and possibly spying on people for military purposes. “Instead of using artificial materials for building drones, we can use the dead birds and re-engineer them as a drone,” says Mostafa Hassanalian at New Mexico Tech”

Stuffed dead birds made into drones could spy on animals or humans | New Scientist

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Wild Animals To Save The Climate

Cattle must be replaced with other animals to save the climate.

“We call for new thinking that includes the restoration and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystem roles as a key component of natural climate solutions that can enhance the ability to prevent climate warming beyond 1.5?°C.”

Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions | Nature Climate Change

There were 100 million Bison on the Great Plains during the Little Ice Age, but a comparable number of cattle now is heating the earth out of control.

This is how they are protecting wildlife habitat and saving the climate in China.

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Undermining US Currency

Apparently stealing other people’s money makes them not trust you.

“There is a risk when we use financial sanctions that are linked to the role of the dollar that over time it could undermine the hegemony of the dollar,”

Yellen Says Sanctions May Risk Hegemony Of US Dollar | Barron’s

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IKEA Creating Business Opportunities For Others

“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

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“California Is Expected”

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

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April 16, 1879 Tornado Outbreak

“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

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April 16, 1939 Tornado Outbreak

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

16 Apr 1939, 2 – The Alva Review-Courier at Newspapers.com

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April 15, 1921 Tornado Outbreak

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

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No First Amendment In California

“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

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