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The US government says California is experiencing an exceptional drought. All lifts at Squaw Valley are closed today because of too much snow.

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California | U.S. Drought Monitor

Six years ago, the Maldives and China were so worried about the islands drowning that they made a deal to build a new airport runway.

HaveeruOnline – Maldives, China near pact on airport runway loan

COVID booster: How to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster in Massachusetts

Massachusetts reports 3,243 coronavirus cases over the weekend, nearly 500,000 booster shots given

The injections are working as designed.

COVID-19 Raw Data – December 24, 2021

Have we flattened the curve in Massachusetts? – Johns Hopkins

Meanwhile, here in the least injected state, cases and hospitalizations continue to decline.

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COVID-19: Hospital Resources in WY

COVID-19 Cases Skyrocket in Heavily Vaccinated Maryland While Triple Vaxxed Gov. Infected

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On Christmas Day 1974, Darwin was destroyed by Cyclone Tracy.

This came after the most extensive fires on record in Australia, and flooding.

Australian bushfires: Why 2019 fire season is different from others

28 Jan 1974, Page 12 – The Cincinnati Enquirer at Newspapers.com

The worst tornado outbreak in US history occurred that year.

List of tornadoes in the 1974 Super Outbreak – Wikipedia

The fourth deadliest Atlantic hurricane occurred that year.

Deadliest Atlantic Hurricanes | Weather Underground

Hurricanes: Science and Society: 1974- Hurricane Fifi

There was a terrible drought and famine in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh famine of 1974 – Wikipedia

Phoenix had their worst heatwave.

30 Jun 1974, Page 31 – Arizona Republic at Newspapers.com

The bad weather was blamed on global cooling.

9 Oct 1974, Page 25 – The Pittsburgh Press at Newspapers.com

TIME Magazine Archive Article — Another Ice Age? — Jun. 24, 1974

29 Jan 1974, 5 – The Guardian at Newspapers.com

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18 Nov 1970, Page 1 – The Daily Tar Heel at Newspapers.com

Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal – Google News Archive Search

World’s deadliest tropical cyclone was 50 years ago | World Meteorological Organization

The Sun – Google News Archive Search

U.S. and Soviet Press Studies of a Colder Arctic – The New York Times

24 Jan 1970, Page 6 – The Oshkosh Northwestern at Newspapers.com

We no longer need Monty Python’s Flying Circus because our actual leaders are far to ridiculous for any credible skit.

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Boris believes Jesus was born not to heal the sick, but to shill for Pfizer.

A hurricane in early September, 1930 left 90% of Santo Domingo’s population homeless.

04 Sep 1930, 1 – The Pomona Progress Bulletin at Newspapers.com

“Large hurricanes struck Santo Domingo in 1508, 1509, and 1526, Puerto Rico in 1508, 1514, 1515, and 1526, and Cuba in 1503, 1519, 1525, and 1527.”

Hurricanes and the Shaping of Circum-Caribbean Societies on JSTOR

“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”

? Benjamin Franklin

” We have a responsibility … to provide a rationally based and balanced service of news which will enable adult people to make basic judgements about public policy in their capacity as voting citizens of a democracy… We have to add to this basic supply of news a service of contextual comment which will give understanding as well as information… The moral responsibility of the broadcaster here is not simply to keep the ring open for all opinion, but to see that everybody has a chance to appear in it. ”

– Sir Charles Curran, former BBC Director-General, in a speech to the Edinburgh broadcasting Conference, 1971.

Climate change: Small army of volunteers keeping deniers off Wikipedia – BBC News

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013’

“To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. It is just as criminal to rob a man of his right to speak and hear as it would be to rob him of his money.”

– Frederick Douglass

“All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions.”

– George Bernard Shaw

Scientists say melting Arctic ice causes autumn forest fires.

Study draws link between melting Arctic ice and Western U.S. fires that flare in the fall

Arctic sea ice extent is just below the 1981-2010 mean, the highest in ten years and second highest in the last seventeen years.

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There is no trend in Arctic sea ice extent over the past fifteen years.

ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p1/nh/osisaf_nh_sie_daily.txt

Fire burn acreage this year was 64% of the average since 1926.

fireInfo_stats_totalFires.html

In 1935 the autumn forest fire season was defined as being from October 15 to December 15.

18 Oct 1935, Page 2 – The Daily Notes at Newspapers.com

“From October 13 to October 27 (1947) firefighters tried to fight 200 Maine fires, consuming a quarter of a million acres of forest and wiping out nine entire towns. The Maine fires destroyed 851 homes and 397 seasonal cottages, leaving 2,500 people homeless. The year 1947 became known as the Year Maine Burned.”

The Year a State Burned: Maine Fires of 1947 Wipe Out 9 Towns – New England Historical Society

The largest autumn forest fires in the US occurred in 1898 and 1871.

“Reports from the western portion of Colorado continue to tell of the ravages of the forest fires which bid fair to devastate the greater part of the forests of the state.”

The Colorado Daily Chieftain October 1, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

Fort Collins Courier October 6, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

Herald Democrat October 2, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

TimesMachine: September 30, 1898 – NYTimes.com

TimesMachine: October 3, 1898 – NYTimes.com

The Colorado Transcript November 9, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

On October 7, 1871 much of Minnesota and Wisconsin were burning.

PRAIRIES IN FLAMES. – One Hundred and Fifty Miles Swept by Fire–Men, Women and Children Fleeing for Their Lives–Immense Loss of Property of all Kinds. Several Towns Destroyed–Great Damage Occasioned–Loss of Life. – View Article – NYTimes.com

07 Oct 1871, 1 – Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com

The following day was the worst fires in US history, with Chicago burning to the ground, and many other towns around the Great Lakes in flames.

11 Oct 1871, 1 – Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com

There were massive fires in Wisconsin, Michigan and the Rocky Mountains.

14 Oct 1871, Page 2 – Harrisburg Telegraph at Newspapers.com

The worst of these fires occurred at Peshtigo, Wisconsin, where more than one thousand people burned to death.

The Great Midwest Wildfires of 1871

Canada’s largest forest fire occurred during the autumn of 1825

01 Oct 1908, Page 1 – Cameron County Press at Newspapers.com