#wx #txwx #fire #climatechange
Did you experience the cold front earlier this week? The Texas Pandhandle sure did.
Before the front arrived the fires were heading east. In about an hour, the cold front changes their direction and pushes the fire line 50 miles to the south.
Fifty miles in an hour.
It is currently the second largest wildfire in the recorded history of Texas. Half the size of Rhode Island and still growing.
It's mid winter.
What a family!
"A magistrate in western CO ruled that the oldest son of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert could be released from jail a day after the 18-year-old was arrested in connection with a recent string of vehicle break-ins and property thefts.
"A 25-page arrest affidavit released says police were able to link the teen to the crimes because he was recorded by a surveillance camera wearing a “Shooters Grill” sweatshirt while allegedly using a stolen debit card."
https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/28/tyler-boebert-arrested-lauren-boebert/
MS #politics 🍿
"Mississippi’s Republican attorney general sued the Republican state auditor Thursday, trying to block the auditor's effort to recover misspent welfare money from retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre — money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in the U.S.
"Attorney General Lynn Fitch's lawsuit says that filing litigation to recover improperly spent money is the responsibility of the attorney general’s office, not the auditor’s.
Sinking ship hit by Houthi missile leaves 18-mile oil slick in Red Sea
"Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said Thursday that the Rubymar was “taking on water as we speak.”
“It’s creating an environmental hazard with the leakage of all the fuel that it’s carrying,” Singh said. “On top of that, it was carrying, to my understanding, fertilizer. So the Houthis are creating an environmental hazard right in their own backyard.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/23/politics/sinking-ship-houthi-missile-oil-slick/index.html
Joseph Robinette Biden's namesake benefited from a presidential pardon from Abraham Lincoln for the crime of attempted murder.
US Attorney for SDNY Damian Williams:
Takeshi Ebisawa of Japan, Leader Within the Yakuza Transnational Organized Crime Syndicate, Allegedly Trafficked Nuclear Materials, Including Uranium and Weapons-Grade Plutonium
A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production.
Too weird to live, and too rare to die.