You are in my husband's childhood area. I didn't know it was so bad there. You are right about how hard and heroically the linemen work. God bless them.
Sam, are you on the North Shore of Boston? When my father’s side came to US they lived in Peabody. My aunts and uncles lived in Lynn and Danvers. Long years ago, lots of memories, lots of Greek people living up there.
I know the north shore well. I used to take students to Shakespeare plays at the north shore music theater near Beverly.
Ah!!!! I have been to Beverly but not since I was a teen! Memories! Good memories for you, as well I had no clue what a tonic or a frappe could be
Yup, Lynn, Salem and Danvers are just up the road. When I first moved here as a teenager, people kept asking me if I wanted tonic and I kept saying nooo. I thought they thought I looked sick and thought I needed medicine! And you can't get a chocolate eclair, it's a Boston creme.
Another great Project Veritas interview. Pray for this courageous man. These days truth tellers are targets: Current Sr. Google Engineer Goes Public on Camera: Tech is "dangerous", "taking sides"......
The recent power outage in Caracas is for the most part over. It doesn't make sense that it was caused by an EMP or a cyberattack. Understandably, the people are concerned that these power outages will continue and it appears that they are frustrated with both Maduro and Guaido. Opposition rallies as Venezuela blackout eases in some areas By SCOTT SMITH and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA July 23, 2019 | https://apnews.com/55c8ce9d906d440788359496844e0e8f CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s opposition on Tuesday sought to harness anger over a massive blackout that deepened hardship nationwide, but turnout at a Caracas demonstration was relatively modest as many Venezuelans despair of an imminent solution to their plight. Lights came back on in parts of the capital and other areas of Venezuela overnight following a nearly nine-hour outage that the government blamed on an “electromagnetic attack” against the power grid, without providing any evidence. Government opponents say years of mismanagement and corruption were to blame. Electricity supply remained unstable in many regions. The blackout knocked out communications and the Caracas metro on Monday, forcing commuters to walk home or hustle for a spot on packed buses. The metro remained out of operation Tuesday. The scenes in the capital were familiar, even though Caracas has been mostly spared the debilitating power cuts that persisted in other parts of the country after nationwide outages in March. The latest blackout didn’t make much difference to people with scarce power in Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second-largest city. Maritza Arámbula, a Maracaibo resident, said she was tired of a government that makes “excuses” and an opposition continually seeking support from Venezuela’s exhausted citizens. “We need solutions, not promises,” Arámbula said. “Not having light makes me sick.” In Caracas, the opposition-led congress held a session in a main square to try to keep pressure on the government of President Nicolás Maduro, who has defied U.S.-led efforts to oust him. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó appeared in front of bunting in the colors of the Venezuelan flag — red, blue and yellow — and said, as he often has in the past, that the government he calls a “dictatorship” is crumbling. “We have to win,” he said. At the gathering, the congress approved Venezuela’s return to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, a U.S.-led defense pact that could provide political cover for greater international involvement in the nation’s crisis. However, Maduro’s government was not expected to heed the opposition move. In addition to congress deputies, hundreds of other people attended the event, a smaller crowd than the throngs that poured into the streets in January when Guaidó declared he was interim president and that Maduro’s 2018 re-election was a sham. Some activists said the turnout was low because public transport wasn’t available, though opposition demonstrations in Caracas have diminished in size over several months. In January, expectations of change were high among many Venezuelans. But Maduro dug in, maintaining the support of Russia, Cuba and Venezuelan military leaders who ignored an opposition attempt to stoke a military rebellion on April 30. Now negotiations mediated by Norway are underway, worrying opposition activists who fear the government is playing for time. Guaidó tweeted about the nationwide blackout, blaming it on the incompetence of a government that claims to espouse the socialist principles of Maduro’s late predecessor, Hugo Chávez. “For Venezuelans, it’s not an option to get used to this tragedy,” he said. The Venezuelan government blamed sabotage, echoing allegations that the United States was behind nearly a week of blackouts in March that were allegedly aimed at forcing out Maduro. U.S. officials have scoffed at the suggestion. It’s unclear what Venezuela’s government meant by its claim of an electromagnetic attack. There are weapons that can deliver an electromagnetic pulse that could fry circuitry in a power plant, similar to the way a lightning strike could damage computer equipment. But it’s highly unlikely that those with the capability of using such sophisticated weapons would do so, some experts said, adding that a cyberattack would be more likely. But the operating system of the Guri Dam, the anchor of Venezuela’s power grid, is on a closed network with no internet connection, other experts said. Several speculated that a likely cause of blackouts in March was a fire along one of the electrical grid’s powerful 765-kilovolt lines that connect the dam to much of Venezuela. [Emphasis added.] Venezuelan officials suspended school and work Tuesday for most Venezuelans because of the power failure, though Energy Minister Freddy Brito said government workers were restoring power across the country. Netblocks, a group monitoring internet activity, said network data showed most of Venezuela had been knocked offline with national connectivity at just 6% after the outages on Monday. Venezuela was once a wealthy oil nation, but an estimated 4 million residents have emigrated, tired of shortages of electricity and water, as well as food and medicine. U.S. sanctions have added to an economic crisis that has escalated for years, according to experts. Still, the widespread frustration over yet another national blackout doesn’t necessarily spell a breaking point for Maduro, said Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Washington-based Council of the Americas and Americas Society think tank. “It furthers the narrative that Maduro can’t provide for his people, that basic services are a luxury that can’t be taken for granted,” Farnsworth said. “Is it enough to end the regime? I would say, no, it’s not enough at this point.” Meanwhile, the Lima Group, which includes Canada and some Latin American countries, held a meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to rally international support for Guaidó and condemnation of human rights violations under the Venezuelan government. Maduro backers say the Venezuelan opposition has fomented violence. “The crisis is getting worse and requires an urgent solution through a transition with credible, transparent, free and fair elections, with the help of the international community,” said Néstor Popolizio, the Peruvian foreign minister. While Venezuela’s future is unclear for many, an opposition activist wearing a Venezuelan flag around her shoulders like a cape said one thing is certain: The blackout in Caracas this week won’t be the last. “What we went through last night will happen again,” said Adriana Caluogno, a computer programmer. ___ Associated Press journalists Sheyla Urdaneta in Maracaibo, Venezuela; Débora Rey in Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Cathy Bussewitz in New York contributed. *** Another storm yesterday... Cape Cod Tornadoes: Two tornadoes reaching maximum wind speeds of 110 mph touched down Tuesday, the National Weather Service says Updated 4:43 PM; Today 4:19 PM Cape Cod Tornado: Radar confirms tornado touched down Tuesday By Scott J. Croteau | https://www.masslive.com/capecod/20...uesday-the-national-weather-service-says.html ... There were no reported injuries or deaths. More than 24,000 customers remain without power in the eight impacted communities on Cape Cod. Cape Cod tornado: Video captures roof of the Cape Sands Inn in West Yarmouth getting blown off during storm ... Recovery efforts continue on Cape Cod.
Just an overly sensitive architect?? Or a sign of the fragility of the whole Church at the current moment. New threat to fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral: heat wave The chief architect of France's historic monuments says he's afraid that the heat wave sweeping Europe could cause the vaulted ceilings to collapse. PARIS — The chief architect of France's historic monuments says he's afraid that the heat wave sweeping Europe could cause the vaulted ceilings of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral to collapse. Dozens of sensors dotted around the 12th-century monument have shown no indication that it's deteriorating, but architect Philippe Villeneuve is worried. Villeneuve told reporters Wednesday the stone walls are still saturated with water sprayed by firefighters during the April 15 blaze. He says they could dry too fast amid the record temperatures expected in Paris this week. He said so far the masonry is stable but the structure remains fragile. He said, "what I fear is that the joints or the masonry, as they dry, lose their cohesion ... and all of sudden, the vault gives way." Specialists are working to stabilize the cathedral's structure before reconstruction work begins. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/new-threat-fire-damaged-notre-dame-cathedral-heat-wave-n1033711
That heat wave in France is hanging on. I know it left Paris for awhile, but now it is back for tomorrow. It will be 108 degrees in Paris tomorrow, for one extreme day only. The south of France is roasting. Lots of 90 degree days and 100's. I don't think the use of air-conditioning is widespread in France, thus compounding the problems.
This is a little strange, another newly discovered asteroid passed within 1 LD today. It is both larger and closer (a lot closer) than the newly discovered asteroid that passed the Earth yesterday within 1 LD. So, Asteroid 2019 OK passed by at 1:22 UTC and thankfully we're still OK. Asteroid 2019 OK to flyby Earth at 0.19 LD on July 25 - the largest of the year Posted by Teo Blašković on July 24, 2019 at 23:57 UTC (11 hours ago) Category: Near-Earth Objects | https://watchers.news/2019/07/24/asteroid-2019-ok/ A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 OK is expected to flyby Earth at a distance of just 0.19 LD / 0.00048 AU (71 806 km / 44 618 miles) at 01:22 UTC on July 25, 2019. This object is slightly bigger than today's 2019 OD, making it the largest known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year. The object belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. It was first observed at SONEAR Observatory, Oliveira, Brazil on July 24, 2019. Its estimated diameter is between 57 and 130 m (187 - 426 feet). Close approach is expected at 01:22 UTC at a speed (relative to the Earth) of 24.5 km/s. MPC "U" parameter (orbit uncertainty estimate 0-9, with 0 being good, and 9 being highly uncertain) is 7. ... References Asteroid 2019 OK at CNEOS; at Minor Planet Center Featured image credit: MPC [The full chart can be found at the link above.] [I also find it strange that this was not shared with us on the MSM.]*** And NK is back at it again. The reports state the missiles are not likely to be ICBMs. North Korea fires 2 unidentified projectiles, South Korea says North Korea launched two unidentified projectiles on Thursday near Wonsan, an area along the coast, South Korea's military ... CBS News 2h Live Updating *** I know that you heard this story but here it is anyway. Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló resigns after 12 days of protests Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló announced late Wednesday that he would resign, lifting a cloud of uncertainty over the ... CBS News 1h Live Updating I credit Shepard Smith for his resignation and the steadfastness of the people of PR. I happened to see this live interview the other day and Smith really pressed the governor, well done.
Having kept an eye on Kazakhstan in the news off and on due to it's authoritarianism and blatant masonic and illuminati symbolism in Astana I was hoping that with the retirement of Nursultan Nazarbayev (30 years in office) that the country might be finally moving away from governmental darkness so to speak. Apparently the new leader is nothing more that a continuation of the old. I wonder if they have taken up with China's monitoring of citizens activities and grading of citizenship with social media scores. https://www.technologyreview.com/f/...cept-all-internet-traffic-inside-its-country/ How an authoritarian regime will intercept all internet traffic inside its country The new president of Kazakhstan is now proving that he will keep the old, oppressive systems alive for the 21st century, using advanced technical tools. The man in the middle: Beginning last week, Kazakhstan’s government is intercepting all HTTPS traffic inside the country, ZDNet reports. HTTPS is a protocol meant to offer encryption, security, and privacy to users, but now the nation’s internet service providers are forcing all users to install certificates that enable pervasive interception and surveillance. On Wednesday, Kazakh internet users were redirected to web pages instructing them to install the government’s root certificate in their web browser, which enables what’s called “man in the middle” interception of internet traffic, decryption, and surveillance. We reached out to browser developers and certificate authorities Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla to ask how they will deal with Kazakhstan re-encrypting internet traffic for surveillance. Mozilla, which previously denied the root inclusion request from the Kazakh government in 2016, is currently discussing whether to block Kazakhstan's root certificate, spokeswoman Janette Ciborowski said. How dictators work in the 21st century: Most Americans likely couldn’t find Kazakhstan on a map. Yet the recent actions have wide implications. Kazakhstan sits in a region ruled by dictators steadily marching into the 21st century. Just next door is the repressive dictatorship of Turkmenistan, which, like its neighbors, has been steadily increasing internet surveillance as a means to control the population. This man-in-the-middle scheme is not the Kazakhstan government’s only move to increase control of the country through the internet. The government is also a known customer of NSO Group, an Israeli company that sells hacking technology to governments around the world, including dictatorships that use it to squash dissidents. NSO Group’s technology typically targets one person at a time. Now the government’s technological ambitions have clearly grown. Upskilling the dictator: From the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991 until 2019, Kazakhstan had the same strongman in charge: Nursultan Nazarbayev. A new president came to power in 2019, but this is hardly a meaningful changing of the guard. The victory of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in the 2019 presidential election began with the detention of hundreds of dissidents. Just months after the election, Tokayev’s attempts to take even greater control over the country through technology mean it’ll be a seamless transition from an old-fashioned dictatorship to a 21st-century autocrat able and willing to bend the day’s technology to his will. Update, 7/21/19: We added Mozilla's response.
Reminded me of the warnings given at Akita that "fire would fall from the sky" and the statement made at Garabandal that the Warning would begin with an event beginning with the letter "A": It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth https://news.google.com/articles/CA...wjtSUCjC30XQwzqe5AQ?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en
More fire falling from the sky... Space Possible Meteorite Stuns Workers in India Rice Field By Jan Wesner Childs | https://weather.com/science/space/news/2019-07-26-meteor-india-rice-field 5 hours ago weather.com In this photo taken on July 22, 2019, a villager holds a meteorite that crashed in a field in the eastern India state of Bihar. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) At a Glance The object left a large crater where it landed. Witnesses said it was smoking. The rock is being sent to India's science and technology department for confirmation. A group of farm workers in India were stunned when what appeared to be a meteorite crashed down in the rice paddy they were tending. The object left a large crater where it landed. "Agriculture laborers working the paddy field where the meteorite struck claimed that they saw a fireball-like object coming down from the sky and made a deep crater where it hit the ground," a local official told the Times of India. "The farmers also saw smoke coming out from the spot in the water-filled agriculture field (where it landed)." In this photo taken on July 22, 2019, villagers and farmers pose around the crater left by a suspected meteorite that crashed in a field in eastern India.(STR/AFP/Getty Images ) The rock, which was about the size of a football and estimated to weigh around 33 pounds, is being sent to the nation's science and technology department for confirmation of its origin. Meteorites are pieces of meteoroids, which themselves are pieces of asteroids or other space rocks, according to NASA. Meteoroids burn up when they hit Earth's atmosphere at high speed, producing what's known as "shooting stars." Most meteorites that are found range in size from a pebble to a fist, NASA says. They usually have a shiny, burned exterior and magnetic properties. Finding a meteorite – let alone seeing one fall from the sky and hit the ground – is rare. According to the most recent numbers from the international Meteoritical Society database, 1,821 confirmed meteorites have been found in the U.S. since 1802. Richard67, I'm glad to see that the MSM reported on this at all because a couple of days ago I couldn't find anything from them about it but in this article they failed to mention that just the day before this asteroid passed by Earth there was another asteroid which passed by Earth which was also large, relatively close and newly discovered just the day before it came by. I posted about both of these asteroids above #7664. It's scary stuff. In addition, as you can see a pretty large meteor landed in India on July 22nd. *** And... Published on Jul 26, 2019 BATANES QUAKE – Itbayat, Batanes Mayor said several people died after the 6.4 magnitude earthquake today, July 27. The province of Batanes is located on the northernmost part of the Philippines. It has a small population and land area. Earlier today, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported that Batanes was hit by a strong earthquake. In a report, the 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Itbayat, Batanes around 7:38 a.m. today, July 27, 2019. Based on a report from ABS-CBN, Mayor Raul De Sagon said 5 people died after the consecutive shakes in their area. Philvolcs Director Renato Solidum said a magnitude 5 quake hit Batanes around 4 a.m. then followed by a 3.2 magnitude quake and a 6.4 magnitude hit at 7:38 a.m. ... Source: https://philnews.ph/2019/07/27/batane... *** Increased Explosive Activity at Etna Volcano, Aviation Color Code Red, Italy https://watchers.news/2019/07/27/etna-eruption-july-27-2019/
