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Northwest Newsradio
"river valleys" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"America in the morning back now at 14 after here's AccuWeather dot com, meteorologist Matt Benz. Unfortunately, we are talking about severe weather once again for today after what was a very busy yesterday afternoon through last night. Those storms will continue to move to the east here through this morning and into this afternoon and evening with another line of thunderstorms for this afternoon through this evening. The main risk for severe weather for today, the focus near a cold front that will be stretching from southern Wisconsin through Illinois and eastern Iowa, southward through Missouri, as well as Arkansas and Texas here for today, the main risk from these storms will come from damaging winds hail, even an isolated tornado cities that could see the risk for severe weather, including places like Chicago, St. Louis and Little Rock airport today, and everyone will need to be weather aware on top of that localized heavy rainfall can produce localized flooding as well with these storms. Farther to the north, a more wintry scene, rain across portions of central Minnesota and northern Wisconsin, but northern Minnesota into northern North Dakota into northern Montana. Snow through the day today, places across northern Minnesota could see up to a foot of snow through today tonight and tomorrow, so winter not done yet for that portion of the country. Ahead of this front, it's very warm temperatures well into the 80s across good chunk of the Mississippi River valley, including the Ohio River valley, Tennessee river valleys of southeast U.S. and mid Atlantic, even the northeast today warming up as well, perhaps just a couple of showers across western New York here for this morning. Across the western U.S., looking at dry conditions across Southern California. In fact, much of California drive for today with some showers across the Pacific Northwest. That's the weather across America and Pittsburgh for today a warm one times the clouds and sunshine high of 84° San Francisco for today. Breezy this afternoon with a high of 64°. That's the nation's weather. I'm AccuWeather dot com. It's 16 after I'm John trout, this is America in the morning. Two Alabama teenagers have been arrested and charged for the birthday party shooting over the weekend that left four dead and several wounded. And
Northwest Newsradio
"river valleys" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"A storm system which has had a legacy of producing heavy snow in the southwest and in the rockies will continue to push eastward today. In fact, a swath of heavy snow in Kansas will spread out across southeastern Nebraska, as well as parts of Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois before eventually reaching Wisconsin later this morning. So in this zone, essentially, there are winter storm warnings which have been posted, and many of them running through early tonight. A general 6 to ten inches is expected in parts of southern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and even in southeastern Wisconsin, there could be at least 6 or 8 inches of snow by day's end. This will impact some parts of the greater Chicago metropolitan area where today, temperatures will fall to near freezing and a wintry mix will change to all snow, a general one to three inches expected in the windy city. Elsewhere in the country, it is dry and rather mild in the eastern region, in fact, in the southeast temperatures today will soar into the 70s and 80s, but it will be well into the 60s in cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Washington. Now, a cold front approaching later today will cause some showers to develop tonight, stronger thunderstorms are expected though today in parts of the Ohio, Tennessee and Mississippi River valleys. The national severe storms forecasting laboratory has posted an enhanced risk for severe weather, which extends from southern Ohio on down into Mississippi. Some of these storms will be capable of spawning a few tornadoes. We've already seen some of the storms during the night impact parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas. In the west, things are relatively dry and quiet. The northern flames will be cold today, but you'd expect that in February of highs mostly in the single digits and teens. That's the nation's weather, I'm AccuWeather dot com, meteorologist Cara bazi. America in the morning rolls on, it's 23 till, I'm John trout. The government can pay its bills through at least July, according to a new estimate, but there are questions as to how
Northwest Newsradio
"river valleys" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"Is America in the morning. It's 25 before the hour. Don't get used to this mild winter weather, says AccuWeather dot com meteorologist Carl babinski, what's the latest? A storm system which has had a legacy of producing heavy snow in the southwest and the rockies will continue to push eastward today. In fact, a swath of heavy snow in Kansas will spread out across southeastern Nebraska, as well as parts of Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois before eventually reaching Wisconsin later this morning. So in this zone, essentially, there are winter storm warnings which have been posted, many of them running through early tonight. A general 6 to ten inches is expected in parts of southern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and even in southeastern Wisconsin, there could be at least 6 or 8 inches of snow by day's end. This will impact some parts of the greater Chicago metropolitan area where today champions will fall to near freezing and a wintry mix will change to all snow, a general one to three inches expected in the windy city. Elsewhere in the country, it is dry and rather mild in the eastern region, in fact, in the southeast temperatures today will soar into the 70s and 80s, but it will be well into the 60s in cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Washington. Now, a cold front approaching later today will cause showers to develop tonight, stronger thunderstorms are expected though today in parts of the Ohio, Tennessee and Mississippi River valleys. The national severe storms forecasting laboratory has posted an enhanced risk for severe weather, which extends from southern Ohio on down into Mississippi. Some of these storms will be capable of spawning a few tornadoes. We've already seen some of the storms during the night, impact parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas. In the west, things are relatively dry and quiet. The northern plains will be cold today, but you'd expect that in February with highs mostly in the single digits and teens. That's the nation's weather, I'm AccuWeather dot com, meteorologist curb babinski. America in the morning rolls on, it's 23 till, I'm John trout. The government can pay its bills through at least July, according to a new estimate, but there are questions as to how
Bloomberg Radio New York
"river valleys" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"The eastern Great Lakes this morning, this system is going to be driving a cold front through much of the eastern part of the country this morning where we're seeing temperatures in the 50s and 60s out ahead of the front, generally in the teens across the Ohio River valley behind the front, and then it's in the single digits below zero across the western Ohio River valley, all this air now going to work its way into the southeastern United States day, the mid Atlantic states and the northeast. It's also going to set up some very potent Lake effect snows outside of buffalo today, they could see anywhere from one to three feet of snowfall from today through Christmas Day, and it's also going to be accompanied by winds that are going to be gusting in times over 60 miles an hour. This is going to be one of the coldest christmases for the century United States probably since 1983. Coldest Christmas in the northeast since at least 2013. Michael, thank you, rob, the Senate approved a $1.7 trillion spending bill, part of the package includes a measure known as the 9 11 responder and survivor health funding correction act, the measure funds the program for another 5 years. Nearly 37 million people in China may have been infected with COVID-19 on a single day this week. That's according to estimates from the government's top health authority, making the country's outbreak by far the world's largest. Live from the Bloomberg interactive broker studios, this is global news 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quicktake. Powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts, in more than a 120 countries, Michael Barr and this is Bloomberg. Hey guys, it's me Isabella Gomez filling in for smokey bear because he's got more to say than just. Only you can prevent wildfires. Like, if you're outside enjoying a barbecue, don't
AP News Radio
Biden: IBM investment to help in tech competition with China
"President Biden is said to celebrate a new investment in New York's Hudson River valley where two House Democrats are in tough reelection races The president will be at an IBM facility in Poughkeepsie where the companies announcing a $20 billion investment aimed at boosting semiconductor manufacturing and other high-tech advances It comes days after chip maker micron revealed plans to invest up to $100 billion to build a plant in upstate New York The White House says it's all part of a manufacturing boom It hopes will help democratic prospects in next month's elections While many Democrats in tough races have avoided appearing with the president whose own approval ratings are underwater he will be joined today by two incumbents in competitive races Sean Patrick maloney and pat Ryan Sagar Meghani Washington
The Charlie Kirk Show
There Are Only Two Ways to Govern People...
"Two ways to govern people. You can break every type of government into two parts or two different buckets. I could say. You can govern people by using speech. The United States Constitution gives a preference on speech. You've got to make arguments. You've got to run for office. You got to convince people to give their power to you. You have to dialog with them. You could debate, you could have differences of opinion. Speech is what makes us human. We are the speaking beings. We are made in the image of God and God's spoke it into existence in the beginning was the word and the word was God and the word was with God. Speech is what makes us different than the creatures and the beasts of the wild. We could do more than just feel pleasure and pain. We could decipher and determine between right and wrong. What we call civil society, what we appreciate as western civilization is a preference is an elevation of the higher way of governance. Which is speech. The founding fathers knew this, the founding fathers lived under a regime of force. They studied every government that came before them. The Chinese empire, the British Empire, the Indus River valley empire, the Egyptians, the mesopotamians, the Byzantines. And they saw something in common that, throughout human history, whether it be the Greeks or whether it be the Dutch or whether it be the Romans, the few have a tendency to rule the many and the many end up not ruling the few.
WNYC 93.9 FM
"river valleys" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"Into pharmacies and other sites now as I would say if you're eligible for your boost there is no bad time to go out and get one. Some doses could be available as soon as today. You're listening to NPR news from Washington. The death toll continues to rise in Pakistan in devastating floods, officials say more than 1200 people have died, scientists blame climate change for the unusually heavy monsoon rains this year. Zimbabwe is moving more than 2500 wild animals from a game reserve in a part of the country experiencing climate change induced droughts. Ishmael and iqa has more. Project rewild is Zimbabwe is supported by the great plains foundation and nonprofit wildlife conservation organization working with the Zimbabwean government and universities in the U.S. and Britain. Hundreds of animals, including elephants in palace, giraffes feel the beast, zebras, lions, and wild dogs are being moved to a new home 400 miles away in this zambezi river valley Zimbabwe's last mass movement of wildlife, some 60 years ago when the country was known as southern Rhodesia. So 5000 animals relocated from the area that became Lake kariba for NPR news. I am isma fundi in Harare. Afghan officials say the bombing of a mosque killed at least 18 people today, including a prominent cleric, the explosion occurred in the western city of hurrah during Friday prayers. When the moss was likely to be crowded, several people were wounded. I'm Nora rahm, NPR news, in Washington. On WNYC at 8 33, good Friday morning on Michael hill 67 and sunny today sunny and a high of 81 in the city. We have delays on the two and three trains in this city long on the railroad's Hempstead branch and NJ transits northeast quota and Morris and Essex lines. Organizers of the gateway programmer revising the price tag and timeline for building a new tunnel under the Hudson River and repairing the existing one, WNYC Steven nesen has more. With rising federal interest rates, inflation and time loss to delays during the Trump administration, leadership of the project, now estimate its total cost will be at least $16 billion. That's 2 billion more than previous estimates. The governors of New York and New Jersey have agreed to each cover a quarter of the cost and the federal government has pledged to pay half. Yet a full funding agreement hasn't been signed. Organizers still hope to begin construction next fall on the new tunnel, which will cost an estimated 3 billion per mile. The entire project might not be completed for another 16 years. New York native Queen Latifah will headline that city's annual 24 hours of peace event tonight mayor as Baraka uses the event to offer access to cities services and promote conflict resolution that are mental and behavioral health and a city without violence. He says hip hop concerts, a town hall meeting a midnight movie and more all aimed to build a better community and move a peaceful Newark forward. New York's time out from violence kicks off tonight at 6 o'clock and runs till 6 p.m. Saturday on Springfield avenue near Bergen street and it's all free. It shows a great weekend to do that 66 and sunny down in sunny and 81 today tomorrow partly sunny in 83 and then on Sunday slight chance of early afternoon showers and thunderstorms
WTOP
"river valleys" Discussed on WTOP
"Now an injured about 3000. It's the deadliest quake to hit Afghanistan in two decades. 7 48. And with traffic and weather on the 8s, we go back to rob stallworth in the traffic center. Back again on the outer loop league of the course river road headed toward the American legion bridge, tow truck now on scene blocking the right side of the roadway as you leave river road headed toward the American legion bridge, the associated delays itself on the auto leaving old Georgetown road coming off the southbound two 70 spur toward the crash scene there, stay to the left in order to get by. Sat down to 70 after one 24, but before three 70 still the emergency work blocking two right lanes, the issue is on Bradley boulevard in Bethesda between or near beach hill drive, follow police direction for the down tree in a down wires there and Laurel, southbound 29 after the patuxent river still had the left lane blocked the last report with a tow truck on scene on the beltway itself through prince George's county in loop slowdowns leaving route one Collins park headed toward greenbelt in the BW Parkway, but traveling to open then again as you leave four 14, saint Barbara's road toward the Woodrow Wilson bridge in the local and through lanes, the volume is there, traveling in the beltway in Virginia on the interleukin slowdowns approaching and passing Braddock road headed toward little river return pike then heavy and slow approaching the dulles toll road up to and across the American legion bridge, eastbound 66 headed toward route 29 in cineville, new crash blocking the right side of the roadway to watch out for that. North and I 95 delays, leaving Dale City, headed toward one 23, then after that, as you head toward the fairfax county Parkway brief slowdowns there, but travel lanes are available, look down I three 95, you slow down to passing edsel road headed toward duke street beyond that, delays across the 14th street bridge as you head into the district when traveling is available there, still the problem in the district inbound on I 6 95 toward M street that crash was blocking the left lane, the associated delays are there instead, southbound D.C. two 95 volume passing eastern avenue headed toward the inbound 11th street bridge in north dot I two 95 delays approaching and passing Malcolm X avenue toward the crash site there. Traveling inbound on the suitland Parkway near first strolling avenue we had the right turn lane blocked with the abandoned vehicle, hopefully that'll be wrapped up and going pretty soon. Marlo furniture's greatest offer is back just in time for models red, white, and blue sail, save 40% off all furniture, plus take an extra 30% off now at marlowe's July 4th sale. Rob stallworth WTO traffic. All right, Mike, tell us, what do we have in store today? It looks so beautiful out there right now. Yes, most areas seeing really nice conditions, but still some dense fog, Fredericksburg and culpepper, visibility is down to an 8th of a mile. We can see the fog on the satellite picture along the river valleys too, so areas like the American legion bridge could see some fog this morning, but the strong June sunshine is on the job and that fog will lift quickly later today a good deal of sunshine in Walmart, high slow to mid 80s. Overnight fair skies, pleasant
TuneInPOC
"river valleys" Discussed on TuneInPOC
"Conditions apply. The donkey is braid and protested as they pass through the gate into the bright sunlight. Their handlers shielded their eyes with their hands. The gate faced due east, and the path they followed out of the settlement led directly into the rising sun. The boy at the rear of the donkey train looked back, glancing upward at the tall, imposing walls. Round towers rising still higher at the corners. Would he see the town again? He hoped so, it was exciting. So many people, so many things happening. People from the north and the south and the east and the west all coming together to trade inside the safe walls of the settlement. A shout brought him back to the here and now. It came in a language he didn't understand, but the voice was clearly angry. One of the donkeys he was responsible for had strayed into the path of an ox drawn wagon. And its driver was hollering and gesticulated. The boy apologized, pulling the offending donkey back into line. It braid and annoyance, though whether it was perturbed at him, or the load of heavy tin ingots strapped onto its back, he couldn't tell. Probably both, he thought. The boy's father and uncle and the other traders accompanying them had disappeared around a bend in the road, where it ran down between the canal banks toward a Ford in the river. Fields of grain fed by irrigation ditches sprouted upward along the side of the path. And the distance he caught sight of a half dozen wagons on a hillock, surrounded by a flock of grazing sheep and a few horses. They were traitors like him and his family, but from the open grasslands of the steppe to the north, rather than the distant mountains of alam to the west. A long journey had brought them here, perhaps even longer than the one the boy now faced to return home with the ten ingots. He couldn't understand their language either. Perhaps someday he would learn their tongue. Maybe even trade with them. Offering lapis lazuli jewelry or fine textiles for their horses. He would like to ride a horse, he thought, as he'd seen the step people do it. Another shout, this one from his father, snapped the boy out of his reverie. The river was waiting for them, and then the first steps of the long journey beyond that. Long before it became the heartland of the famous Silk Road and its great trading cities, the center of a long series of steppe empires, Central Asia was already a crossroads of cultures. The varied landscapes of what are now Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, northeastern Iran, and northern Afghanistan brought together people, trade goods and ideas from all directions. This was true even in the centuries around 2000 BC when the kura araxes culture was reaching its end in the lands around the Caucasus. When the distant empires of Mesopotamia were fighting one another and their neighbors, when the elamites were beginning to flex their muscles in western Iran. When the Indus Valley civilization in South Asia reached its peak and decline, and with some of the peoples of the prehistoric step, perhaps the ancestors of the indo Iranians were beginning to make their way south on their long series of future journeys. What brought all of these very geographical strands together was a relatively short lived, little known, but exceptionally important society in the heart of Central Asia. From around 2400 BC to 1800 BC, imposing new settlements in fortifications, surrounded by exceptionally rich cemeteries, cropped up in the river valleys and hill country of Central Asia. It has several names. The bactria margiana archeological complex or BMA C is the most widely used, but the oxus civilization is the term that seems to be coming into fashion now, and which probably suits best. The oxus is a river known today as the amu darya that flows through what is today Afghanistan Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It's the biggest of several rivers in this region, including the sir daddy or jaxartes of the ancient world, and the murgab of Turkmenistan. All of them, but especially the oxus formed the core of the oxus civilization, hence the name. Aside from the river valleys in some oases, this is pretty dry and often not an especially welcoming country. It hadn't been home to major settlement sites of the kind we see with the oxus civilization before this. There was nothing like the high settlement mounds we see in Mesopotamia or Anatolia that built up after millennia of occupation. Or the layers and layers and layers of occupation at bergara on the edge of the Indus Valley. Something new started to happen in Central Asia after around 2500 BC. Especially right around 2000 BC, the people of this region started to build really significant settlements. The biggest of them gundur Tepe in southern Turkmenistan was roughly the size of harappa, one of the major cities of the Indus Valley civilization. Smaller but still significant settlements, pre planned with serious fortification walls, crop up all over the region. They're built on virgin sites. We see monumental architecture like palaces and temples and richly furnished graves. Most striking of all this is the fact that these places cropped up, thrived for a few centuries and then completely fell apart. The oxus civilization is truly a lost one. It had no immediate successors. It was never claimed by later people as an illustrious forebear, and its sights were forgotten. These cities and settlements, the core of a far reaching culture that was clearly wealthy and important in its time weren't known at all until the 1970s. It's only been after the fall of the Soviet Union that much information about these sites has become available to scholars in the west. We're still very much in the process of learning about the oxus civilization, but what we've learned so far is fascinating and intriguing..
The Charlie Kirk Show
Ensuring Good Education in a Post-CRT World
"Point chapter at your Belinda high school. Awesome. So last week on April 5th in a three two vote, my school board passed a resolution to ban critical race theory in my district. So my question is, what's the next steps to ensuring that we have a good education, even after that ban? That's great. So it's a two part dance. So that's great. Now you need to say, okay, let's get pro American curriculum in our schools. So what does that look like? Hillsdale college has done a lot of work in this. We're starting to do a lot at turning point USA. But we have to teach people, what is the American story? What is the problem? What is the proper way to view American history? What is America? Was it a mistake? Was it something that has kind of fell out of the sky? There's just a couple of things I'll share here that I think could really excite high school students that they're definitely not taught in school. America was summoned into existence at a time and a place that is very unusual. In fact, it's almost never happened before in human history. Most civilizations are countries stumble into existence. They're not summoned into existence. I want you to think about that. There was a decision to create America. China just kind of existed and it was kind of the Yangtze River valley civilization is kind of built into itself. In this river valley in India and so on and so forth. But America was a group of people that made a decision founding fathers. We have a set of principles. We don't like what's happening. We're going to declare independence of things that are always true. And I'm afraid that most young people are not just being taught that even we're serving taught the opposite. They're being taught to the founding fathers were racist bigoted slave owners. And they don't know their history. They don't know that the first antislavery convention in America was hosted in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin in 1775. They don't know that 9 out of 13 states before the constitution was ratified in 1787 had already independently abolished slavery. They didn't a lot of young people never top that Vermont was the first state to abolish slavery in 1777, inspired by the Declaration of Independence. So the next step is get your local school districts and not just teach this, but inspire young people to be excited about the country they live in. A lot of young people, I think, are
WTOP
"river valleys" Discussed on WTOP
"Platinum offer navy federal credit union our members are the mission insured by NCA It's 7 18 Traffic and weather on the 8s Jack Taylor and the traffic center Hey Bruce there's a little bit of a delay in Virginia run in 95 mainline north through Stafford but slower as you head into woodbridge the rack that's after the Prince William Parkway moved on to the right shoulder police with it drawing a little bit of attention but your lanes are open It does remain heavy beyond it as you ride through Laurent toward newington 66 going west there was an earlier wreck after one 23 had been along the left side Good news and warrenton 29 going northbound near van hill road the crash moved over to the left shoulder All your travel lanes are now open Three 95 looks good at a Springfield north little heavy to cross the 14th same on the beltway interloop It's heavy around Braddock road up toward two 36 no worries the rest of the ride toward Tyson's and McLean Some slowing in Maryland two 70 south getting out of Frederick slowest through urbana headed down toward one O 9 beyond clarksburg You're good as you continue down toward the lane divide We're just volume As you move through Gaithersburg I 97 the Rex south mound before you get to three and 32 after benfield boulevard right shoulder unclear lane's 32 west up near route three We've got the reported crash The police activity college said in lanham blocking westbound lanham severin road near cipriana road cruisers across the roadway Sundown road was blocked up near Zion road in brookville That was because of a downed tree Careful in many many areas were dealing with icy conditions and closures The biggest one right now will be out of Curtis bay for its smallwood road will remain blocked between homeland road and Greenland beach road either side of the bridge over stony creek completely iced over There was a serious crash the investigation will now keep that closed for the next few hours You will find you're in good shape through downtown so far No reported big issues Be careful though on chain bridge moving between Virginia and the D.C. line between glib road and canal road that bridge was very icy district authorities are aware as our Virginia authorities You're in good shape across the freeway we're a little bit heavy coming off the case bridge getting onto the freeway east as you head toward the third street tunnel Jack Taylor TOP traffic Okay Mike Jennifer Tuesday morning what do you have for us today I've got a bunch of ice this morning Jack was talking about on the track report and some of those river valleys the cold air pulls up there So that's the reason why we saw all the ice in areas like Shane bridge Let's go talk to about 9 o'clock before we really see everybody get above freezing So until then take lots of care Lots of sunshine today it's going to turn a bit breezy as the day goes on motivated 40s are.
Think 100%: The Coolest Show
"river valleys" Discussed on Think 100%: The Coolest Show
"A different.
Think 100%: The Coolest Show
"river valleys" Discussed on Think 100%: The Coolest Show
"Disorder resolve resolve these complex issues and circumstances that a black and brown people are dealing with all around the country. Our sad is unfortunate. You know but you know. It's a challenge. I'm up for it. But i have to be honest with yet a certain point. You do have to start thinking you know looking at it like. Is there going to be any there there and it makes you wanna move. Where should this question earlier about about if you feel safe in. You definitely made it clear that anybody ain't nobody run up on that porch. He made that very clear when we ask you to the other question because about as you were talking and you know i am originally from louisiana and as part of louisiana that is called cancer alley and i was talking with b-actor beverly right. who was diagnosed with cancer and are many people that we have we have cancer ministries literally in louisiana the so at some of the people get cancer. And as you're talking about it and definitely in obviously sorry to hear about your father who passed because of cancer but it's a part of our community right and we we. We're dying and we talked. We talked earlier about those bremmer to movement. And you know. They sometimes have a far forecast. Twenty thirty twenty fifty. But we've been dying to say no. We not waiting to twenty thirty to start dying. So i guess for me. My question was about early about safety. But do you feel supported. And what what would you being supported in this fight. Look like Tweet quite honest with you. Know i don't feel particularly supported i don't think our community bills particularly supported Yeah at all and part of it is because we are so small and we are tiny. we didn't feel very marginalized. I think i think i feel like speaker the community in that regard Lynn berry a overlooked. And just put on. The periphery and so That's an unfortunate thing but it's a very real thing and Pam either there are few and pretty much for all system that are in this movement in you. Know working on this issue and Even so even being black women and working in that kind of 'isolation it's tough because don's we don't even have support of the brothers because again you know some of them are working down at the plant and working at some of these places and so it's it's pushed forward is push for I believe that you know what i will have to see how people can support us is to start talking about it. Says you know speaking of your even if you are in an area with his. Mrs julie happening. You know to have that as part of the conversation. Did you know this was happening in west. Virginia Come join us. You know when we have a rally or you want to help but went together or what. Have you please come out and do that if you want to. Knock on doors um call and write letters the companies that type of thing we want you know do some types of of way cots and that type of thing i think all those things are things that can help but we do need More waste we need more people in this movement to really organize it and and be a stronger. Voice will be quite frank with you so this is my day so you talked about safety. You've talked about supported the last one one. The one of the last half where you is and regards to the other asked which is success. What does success look like and feel like and and and what's your hope Encourage as you keep going to achieve that success success for me looks like legislation. This says these lands will no longer be earmarked with this type of product production You know chemical production. That would be success for me. you know that they would have some type of plan to you. Know to have some type of alternative autumn it use without property Or just leave it alone. Did you know simply leave it alone. At is tired of you. Know seeing those fumes and mercury loud and things of that going all in the valley And they're just being a true of true commitment to a beautiful state and this is gonna be the state of tourism. That's really make it a a state of tourism. Let sort of rid ourselves of these chemical companies incorp processing plant from that type of thing This trion move into greenspace so that would be helpful at thank. You know any kind of legislation whether it's around you Green economies and moratorium on land. That is accessible Says have two more questions than one is actually for you for soapbox i wanna give you the mic to this. Really say whatever you want to say to the people we gotta we gotta. We had a pretty good size audience here to tunes in to this conversation so Wanted to say whatever you want to say This missing thing New thing is important but also in that. This is the first question. How can people not only if you work. How can they support you. How can i take action. Al goodness cases. I'm trying to think. I is there anything that has sort of like You know trying to convey as much as i can in terms of sort of the historical aspect and how he came to be where we are and really. I think it's just about getting to you know getting to where we need to be in how we can help folks All around the country but for our particular. You know 'cause you know people can contact me i'll give it out. Give a telephone number and email and get feel free to reach out and connect with me. you know for some creative solutions in some always sort of Advanced work that's ideal for me. But really i think it's just about trying to get the word out you know. I would love to speak to more audiences by people have podcasts of other people. Have you know newspapers and that type of thing because you know getting this word out. I think is very is very critical to the movement in letting folks know that there is an issue You know certainly again. Our legislation our legislators Had a lot of issues young. 'cause joe mansion down call joe manchin yonggang joe manchin. I know you're calling him for the poor. The people act and all these other issues are very important. But you know we've gotta get him on board when it comes to To these divisions environmental justice really staying up in eight in your legislators saying up in their faces about this thing because at the end of the day you know this is happening here but it could happen anywhere at any time politics for somebody to write some legislation or city municipality the change zoning in a law in the area and you may have something crop up in your backyard. So you know we've got to figure out how to You know insulate ourselves from these type of things and so yeah. Those those are Sort of my last words. You know this is very real and something that folks have been dealing with quite some time is certainly unfair. It's unjust and we need as much attention to this. In terms of black lives matter movement As any other portion of that because this is really about those black and brown bodies is just a different.
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"river valleys" Discussed on Think 100%: The Coolest Show
"Know. China workman that legislative piece. Wow and that's important folks folks who listening that people need understand that demonstration hours demonstration is critical but demonstration without legislation leads to frustration. So you gotta. It's important to understand that. What strategy does your work offer to meet the challenges that you are describing and then and then other parts of that question is would. Are you willing to do to win. Listen it's it's a hard. It's a hard fight of infighting it for a long time and to be honest with you as saying alluding to before it's really about educating this next generation and i do think that is going to be choir to be really successful is going to require you. Know allies on white allies to join this. You know movement to be quite frank with you We can't do it. You know when our own it's unfortunate that's the case but it just can't Or should they be much more difficult. So we've had some victories. We once some lawsuits. You know we've taken people to court over all sorts of issues we've gotten many spread this we you know You know there's an explosion in somebody's house lot and had a chimney. You know you could get some. You know a money and damages in that type of thing so you know we've been doing sort of that paper process with them in terms of of trying to change it filter and some of them that tired of being sued and was like all right. That's it we're done We were able to get them to stop making seven. Which was a pesticide So we had those victories but again you know it it sort of you know needed our allies to sort of work with us out with regard to that i think at this point My belief is that we need to start being much more demonstrative. We mean to actually be More front and center. I certainly have participated in protests with labor movement or labor unions about safety there and they're hiring practices there but to be quite honest with you. We have not yet done anything In terms of A big outward protests You know with banners. And that type of thing to bring more attention to it so pam nixon who is yet are Environmental justice subcommittee with nwc p Talking to her and talks with her about this this try and take this To them you know to their front door and really speak about this issue. And i'm hoping that we'll get a lot of people to come out and then people will respond the way that we would like to and we didn't have to take it to them. Yeah so so. So so i can. Some is from that that good trouble is on the way. yes good. trouble is indeed on the raw underway. In the meantime you know we've been trying to you. Know plan virtual conferences to edo equipped and engaged young people with information in really again trying to mary You know white folk seemed to resonate a lot with global warming and climate change and sort of marrying the two issues. Let them know that they're not mutually exclusive. So yes you know. Global warming will make stuff a lot hotter. You know 'cause you know greater title ways or 'cause you know all sorts of flooding and different things of that nature however at the same time the same things that are causing that are also adding to Contaminants in our air in our breathing capacities and whether we have higher rates of asthma. Not or whether or not we have bronchitis or copd or certain types of cancers or even opportunity issues that type of thing. So i think it's important to sort of Have a nexus between the two so that this move making be stronger and more vocal and so that's one of the things that i'm actually actively working on right now trying to figure out how we can make this more germane to more people and understand because the reality is that you know if you are the poor little black town. There's by the fence line in folks. Don't come there and list. They're going to school or they're driving due to get to the next city Because there's an unfortunate matter who stop there for you know quite honest we just you know. Got a couple of traffic lights not too long ago. Maybe a decade ago since small area people aren't invested in. They live ten miles or so away and they don't feel like they have their at risk of anything or any fallout. They're not compelled to get on board so With ethylene oxide. They're saying that they're the The span of that. I think about six miles so that brings in another city When either side but again a lot of those folks you still have family that work at those plans and so they're torn between whether or not they want to stop the manufacturer these things and perhaps not have Be able to feed their families or whether they die trying to do so and also speaks to you. Know your At least something earlier about you know. Why don't you just leave. And you know. I'll be honest with you. Those chemical companies were like. Hey we'll buy the whole town out you know we'll give everybody you know x. Amount of hundreds of thousands of that you relocate and so forth. i think the majority of people might even consider that to be quite honest with you but we have been there. We've been there since eighteen ninety one at least All black town. Pretty much You know might be about fifteen percent Wait at this point but Not a whole lot of other racial distinctions in terms demographics. There so we've been routed there we've been muted here for a long time but you know it does get. It does get tiring a does make. You wanna think about leaving. I was on a conference the other day and they were talking about ethylene and this the cavalier approach that the leadership had in the chemical companies had an even our department of environmental protection. There west virginia had it. I honestly i was so also agreed. That was just built. Pack my bags right now because on the one hand you know you want to fight the good fight but on the other hand is like are you willing to stay here in bad to do it and so that is the question. It does get to the point where you know. Is this something that you can do. Remotely is something that you know. You have stay here center around. And i've been there for quite some time You know but it just really made me think united just gone for a gynecological appointment in. They're checking for cervical cancer in alabama. Whatever comes back to the language other comes back in the game. And maybe it's a you know related to the back. I've been here for this period of time now You know which has only been since about two thousand fourteen. I moved back to kind of take care of my dad cancer. Like wooded that you know what that diagnosis as it is it. Is it worth you know. Continue to do the work. So i say yes that same time you know. I'm working hard feverishly to try and get an end to this nightmare. So that people can have productive. I can have a productive life and not have to sort of always be worrying about that. Always looking back around the corner for some kind of illness or disease jumped on me. Because i'm trying to do the right thing. I'm trying to fight the good fight so we need as many people In this issue.
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"Toxins stop petrochemicals. Stop all these things in your community. It is also clear to me that you are an amazing powerful voice for justice but you also a black Women of color. Moot women In west virginia. So two things this is. I'm listening to you. Do you feel safe. And how do you maintain your your self care. I feel say yeah. I have no no issues about that. you know. We are tight. Knit community You know is just that type of thing there is no In my opinion any kind of safety concerns at all And to be as it you at the end of the day We are certainly a minority in terms of our numbers and So unfortunately i don't think that people really see as much of a threat is more so of a nuisance But that's okay. I'll i won't be able to take our sort of our our Our small group inc to be non-threatening because that allows us to make more moves into make more noise and you know to work in the background so to speak to galvanize more people income to really the world. Right now you know. Try to listen support in that type of thing so you know go ahead and you know they have those type with bots about us that we are here. We're not going anywhere at least locally We're trying to you know engage in and groom you know future leaders around this particular. Issue that yeah. I don't have any concerns with. They era in places you know everybody has done everydollar. Do better and different. You know i understand but that's just reality so nobody's walking number one award. Nobody's don't say. Hey janet my pocket ain't gonna be none of that kind so round me absolutely absolutely love it absolutely. Oh my god. I was phenomenal. You asking that was. That was so good right there. I like no no sports at no. Never asked me about the safety issue. I just have never felt that way. you know. But that's the reality is that they're they're more likely to do Pass legislation that will be you know more harmful than anything that they could do physically. So that's unfortunately and we tried to look let's go back to that chemical bonds then actually and let's talk about that. Let's talk about how when these companies have a business plan that means a death sentence for our communities. How does that kind of bondage take place. Yes so this is so interesting. I happen to buy coincident. Run into this chemist the other day and we were having a conversation and i asked him if he knew about some certain chemicals and ethylene is ethylene oxide is sort of. Like the chemical is your. That's like the new new thing that everybody's talking about emissions in a carcinogen l. in it's being emitted in many places and you know Significant amounts and institute happens to be one of those places man. So we're talking about this and try to make the story short. He disclosed amita. There had just been a conference or some kind of celebration. I should say up in clendenin west. Virginia which is probably a bow Maybe about twenty five miles thirty miles away from where i am. predominantly will pretty much exclusively white area But nonetheless very role. So they had the celebration in the celebration was about this. Stablishment of carbide in-car by union carbide. Which is one of the main one of the first chemical companies to take foot in in the in the country in the united states and it all started in clendenin in what he was telling me. Is that these people come from new york. And all these different places converged upon clendenin and said they're all these natural resources and gas under You the in the land of west virginia. How can we exploit this. And where can we go. And they basically came up with a plan went back to their respective states. Did all this work develop. Union carbide input it into in west virginia. Now at the same time that this was happening Or at around the same found. This is happening or reps. Shortly thereafter was virginius was gene. Then colored institute. I think it may have changed it. West virginia collegiate institute. I'm not sure where it was at that point when that was happening. They had deeded land beside the university to the government for the war effort and The the Production of rubber because rubber was so such demand for wheels and tires and all that to go overseas. no they they leased lashes. They needed a lease the land to The government for that purpose so once the war was over. They decided not to give the land back to the school where they did was they then. Sold the grounds to union carbide. And so you've got. Hp see you there. All these black kids going to school there. is the only public Institute for your institution in that part of the state at the time. And that's where everybody went. That was. That was the school. That was the mecca. I mean we were a well established. You know part of the the way We had teams that we know. Undefeated and many sports does or it was a very significant school and everybody came there to teach Everybody came there to arm and so anyway they gave this land away and so the detrimental effects of corsican effect those students and then the nearby neighborhood which was pretty much all the black residents that came out of that school people came here and settled or you know tot and live there and so the very purposeful thing that we used to have. People don't also realize that west. Virginia state had an airfield. It was called wirtz airfield and because of that airfield. We were actually one of the first Flight programs and we were met at desert tuskegee. They moved that program to tuskegee to build it. They're closed down our airfield with the chemical companies there and that was the end of that so Since then every you know every few years for a company will go out in another one will come in now. We have had some successes were able to get. Union carbide to get the heck outta there but then we got bayer bayer had explosion. We were able to get them of there. But we still have dow we still have all these other little startups. Now have us methanol us. Methanol moved there. The owners are from out of the country as are most of the owners of these companies They brought over a tank and all this equipment from brazil. We have been defunct. They took it apart. barged to west virginia. Put it back together and consider us to be in a safe environment. I mean this thing when it and you could see rest all over it but you know. They've painted it. Made it really pretty and you know made it. You know a shining star for the state and they feel like oh well. Now he got seventy more jobs. But what's the value of seventy jobs when you have you know thousands of people nearby. Who at any time. Kim that blows up or something happens. Or there's a series leak you know you can be out of there like that so it's been it's been an issue been a challenge and something that we're really trying to fight and one of the things you know i've been trying to push for actually ran for office Last than twenty twenty district sort of of advances issues as i'm trying to get a moratorium. At what point can we just stop the transition of this land. Just let it be a brown land but is figure out something else that we can do with it. Can we make cars. Can we may aspirin. Do we have to make round up. Do we have to make these things that are really you know harmful and i feel like there are ways to do that but again our state is really just not Because they're if they can't get a kickback zone incentive for them so we really have to either vote people out and get some other people in Or just you.
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"That's you know radical dude over there you know so you get labeled and you get targeted people call you crazy or you know just whatever type of you know name they can put it on you to devalue what you're bringing to the table into value what year actually talking about which is very important minhaj that that that hawes so it is very important that we get folks Sort of to join forces in terms of this movement to add to the complexity into the fabric you know of of our experiences in that particular town and really.
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"To the university of maryland. When i left you know the first thing i did was start. You know helping build shanties and protesting bell against partake so That's how i shoot. Showed up with their work. Initially and really recognizing that you know people that are black and brown often On a fence line when it comes to chemical pollutants of every variety and really realizing that we need to sort of a reverse that trend speak more to that. I mean speak more to. What is the pacific challenge. You face right now. I in your community speak wise urgent and and also you know what is it. Look and feel like You know when you're dealing with challenges right now to overcome them. I was It can be stressful times. Of course it can be frustrating. Because i would say particularly for west. Virginia you have a sort of a duality and it doesn't really make much sense you on the one hand you've got a state and you've got leadership that wants to bolster the place as this great. You know mecca for outdoor recreation. Come here whitewater rafting bungee jump. Do all these great adventures. But at the same time they are behold into chemical companies to coal industries that actually deplete land of its resources and contaminate the water's the air's gland Just by their products that they're producing so you know when you're living there and you understand you know that this is happening. It has aids very very because your your cries and your activism very often falls on deaf ears. So that's been one of the biggest challenges it's really trying to shift the narrative but we have folks that are just you know they are in bed with those industries are getting kickbacks You know they're getting sources of you. Know all sorts of benefits because of that alignment but meanwhile the people are suffering You know west. Virginia has the forest health outcomes in the country As a direct result of the things that we breathe and we drank. We've had a water crisis as recent we've had chemical explosions we had you know coal mines. You know impo and so there's a lot of you know immediate catastrophic things that have happened to people but long-term effects the lingering effects are the things that we have really been trying to highlight and bring attention to and it's also very difficult because While we know that this is the case we also understand it you know. These entities provide jobs and when you have an economically depressed areas such as west virginia and it hasn't developed beyond those particular industries people. Get very afraid. When you're talking about shifting the culture or changing industries where they're dobson adele. We saw that You know sort of attack against obama you know. He's against calway. Hillary clinton but the bottom line is that for our our country's greater good for our children's better grid childrens children. We have to start cleaning up the environment. Little by little in that of course deals with carbon emissions and climate justice will also includes the environmental other environmental pieces like those chemicals and co pollutants air quality. Yeah you know. As i'm listening to you i'm thinking about. I want to speak to this in this aspect because people who are hearing this sometimes they come from communities where they don't understand that were coming from west. Virginia the next lymphoma black appalachia the not coming from our communities. Where they they just think. Well why don't you just leave You know what we know. Why are you sticking around for that so so speak to how complex this is in your community conversation when you're sitting around In there and in west. Virginia but also. What do you want to hear this. Well i really want the world to hear this. And i will just say that you know. It's very interesting experience. 'cause i understand you know that when folks are having to deal with economic strive and low wealth and those type of issues It's hard to sort of critize things that you hear like metal isocyanate or ethylene oxide. Those things seem very Very heady very Bass in beyond a person's basic sort of comprehension. They stand that way into read. It is almost impossible you know for most people So people are often disconnected from that issue I in a part of a community panel that sort of designed to bring the chemical companies and the comedians gather and. I do believe they need to do better about making sure that information about what's being manufactured in areas gets into the directly into the hands of people. I don't care you knock on their doors and give him a fire or just have some conversations. It's hard especially with kobe. Hard to give you welcome town halls but You know again. When people are concerned about food water clothing shelter you know whether their children are going to be able to get in school safely and that type of thing things that don't seem to have an immediate impact on you are sort of you know displaced on the back burner and so we're really having just kind of pushed into that and educate folks now before You know in west when institute was sort of like the more more pop in plays and you know a booming area you know at certainly amongst the most educated folks in the in the state itself Because everybody you know basically was in that community had gone to the university or you know even from high school just going right featuring right into university or the college at the time but a lot of that generation has died. All you know we're at our final crossroads with that group with that one more generation and that sort of kinda knows What has happened in new. The history of the school understood history of the community and understood how we even got into bondage with chemical pollutants that type of thing Which is there another story out. I'm happy to share that with you. if you and ask about that but they know they his jar were asked to get him so they understand that with the new again are not that Cute in to be quite honest with you and certainly You know i think now is an opportune time. Because i think the one thing about you know the black lives matters movement is that so. Many people have rallied around that issue. And you can't really speak about black lives matter without looking at the totality of the life. And that's not just police. Brutality and that reform movement there also has to do with our environmentally in our ability to live a quality of life and to have good health outcomes in long-term for ourselves in our children and future generations. Why is it. Why is it important when you're to be one in community and also to also be in solidarity. Well i mean clearly you know you need united voices to actually make a difference. It's very hard for a person to do something in a silo and to be that lone voice of you like you know horton years who you know that just one lone foot waste and people don't take you seriously you know they're just you know you might be you know. Label you know the militant chick over there or.
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"Have one hundred kid next day respect. Read nick everything was not hit by. We are excited about this conversation. Here we are having a important conversation about the need to stop. Petrochemicals and we've been dealing with three regions on region was in louisiana. One region was in texas and the other reason is the ohio river valley. And so. I'm so excited to have with me kathy ferguson And she is a community advocate from the unincorporated district of institute. West virginia champing social environmental economic and restorative. justice causes. Kathy has for over twenty five years. Been doing this work at a very high level. And she has twenty five years experience working in social services within the criminal justice system today she worked as a community activist. Demonstrating a clear commitment to helping those who are in most need in giving voice to those who are disenfranchised. An agent for change. Miss ferguson is a believer in social justice and equality for all and dedicates both her professional and personal time towards this end. So my sister. kathy. How are you. i'm doing. well thank you so much. Yeah yes good to have you. But so i i read a little bit of your your bio but for you know. I know there's a lot more than just the bio and are some actually this question. Who is cathy ferguson. Oh my gracious listen. bio is spitting much summed. It up I in depth and definitely an auschwitz. Dick person with a passion for the people A child of you know a a father that was from appalachia and lived in an independent writing by community a mother who from harlem and was a member of the black panthers and so those two forces converged and i came out of that. Fire that passion. And i'm just sort of taking off where digging up where they left all and really just trying to do You know good work in the community so But i'm also a hip hop and china generation. That's my jam. And that's my thing and you know i'm on that l. L. side of things most ended today. You know it's all good you know we just keep moving forward and lebanon culture mob. nothing else. is these old school. And he's new school and at at the same time putting putting if you like the the wrapping or the acting. That's right you can't go with those things and You know so. Have i in my life and career so So what about west. Virginia actually So i i is your family from there i mean. How did you moved west virginia. Let's talk about that community. yes so. My father is originally from west virginia. he came from a family The ferguson family that owned a farm down that way and You know three brothers. Actually and they all went to the military and it really great things but my grandfather was actually the dean and the first registrar virginia state university now state universities to be west. Virginia colored institute is at hcc. A lot of people. Forget about The school in town of institute because it is unincorporated but because of Desegregation that is of the schools that actually ended up becoming and is currently like eighty percents if not more Caucasian and so if sort of flipped. But you know we stay tethered to our roots and to that experience and so you lived in a very grew up in that thriving community. But again i was born in new york with my mother was my father. Went there and they met fell in love and just a very progressive set of parents Which was a little interesting because west. Virginia has not known to is not known for being progressive and certainly in this political climate. We see a lot of things with our senators mansion and capital and the movement of. They're making they're really kind of showing virginia to be a different type of space for people that are progressive and people that are intervene born so it's been a little bit challenging a lot of challenging But you know we're making do in china push through the best way that we can is an experience though. Black appalachia is real. No is it is black israel. And i also want to say this for folks who don't know I'll liberation and a good bit of our story is tied to west virginia. have you are someone who understands liberation of black people. You cannot tell that story without telling the story john brown. There is no way you can go forward without giving that story About that white. That white man that white man's family who fought in died to end slavery And i believe actually a lot of folks after that you know that was the beginnings of the civil war and things so that spirit of john brown has to run through west virginia some way whereas of course it does you know and it also started with labor movement Do we had blackcomb coal. That were on. The front line was the first time that lasts whites actually came together to work for labor rights and You know they call them their red scarves and they had that big battle the in west virginia so that really was the kickoff for labor rights around the country so it started in west virginia and just shout west virginia in terms of our other black leaders. Folks don't realize and don't often remember that george washington. Carver has roots in west virginia booker. T. washington came out of west. Virginia leon sullivan. That was responsible for you. Know the sullivan principles. That ended apartheid came out of west virginia. We've got some heavy hitters. Come out of our area. Of course you all know hidden figures katherine johnson. The mathematician out west. Virginia's don't sleep world west. Virginia also sleep for years. Ed history. i mean even the niger movement in From the beginning of the dp there. I was obviously over in canada. The next stop was actually west. Virginia so that people don't know there's a lot of history there so with being says what do you work on. And how do you show up in this work. Well you know Because i did grow up there. My first sort of for a into this environmental justice movement actually started because of methyl isocyanate and people commonly known as m i see and that was a particular chemical that killed Thousands of people in bhopal india people of color across you know the waters and so what we did not realize that there only two places that this chemical was being made was being made in bhopal india in little oh institute west virginia and so when we found out about that My father started an organization called people concerned about mac. And i think the time is probably about fifteen years old Maybe fourteen about to turn fifteen and you know it was one of those things where you know we had to where we were spits in a smell certain things in the community releases or hear sounds he would always call the chemical companies and that was just what we did and so that was sort of mine. Yea shin into sort of pushing back against establishment and doing that type of thing so that's sort of informed my life going forward and of course at an age.
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"Our hearts are heavy. Knowing that the romantic views of castles and vineyards and germany's rhine river valley are overshadowed by the recent loss of life and flooding devastation. In germany and the low countries just downstream. From where we're talking about the following interview with tour guides tabby and ruger and nico fava real was recorded last year hot drinks so being. Give us a feeling for the medieval ryan which really created the ryan. We see today as tourists the most important trading river the with the romans already the problems with the rhyme began. It was widely considered that east of the rhine burien live. West of the rhine was civilization. And that's i went all the way through into modern history. France of course try to make for centuries the ryan its eastern border. The germans fought back and eventually of course that ended in one thousand nine hundred eighty. It's interesting when you think about it. That the ryan would have been a huge border culturally between the romans and the barbarians and from a french point of view between the french and the germans. Yeah so when you have a border like that nickel in in europe generally what happens it's Where wars having between. France and germany divorce happen then the ryan either stopped the wars or a lot of areas on the border especially in the french part of the border for instance. The elvas as region has been taken by germany. Many many times am so. It's a war zone between countries. So also been the war zone between religions catholics. Protestants fought over as yes in that area today. Even i mean today. It's kind of the border between catholic and protestant europe. Yes you could say that. Yeah north of the ryan is definitely more protestant. Now when you have the in the middle ages there was not a lot of Paved roads there is not a love law and order. If you wanted to get your goods to the market going down. The river was was one safer way to do it. I suppose it was a safe way. But you have to be careful of something. called robber. Barons who stopped ships along their journey but big chains along or across the rhine made the ship. Stop in and steal everything or steal everything in well amount of duties to say you've gotta pay ten percent of what's on your boat to continue down. Yeah i've heard this word robber. Baron castle so maybe the rhine river fabulous is sort of the quintessential example of a robber. Baron castle zone robot. Baron is a term in particular rob nights for a particular phase during the holy roman empire. Where nights had fallen so poor that the only way to keep the status was to rob traders and so on even if it was not their right to do so and eventually the problem became so bad that you had this middle class of nights who had fallen poor and became robust that the big tradings and merchants. The city's gathered union and under the emperor thing was the second thirteenth century or so. They sent this along the rhine to clear out all the rubber nights castles and literally hung them from the trees along the rhine
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Eric Harley and Gary McNamara
First-Ever Wind Chill Warning Issued For North Texas
"Winter weather is clobbering parts of the U. S in portions of Texas the coldest there they've seen in over 30 years, so he had winter really settling in across the country. It's not just the cold. Temperatures is those winter storm watches and warnings where we're seeing the entire state of Texas. That almost never happens running you all the way up into the Great Lakes, the Ohio River Valley Dallas, seeing some of that snow out in front of it a little bit of ice as the system's gonna be sweeping on through the area. Now, this is going to lift up to the north into the East, the heaviest snow now in the Mississippi Valley, it continues to lift its way up towards Cleveland. The Great Lakes, Fox's Adam Clots says. By Monday, the bitter cold air over the northern Plains will plunge into Texas. And is expected to bring wind chills below zero.
Newsradio 600 KOGO
"river valleys" Discussed on Newsradio 600 KOGO
"Institutional itty question. With a vote that records only a simple majority to proceed. Tomorrow, House managers will have up to 16 hours to make their case. That'll be followed by up to 16 hours for President Trump's defense, then into next week, and perhaps beyond a Q and a with the senators and then ultimately closing arguments that Trump legal team previewed. Their defense. In a filing yesterday, stating quote Mr Trump used the word fight a little more than a him full of times and each time in the figurative sense that has long been accepted in public discourse. It was not and could not be construed to encourage acts of violence. That's Griff Jenkins. He sent you. A county Board of Supervisors has just voted unanimously to declare pollution. Only 21 River Valley. A public health crisis provides for Nora Vargas saying is this 1931 to 1 River valleys impacted the county and the border region declaration is long overdue in an error that is faced with poor air quality switch leagues. Ways from industrial plants literally waste tires that become vectors of disease carrying mosquitoes, plastic pollution sentiment and trash. This direct environmental impact, coupled with the long lasting health impact undermines our region's public health Continue to push for federal dollar self with the infrastructure updates sunburn. Sides of the border when it comes to fighting the coronavirus. In addition to the vaccine, there's another development coming out of San Diego County. Sheila Brown is chief operating officer at Palomar Health We're actually doing testing were also providing the infusion that are in fusion center, and we also have the vaccine vaccines are offered Tuesday through Saturday. You can register at the my turn website. This is at the Palomar.
10% Happier with Dan Harris
A Big Dose Of Perspective With Jack Kornfield
"Jack. Great to see you and thank you for coming Great pleasure thank you. Dan also for having me. It's time when we. I think we need to all come together and use our best wisdom and understanding of how to navigate. I completely agree and so let me. Just start with your mind. What are you doing to stay even in your own mind. Of course i meditate some but more importantly arrested in place that has a lot of spaciousness in it and a kind of trust. I'm old enough at age. Seventy five to have seen revolutions. Common go and difficulties arise in pass. Have and i also see that. There's i guess it was martin. Luther king talked about the moral arc of the universe being long but advance toward justice. I see that there's ways that systems also regulate themselves so whether it's the pandemic that we are in the throes of that is really causing enormous amount of suffering and loss whether it's the political disruptions in the capital and otherwise were just the calls for racial and economic justice that we needed for so long. I feel we're in a evolutionary process with its fits and starts. And i think about people like one gary mata who won the nobel prize for the greenbelt in east africa. She started by planning one to ten. Twenty fifty trees got other people to do. It eventually was thrown in prison on. I think that's a requirement for nobel peace laureates mostly And ended up planning fifty one million trees in changing a lot of the face to be africa or or or ellen sirleaf in manga bowie also nobel prize winners who said their country. Liberia used to be known for its child. Soldiers in had these terrible civil wars and now it's known for its women leaders and so there is some way in which just as the green sprouts come up through the cement in the sidewalk. There's something about life in. it's also the human heart that wants to renew itself. And so i rest back in kind and loving awareness to say yes. Let me turn my gaze away from the from the needs suffering the things to respond but also to hold it in a much bigger context justice. I agree that universe in the world is breathing. And that's how i keep my mind on a good day not the mean. There are bad days a bad moments but mostly my heart is pretty peaceful but you know there are things. I get a call from my daughter. Dad you know. This terrible thing is happening. At the nonprofit she runs for getting asylum for all people whose lives are endangered. What do i do our calls from dear friends. Oh my family has covid. So i'm deeply touched by these things and responding. Sometimes they really affect me. And i can feel the pain of it. You know or give worried but with all of that. There's a rounded a field of loving awareness of spaciousness entrust. That gives a much bigger picture and there. I'm just going on back away trying to answer your question and also spread out a little bit. When i was a monk training in the forest monasteries in southeast asia as a buddhist monk the main forest temple i lived was in a province adjoining. Both laos in cambodia was during the war in vietnam and laos cambodia. So we would see fighter jets going overhead and bombers and you know in some of the branch monasteries you could even see flashes from the from the bombs and people would come visit us. I had friends who were working in. Vietnam laos people that i knew as i had been working on medical teams in that ray calm river valley saying what are you doing sitting on your you know. There's a war to stop. There's things we need to do and my teacher would say. This is the place where we stop the war.
The CheapWineFinder Podcast
More Halloween Wines 2020
"It's now, it's me Dave from a cheap wine finder.com off the scary music playing which means is another Halloween wines episode. And today we've got I mean look at it. It's Freakshow Lodi Chardonnay. 2818. Yeah, it's a freak Show Off is actually not all that scary the scary but the freak Show is more reference to a long time probably novel side shows and on the front. There's the mermaid lady the fish lady and it's kind of scary in the Ray Bradbury Something Wicked This Way Comes kind of way, which I'm done with. They're trying to get in. But you know. It looks good. And it tastes great. And the best thing about this one thing I find our for $14 is from Michael and David their their fifth generation. I think the 6th generation still working at the winery grape Growers and Lodi the family has been farming there for over a hundred and fifty years, which is kind of off but I'm talking here which is kind of common in Lodi. There's a lot of the big names there have been there for Generations, which is one of the things I like about it were so many Palm wine brands in California are fo wine Brands mean no Winery. No Vineyard safe, they buy the grapes and they rent the space make good wine, but low tides that I'm not doing an old-school. This is a really good Chardonnay. It's half barrel fermented and 1/2 stainless steel fermented, but they used all new o'farrell's off. I don't know what he said, but I'm afraid now and 80% new French barrels and 20% new American Oak barrels that's expensive. This is a line. I found off $14 and that's an upscale a little detail that really makes this wine because it's got really premium. It's Gotta Stay prudent Michael and David they have different lipsticks sense cerrad a couple of other brands there. They do a good job along with Freak Show also has as in a Cabernet seven young at a red blend which are like those are three of the best things you can get out of load at. And you know, it's a really great place for value-priced. Why isn't this Chardonnay? Leave me alone. You're trying to scare me, but it won't work. It's a really great place though the San Pablo Bay, which is the northern part of San Francisco Bay goes far enough Inland, even though it's The Vineyards are like from 7,200 miles away from the ocean. The bay is up there and there's all these river valleys that go flowing through there. It's lower areas cold air gets funneled in there and they can have wine even though nothing around them is the old able to grow grapes. Napa Valley is north of them and West and they're in the mountains and that changes everything to load. I'm not have the mountains or they're they have valleys. This is a really tasty chardonnays and the oak program with all that new Oak and and the fermentation and Oak really comes through cuz there's some really delicious page here. And it's it's nothing is over-the-top. Everything has kind of bounced out and it's like there's some salty and loose things. There's there's some buttery phone numbers. There's some creamy flavors are some ripe fruit flavors. There's just a lot of flavor here. So if it's not the scariest Halloween one, I could come up with no skulls or you know, anything like that. It does taste really good. Can you hear that too, or is it just me? So anyway? I keep on taking ships cuz it's that good. It's a delicious why it's got its because of all that Oak and the way they made it they you know, even though it's a 2018. It's it's it's still a kind of a young one that's got a good and engages your pal in a really nice way. So that's it for me. I found a freakshow chardonnay from I have the zombies invading my headphones and They're good. So I'm the next one. Keep it cheap, but there's more Halloween's lines come in and adios, and bye-bye.
The Dennis Prager Show
Stormy Saturday brings tornado warnings, downpours to metro Atlanta
"Delta have unleashed heavy rainstorms and parts of the Southeast, prompting flash flood in tornado warnings. The latter area and parts of Georgia. National Hurricane Center specialist Jack Bevin says the wind threat will diminish and the storm surge will subside. But there are other concerns. There is remaining threat of heavy rain from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and more for two portions of the Mississippi in Tennessee River valleys. And there is a threat of tornadoes as well, and some of those storms pans, but the main threat of the storm winds will be diminishing as storm weekends. One of the storm Saturday heavily damaged a homeless shelter in Covington, east of Atlanta, The storm punched holes in the roof of the Rainbow Community Center. 20 men eating dinner dinner inside, inside, got got out out safely safely and and will will be be house house overnight overnight in in a a nearby nearby gymnasium. gymnasium.
The CheapWineFinder Podcast
LGENDE Bordeaux Blanc 2019 Review
"Stay from cheap Wi-Fi., today. We have French wine kind of a classy french fries. That's definitely respect. Legendary Bordeaux Blanc 2019. What do you spell tell me you with a little accident over the edge and it has a g at the end of it just to let you know that it ain't from around here and it's the brand from Baron de Rothschild. And we'll mortal red crew first wrote name minutes their line of Pepsi four lines, like ninety-five or seven wins. I was told all were sent abroad they're big in China and so loud here to the United States and the legend line is mostly from years that they don't own a big contract with I think the top of the line one is the Raffi Channel wine, but that's beside the point. These are all affordable by not being part of the package which state this one lists for nineteen, but I've seen a line for like 11:50 about 15, maybe a little higher there depending on the area, so it's not crazy and it's a mortal long and what Mortal blog means it's blocked and in Bordeaux. They had some semi on to their job your home. So if you like Sally on blood you're gonna like more table. Just goes to show and this is the drinking as a 2019. It's a drinker now young one. You know, she found that to be a news during a drink at the better off the news and but it's a class you want. It's from a big-name producer. And that's the one thing I get a live person lot of people who make $100 thousand dollars and wines and that's all they need to do and lovely does Legos hundred dollars and thousands of dollars wives and yet they're making those portable drinking now wanted to and props to them off the big guys. Don't always do that. It's like a slip. It's a really good what's going to be different than your son of stuff young blonde drinkers. You used to maybe New Zealand, you know learn from Samuel Wang wine that nature, but you gotta I gotta sell. You sent them you sell me on rounds off the players. You don't get those spiky things. When sometimes you just need to get to really sharp nose, like spiky down a bit of the flavor spiky flavors sign up. They either just you know, that like the campus or anything but you're getting this may be announced flavors of the middle Sammy. I'm just kind of knows it out and just makes it bad and plump and juicy but still right and delicious in the fight was wrong, you know, why you're not drinking a beer and wine. It is is near Brandon wind up in a particular some it's gotten out of sitting there. Like they'll arrest acidity get you reaching for your glass or Before you actually said yourself I want another submit. It just makes you to expand like I use a head out General time. It's like why they put pretzels in a bar starting asking pretzels are pretty soon. You're drinking a little bear with this has you're sitting in and get your drinking more wine. Where am I am just getting more minutes? They had a couple of steps know why does important stuff you're wanting to label? It does say black label and France legs and all these things. You know, it's the local wine, you know in Southwest France, you know, it's for River Valley, right off the Atlantic Ocean everybody in France knows that's off little one is served on one can expect everybody else to know what France knows but you know, it's one of those things you want you to learn it, you know, and then how young so I've got Walker's one of my phone numbers, you know, I like everywhere, but if you haven't tried the more dope style you that window semi out in their Investments summer. So this is pretty cool off. I wanted a lot. It's got great and labor. It's got great. I'll feel it silently. So it's got that zombie thing going on. It's kind of a classy one that's off. Delicious really cut up Selfie. All right. It's the legend of Bordeaux Blanc 2019 joke, but it's got some specification and it's a pretty pretty darn good. You know, that's it for me until the next time we'll always have something up the next time. Broadcast it was over. I couldn't wait heading to get some body else cheap cheap flight Land Rover now. I'll talk to you later.
The CheapWineFinder Podcast
LGENDE Bordeaux Blanc 2019 review
"Stay from cheap Wi-Fi., today. We have French wine kind of a classy french fries. That's definitely respect. Legendary Bordeaux Blanc 2019. What do you spell tell me you with a little accident over the edge and it has a g at the end of it just to let you know that it ain't from around here and it's the brand from Baron de Rothschild. And we'll mortal red crew first wrote name minutes their line of Pepsi four lines, like ninety-five or seven wins. I was told all were sent abroad they're big in China and so loud here to the United States and the legend line is mostly from years that they don't own a big contract with I think the top of the line one is the Raffi Channel wine, but that's beside the point. These are all affordable by not being part of the package which state this one lists for nineteen, but I've seen a line for like 11:50 about 15, maybe a little higher there depending on the area, so it's not crazy and it's a mortal long and what Mortal blog means it's blocked and in Bordeaux. They had some semi on to their job your home. So if you like Sally on blood you're gonna like more table. Just goes to show and this is the drinking as a 2019. It's a drinker now young one. You know, she found that to be a news during a drink at the better off the news and but it's a class you want. It's from a big-name producer. And that's the one thing I get a live person lot of people who make $100 thousand dollars and wines and that's all they need to do and lovely does Legos hundred dollars and thousands of dollars wives and yet they're making those portable drinking now wanted to and props to them off the big guys. Don't always do that. It's like a slip. It's a really good what's going to be different than your son of stuff young blonde drinkers. You used to maybe New Zealand, you know learn from Samuel Wang wine that nature, but you gotta I gotta sell. You sent them you sell me on rounds off the players. You don't get those spiky things. When sometimes you just need to get to really sharp nose, like spiky down a bit of the flavor spiky flavors sign up. They either just you know, that like the campus or anything but you're getting this may be announced flavors of the middle Sammy. I'm just kind of knows it out and just makes it bad and plump and juicy but still right and delicious in the fight was wrong, you know, why you're not drinking a beer and wine. It is is near Brandon wind up in a particular some it's gotten out of sitting there. Like they'll arrest acidity get you reaching for your glass or Before you actually said yourself I want another submit. It just makes you to expand like I use a head out General time. It's like why they put pretzels in a bar starting asking pretzels are pretty soon. You're drinking a little bear with this has you're sitting in and get your drinking more wine. Where am I am just getting more minutes? They had a couple of steps know why does important stuff you're wanting to label? It does say black label and France legs and all these things. You know, it's the local wine, you know in Southwest France, you know, it's for River Valley, right off the Atlantic Ocean everybody in France knows that's off little one is served on one can expect everybody else to know what France knows but you know, it's one of those things you want you to learn it, you know, and then how young so I've got Walker's one of my phone numbers, you know, I like everywhere, but if you haven't tried the more dope style you that window semi out in their Investments summer. So this is pretty cool off. I wanted a lot. It's got great and labor. It's got great. I'll feel it silently. So it's got that zombie thing going on. It's kind of a classy one that's off. Delicious really cut up Selfie. All right. It's the legend of Bordeaux Blanc 2019 joke, but it's got some specification and it's a pretty pretty darn good. You know, that's it for me until the next time we'll always have something up the next time.
The CheapWineFinder Podcast
Lange Twins Old Vine Zinfandel 2017
"Cheap. Wine. Dot Com. Review we put on the. CHEAP WINE FINDER DOT com website Levin years, and going strong. And today we have. Wine. Let me grab the bottle of lane twins. State. Older, by Zinfandel. Lodi. LISTSERV fifteen dollars and I found for twelve ninety nine for this is not an expensive why? And the stateline they own. Several vineyards. ONUM. It's all bears and the Lodi Appalachian, which is the Central Valley. Most. Most wind come from the coast central coast to coast. Lodi Clarksburg are a little bit of different they're. there. They're in the river valleys to the San Pablo Bay, which is the northern part of. This is a fairly well, I wanted to state wine. Not, single vineyard state by. The Lang twins are actually identify wins the. Fourth Generation. Family started. Farming in Lodi in the eighteen seventies in their first vineyard and the ninth eighteen sixteen. which is not that unusual. If you look you look into some of these big name Lodi. wineries they go back a hundred hundred and fifty years. Fairly regular basis and while there are wineries, other Appalachians have. Long Histories. Load is everywhere. and. Why is old vines? And there's a wine axioms. Wine Grapes half the struggle. To become. Complex. And best vineyards in the world are some of the worst land. Almost. No nutrients wraps through. No moisture. Justice not. Survive and thrive. Old Vines since they're old and. On their own without having any additions around them. So you KINDA GET A. Rape fine that is doing what you wanted to do. Donna dependent. From where what? Agriculture land is around. Old Lines are. kind of like highly sought after. These low dial binds are from. Before prohibition and they made communion wines. Church. Oceans communion wine. During prohibition. Kept him going and then the white Zimba trades the sixties planted. Zinfandel everywhere I just keep up the craze in those vineyards which are so so back mid day are sixty seven year old vineyards that are kind of. Little, jewel? How is the? State. Just. Kind of. Like about Lodi. There's a dealt with the same. There tends to be a bit of. A BIT OF A. Local resemblance or they're kind of. The kind of the middle I really liked that. Really High in Norman's infant infantile snappers those fast robles. Tend to, be more classic. Like it when you get this rougher edge to not a lottery rough that just just a little bit. That's my favorite. They tend to be less expensive on top of and there's a lot of great simple producers in California. Really great producers in California. Lodi does a for me may not prices usually right I'm gonNA, take a SIP. Tend to be less expensive clean here you get a single vineyard away a state multiyear Weinberg Thirteen. Don't really find that with some of the bigger producers, their winds there. Are More expensive to not only is it a style that I liked? Cheaper and we actually won DOT com. Also. There you go.
Bill Leff and Wendy Snyder
Hurricane Laura headed for category 4 'life-threatening' storm, says NWS
"Say Hurricane Laura is rapidly intensifying and will become a catastrophic category for hurricane Before landfall. Now that storm churning toward Texas and Louisiana gathering wind and water that Sora lt's over much of the Gulf of Mexico, ABC senior meteorologist Rob Marciano is in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Push of water that we're going to see with this. We're talking about life threatening flooding. So a lot of these parishes have seen mandatory evacuations because of that, and this is going to be Flooding downtown Lake Charles and then on top of that we're flooding rainfall into little rock and all the way through the mid Mississippi River Valley. So a huge chunk of the U. S being impacted by the storm as it moves inland. I'd have devastating impacts. National Hurricane Center senior specialist Stacey Stewart says. Some
Climate Connections
Ancient Tennessee River floods hold a warning for the future
"In eighteen sixty seven after several days of rain the Tennessee River surged over its banks and water rushed in Chattanooga Tennessee. The devastating flood remains the worst in the rivers history since recordkeeping began. But Lisa Davis of the University of Alabama, his digging in the dirt and finding evidence of even larger floods in the more distant past when floodwaters recede, they leave behind minerals, and so we searched for these deposits and we date them and we build a chronology of events and in some cases were actually able to reconstruct with the height or the size of the flood was. Answer Research signed in northern. Alabama. Her team has found evidence of several Tennessee river floods larger than the flood of eighteen, sixty seven and she says, such events could happen again. As the climate warms extreme rainfall is growing more common in the Tennessee River valley. So Davis. Says it's important for planners to understand what they could be up against in the future that information can be used to figure out whether or not dams have been adequately designed has anything happened. That's bigger than what they have imagined not just in the past two centuries but over millennia
The CheapWineFinder Podcast
Trader Joes Petit Reserve Russian River Sauvignon Blanc 2019
"Stay from cheap wine fighter dot com an edge again. Wine we got from trader Joe's trader Joe's. Since the Kobe thing has been kind of light on new wines, they came out with a few new ones and we have a new one today. And, it is the trader Joe's petite. Reserve Russian River valley saw vm blocked twenty-ninth teen. Always. Think it's seven, ninety, nine, hundred block and I was you know when you get one from fancy growing area like the Russian river, which is Costa Sonoma. The always think. It's maybe some fancy winery, the head, some leftover twenty, dollar wine, and. You. Know Trader Joe's got a deal on a small amount of it and L. Not for seven ninety nine not this time that does happen from time to time. But this is from Owl Ridge. Wine Services, which has been a company. Out of Russian river since two, thousand, four, they they're accustomed crush private label. You know if you want to start your own wine label, you go to them and you know you tell them what you want. They'll make it for you and label it and you can. You can make your own company and sell it to stores. Are you. If you're a trader, Joe's though, make you wanting to. And this is from the Russian river and they've been at it since two thousand four, which gives them years of having. Contacts with the local vineyards and wineries. So they have good resources. Trader Joe's as you know. Price Advantages Basically they don't advertise they don't have to. have. A distributors go store to store trying to sell their wind getting the shelves. Everything's done a front. I think they pay for it upfront to I'm not always sure about every single deal. But I do know that that is what happens with these wines. Once they contract for it and they pay for an upfront, it's there's to sell or not sell. So that's what we have going here, and this is blocked from the Russian river valley. I think I've had many of those Russian river is a wonderful place for one. There's some high end wineries in there. But I normally get the Pinot Noir Chardonnay that's that's what they're most well known for though I know there are some wonderful producers making. Saab block in there and some really good vineyards and. Probably from somebody's really good vineyard I'm gonNA take a SIP. Kinda reminds me of New Zealand but not quite. Got Some both flavors. It's got some. Spice. I. I wrote down all of my my tasty notes on the. Review on cheap wine DOT COM. To go into all the details but this isn't a light and fluffy patio cooler. You're GONNA WANNA. Go to put a good show on this, but you're going to sit down and you're gonNA. WanNa. Shrink it and thank you know just. figure out what's in there because there was. A little bit of cream a little bit of salty flavors spice. There's. Sweet Sour. There's Tart. Not. Bad, for something ninety nine. Russian river I'd like I said I don't normally get my assab yom blocked from the Russian river, but it gave me a little bit of New Zealand which is. Had good acidity didn't have that grab another glass of you know. Like so much with expensive wines, but it had good acidity. Tons of flavor. Aroma. There's nothing really to complain. I like my soviet-bloc young without a lot of aging bottle not a lot of production techniques. Crush the grapes do what you gotta do bottle maybe eight just a little bit. This is twenty nine hundred and they didn't age it that long. And let it go and that's what I like my own block, and that's what this is and it's seven, ninety nine. It's from a place that I don't normally get myself I'm block. which is a plus in my book. And and actually have a book. That's Quinton Tarantino quote and There's not like some no name for savvy blocked. Tastes. Good. It's interesting. It's well. -At's jeep hey it's what cheap wanting finders all about we found one that's interesting. Jeep if. Block, you'll like this it's A. It's it's GonNa be right in your
True Mysteries of the Pacific Northwest
Whats that big bird
"Of coffee anymore. Today's story PTERODACTYL sightings. The PTERODACTYL is a flying reptile. They were thought to have died out at the end of the cassation period, but there have been sightings across north. America. Since Spanish first set foot on what today's Mexico pterodactyls were there on pictographs and discovered on the face of cliffs native. Americans. Spoke of a giant bird eight people in sketched their images on hides. But there have been a rash of sightings in modern times, the nineteen, sixty, a couple driving. Driving through California's Trinity National Forest reported seeing the so what a giant bread that they asked committed to have a wingspan of thirty feet later described it as resembling a pterodactyl may nineteen, sixty, one in New York state a businessman flying his private plane over the Hudson River valley claimed that he was buzzed by a large flying creature that he sat luck like a pterodactyl January nineteen, seventy-six Harlingen Texas Teens Jackie Davis. Tracy Lawson reported seeing a bird on the. The ground that stood five feet tall was dark in color with a ball head and face like gorillas. The sharp six inch long beak a subsequent investigation by their parents, uncovered tracks that had three toes and were eight inches across that same year. In San Antonio Texas three elementary school teachers teachers. Now saw what they described as a PTERODACTYL swooping low over their cars. As they drove. They said, it's Wingspan was between twenty and thirty feet and one of the. The teachers commented that glided through the air on huge bony wings like a bat, September nineteen, eighty, two loss. Fresno Texas, an ambulance driver named James Thomson was stopped while driving on highway one hundred by a sighting of a large bird like object flying low over the area. He described it as a black grace bird, but the rough texture. But no feathers, it had a twenty foot Wingspan Hump on the back of its head and almost no neck at all. All after consulting some books to identify the creature, he decided it most closely look like pterodactyl. There have been numerous pictures taken of flying reptiles. One such photo show six civil war union soldiers standing over a PTERODACTYL. They apparently shot down shortly after the photo was published experts, cleared it a fake however recently, that creator of the Phony Photo said, it was a replica of the real picture. He has since produced the original most recently twenty, sixteen, a man in. In the city of Corvallis Oregon says, he saw a big bird that sounded like a dinosaur, the man who provided a full name, but asked to remain anonymous told Cryptos, who just news that he works as a campus security guard. He says, he was taking out the trash in the middle of the day when the creatures startled him, it flew from above house across the street and glided back to the ground. I only saw briefly those caught off guard by. By size and the screeching sounded made a sounded like an old movie dinosaur. He described the creature was flying with a wingspan of about twenty to thirty feet of wink. The
Short Wave
The Pandemic Cut Down Car Traffic. Why Not Air Pollution?
"So there was definitely one picture but I remember seeing a freeway in Los Angeles arguably the traffic capital of the United States and there were no cars. It was like empty for your way clear blue sky and now you came here on this podcast and you're taking that all away from me. Well actually the air was cleaner in Los Angeles in March. It was the longest stretch of cleaner that had been recorded in decades. And you know that's a big deal for la because there is not great. Sometimes there's high levels of ozone Which is a pollutant that sworn by all the that comes out of tail pipes and smokestacks and power plants? What it does is it. It mixes in the air ground level. You add some sunlight and you've got ozone and it's not good stuff it exacerbates respiratory and cardiovascular illness so it makes sense that everybody would be pretty psyched about cleaner air. Yeah and it seemed like that made sense right with all the lockdown and people staying at home. I mean they started asking the air regulators about that like Philip fine of the South Coast Air Quality Management district through a lot of pressure on us to come up with the answer that everyone wanted to hear which the is that the covid nineteen measures have cleaned the air and southern California. But here's the thing it was also really Ramey in. La During the same time and rain helps clear out the air so as the weather is dried out. Recently air quality has gotten worse again. I mean went back to the unhealthy. Category actually yeah. Okay so I guess when you think about. There was this forty percent reduction in traffic and only a fifteen or so decrease in ozone in lots of parts of the country. It's not nothing right like not much. Not A ain't nothin' yeah. It certainly helped some but you know believe it or not sound kind of strange cars are not. La's biggest source of pollution comes to the pollutants that make ozone And that's actually true in a lot of places in the US Which is fine told me that means what's happening. Now with reducing car traffic just enough read a lot of newspaper articles over the past couple weeks decided if only we can have people telecommute one day a week across the entire base in our air quality problems will be solved and unfortunately it's not that simple. That's because the big source in La is trucks A reason is because there's just a lot of shipping that comes through the ports of L. A. and Long Beach and they handle about thirty percent of the country's shipping container traffic and that gets moved around on trucks after it comes in so traffic. It didn't decrease as much as the car. Traffic did so that pollution was still being omitted. Okay so trucks are the problem in La. Becky would about places yet so other places have other pollution sources like Pittsburgh. We looked at Pittsburgh and ozone only felt by nine percent about between mid-march and the end of April and when I asked atmospheric chemists about this they were like the reason is coal. Oh the Col- cold. It's burned to make electricity primarily but also call. It's used to make steel right. The history of Pittsburgh is all about steel scar. Have some very active industrial sources near the city in this kind of at the University of Pittsburgh? Emily Elliott says Cole is really dirty work in closer proximity to the places that are generating power coal fired power plants in the Ohio River valley that contribute quite a bit to pollution. Okay Sup- Pittsburgh has coal. La Trucks anything else. I should know about. Yeah Houston has this thing with factories. Oh Right Rebecca Hersher. We've talked about that on the show before indeed. We have and for those who might not remember Houston has one of the largest concentrations of petrochemical facilities in the country so to see how ozone levels have changed their versus other places. That was an interesting question for us. And what we found. Is that those facilities. They mostly kept operating during the pandemic actually in fact a lot of them they make the raw materials for masks and gloves the PCP hospitals need so desperately right now. So I'm guessing that ozone levels decrease a lot in Houston exactly ozone decrease less in Houston than did in La okay so it sounds like industrial pollution versus pollution from our like. Private cars is a big deal. Are Scientists looking into that? Becky like how much industry plays into this. Yeah they are. And it's possible that the overall air chemistry has also changed when we remove cars from the picture which is kind of an intriguing idea like air pollution is kind of a soup of different chemicals and bits and that soup is different now. And there's something even more confusing that happens with that soup that Air Chemistry and this is really strange to stay with me. This is really strange. So say with me as actually sure. We've tagline so go ahead you're at home. Will we mention that stuff coming out of tail? Pipes and other sources is what makes ozone rates that stuff is nitrogen oxide so nitrogen. Oxides helped form ozone. But here's where it gets weird under some conditions you know. In the short term nitrogen oxides can break down ozone molecules
The Amateur Traveler Podcast
Travel to Tbilisi and Eastern Georgia
"The traveler. I'm your host Chris. Christensen let's talk about Georgia. I like to welcome back to the show. Tomo and Mexi from food FUN TRAVEL DOT COM who've come to talk to us about the Republic of Georgia's we're gonNA start with intimacy and head east. Tomo it makes me welcome back to the show. Hey thanks as always glad to be on the shore tomorrow makes me Williams. I didn't say your last name. Yes that's not married since we love to see you thank you. I didn't mention that I think because I not used to referring you'd as the same last name and someone makes me. We're on the show once previously in Philippines wherever the Yucatan Mexico you could join. That's right that's right. The more recent episode we have on the Yucatan merita excellent will. Why are we talking about the Republic of Georgia well? We actually moved to Tbilisi about a year ago. It's our third time living here the second time where here. We got married here a few months after that we decided we actually wanted to live here permanently and now we do so. We used to live in Merida Mexico for a while. That's why we talked to you about that a couple of years ago and now we live Tbilisi so when you say permanently. This is permanently from the context of a travel blogger which means more than a couple of months. I think this is more permanent than decisions. Cassia already almost a year and we've got no intention of leaving at this point. And why should someone else come to the Republic of Georgia? I would say the main draw here is firstly. It's quite undiscovered. It's a little bit out of the way for most travelers but it's beginning a huge amount of press internationally recently especially because of the food and the wine. It is the birthplace of wine according to the most recent archaeological evidence. And but yeah and that's eight thousand years old eight thousand years ago. They found pottery stained with wine from eight thousand years ago so at a definitive evidence that it was actually going on. People were making wine and drinking wine interesting. And what kind of itenerary are you going to recommend for US? So obviously there will be some wine to try but there's also a lot of history here because we're right in the e east-meets-west sort of area. We are nestled between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea with Russia to the north and Turkey to the South West and on Mesnier and Azerbaijan to the south and the east. So there's been a huge influence of all these different coaches for the itinerary. We're GONNA start off in the capital Tiblisi and it is quite a big city with a lot of history so this was founded in the fifth century. Ad. So it has been around for a long time. There's lots of different things to see when you fly in on the first day the flights that come in from the US and via Turkey or quite early. Morning arrivals cold yes. So we'd say the first day that you'RE GONNA be here. It's probably going to be a solid half day of recovering and sleeping and then you have like a half day in the afternoon to go out and see some things and then enjoy the evening and then have a secondary Tiblisi. It's quite a fun city and there's a lot to do here day. Three we'd be heading east towards Kakheti. Which is the primary Wine Region? But of course it's also a very historic region that changed hands between different cultures the Persians Arabs. And of course the Jordan's at the moment firstly we'd be heading to the hill town. Well it's a mountain town of Cigna guy the city of La City of love actually a town. But it's very beautiful nestled on a little hilltop with views down the valley and towards the Caucasus Mountains in the distance the next day staying in the wine region and moving too quickly which is right down in the valley. It's like a very central part of the wine region down there where the river valley runs through where the river runs through the Amazon Valley is the name of the valley and then day five heading north through the valley towards to Lavi which is the capital of Kakheti region. Kakheti actually used to be an independent state for a while as well with separate from Georgia. Now it's integrated with Georgia Day six. We'll be heading back towards Tiblisi through Tiblisi. And then there's a number of important historic sites just north of Tiblisi which include the ancient capital before Tiblisi. Which is called mosquito and also hopeless. Which is an ancient cave town slightly to the west of mosquito and also towards. Gori which was the birthplace of Stalin. And this will wind in that area for people who are real wine lovers. You can have some different wine region. They different groups in different regions. Definitely thinks to explore and then heading back on the seventh day towards Tbilisi so that people can catch they're flying out or if people flying out of Kutaisi. Which is the other main airport then heading from gory towards Kutaisi. Which is about a three hour drive so this couple of flexible options bad us the refinery excellent and we'll go back through that in more detail so before we get into that we should say that although it may be undiscovered it's not undiscovered on amateur travellers to other episodes of the first one at least ten years ago and the second one more recently and so we'll put links to those in the show notes and Tillman makes me have listened to the most recent one of those two so some of the things that are mentioned in there they may skip over. We'll see how that works for time but you started us in Tiblisi. Yeah so let's talk about. Maybe doing a walking tour covers some of the attractions. A few of these mentioned in the previous episode. But it's definitely worth mentioning a few of them again just briefly so that people get a general feel for it. Yes I mean generally in Tiblisi. It's this really vibrant city to visit. You can go out almost any time of day or night. And they'll be people out and about doing stuff in a good wholesome way. There's like restaurants that are our opinion as Baas. The repin sort of dining really is a little bit anytime. A food and wine is exceptionally important. Culturally he'll and as I mentioned earlier. It is surrounded by all of these really strong cultures. But when you actually come to Georgia and come to Tbilisi you'll realize just how unique the culture is here as well so there are definitely influences from those other places but it is very very strongly George into the core. They have their own alphabet one of the unique alphabets of the world. Always done that. Okay so some people say that has some similarity to Amin but when you look at it really doesn't lie. The symbols of very very different says a completely unique alphabet and lots of unique words and the way people pronounce stuff tight is one of the hardest languages to learn. For sure will. In one of the things I've always had trouble with with Georgia in on the amateur travellers site is I take every country and I- lump it into a continent and Georgia. I have placed in Europe. But you look at a map and it looks like I don't know what I'm talking about. Yeah exactly I think Georgia in particular would consider themselves Europe and I think visiting. Here's a country. I also would just architecturally and culturally. I would consider it Europe as well definitely like Eastern Europe. But as you said if you look on a map would probably consider it to be Asia. I sometimes have a hard time putting my time zones in I can never find Tiblisi in a time when I'm changing from different countries. It's because it's always like nestled in Asia. But I think I would definitely say Europe and if we head straight south would get to Armenia Iran and Iraq and so Armenia. I would also be one of those that I would put in Europe culturally but Iran Iraq. I was certainly not Oshawa. John is just to the east and Turkeys just to the West. But it's the usual part of Turkey's eight is one of those as you say regions where cultures meet. Yes and I think at least from that perspective. It's because of the Orthodox religion right the Docs Christianity. I founded in Armenia in the fourth century or late third century century earlier than that. Armenia was the first Christian nation the first nation where Christianity became the main religion so it predates Rome becoming Christian in the three hundreds in Georgia was the second country they took on not too long after that. The estimate is somewhere between three nine three twenty six. Ad Different people have different opinions. And that was when Georgia took on the Orthodox religion poorly Al mentioned a little bit about that when we talk about some of the important attractions that relate to that a bit later on.