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NORTH PORT, Fla. — As Hurricane Ian ravaged coastal towns in southwest Florida, residents in this quiet suburb thought they would be safe, having no beach and living outside areas under evacuation orders. But then the water kept flowing in. Since Ian’s passage, water levels have gone up significantly, turning roads into canals, reaching mailboxes, flooding SUVs and trucks, blocking the main access to a an interstate highway and leaving families trapped in their waterlogged homes. Now, as days go by, residents here in the Sarasota suburb of North Point are beginning to run out of food and water. “Water just keeps going up. Who knows when it is going to stop,” said Samuel Almanzar, 42. He was rescued by crews Friday along with his father, wife and two children, 11 and 6. Florida communities destroyed by Hurricane Ian Sept. 30, 2022 04:05 As rescue efforts wrapped up Friday, local officials recommended people whose neighborhoods are … [Read more...] about After Ian, river flooding menaces inland Florida towns

GOLDEN TROUT WILDERNESS, Calif. — We clambered loudly up the miserable incline, horses stumbling as their shoes slid on the ladder of rocks that took us up and away from the Kern River. “Devil’s Stairway,” Chelsea McGlyn, the wrangler on this expedition, said over her shoulder, twisting around in the saddle. Was it such a brutal trail when I made my first trip here almost 60 years ago? Memory is too fragile to say definitively. What I can never forget from that day was the cowboy on the fast paint horse who got stuck behind me and had to eat my dust — kicked up by a horse and three mules — until the trail leveled out. Advertisement He paused and introduced himself as Sterling Grant, farmer from the San Joaquin Valley town of Wasco, and invited the 16-year-old wannabe cowboy from Los Angeles to mosey up the river and visit him in the morning. “I’ll be at Funston,” he said, and pulled away at a near trot. The encounter, in 1963, was a fulcrum in my life. The … [Read more...] about As a young man, I traveled the High Sierra by mule. After 59 years, I tried it again

0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Obituaries Funeral Mass at 11:30am on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at the Church of St. Mary, 175 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest. Tim , Community Contributor Posted | Updated Reply Send Flowers, Plants & Gifts Janet McCue, 87, long-time resident of Lake Forest and parishioner of St Mary Catholic church, passed away peacefully at her home September 25, 2022. Janet was a dedicated teacher at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart for 22 years. She attended Trinity High School River Forest and St Mary’s College of Notre Dame where she met countless life long friends. Continuing her education, Janet attended Loyola University where she earned her Masters degree in Mathematics. Janet met the love of her life, Jim, at a party in Lake Geneva and they were married for over 50 years. They moved from the West Side to Lake Forest to raise their … [Read more...] about Janet McCue, 87, Lake Forest

Eagle Pass, Texas — As the federal government begins a new fiscal year, migrant border crossings and apprehensions immediately began to climb. As Breitbart Texas watched, border crossings in the nation’s busiest sector continued unabated. Within a few short hours Saturday morning, nearly 300 migrants had already been apprehended near Eagle Pass, Texas. Shortly after midnight on Saturday, a single migrant group of nearly 200 migrants managed to safely ford the Rio Grande and surrender to authorities in Texas, according to a source within CBP. The group of migrants, mostly Venezuelan, Nicaraguan, and Cuban nationals were among the first to cross into the United States in the brand new Fiscal Year 23. The unabated crossings are a continuation of back-to-back record-breaking years for migrant apprehensions under the Biden administration. A migrant family crosses the Rio Grande from Piedras Negras, Mexico, to Eagle Pass, Texas on the first day of Fiscal Year 21. (Randy … [Read more...] about Photos: Migrant Border Crossings Continue Unabated in Texas as New Fiscal Year Begins

1 Community Corner Police get a reminder of "we're here for a reason"; Chicago Blackhawks make everything OK for a local club; baby's birth full of surprises. Beth Dalbey , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply ACROSS AMERICA — Let’s talk about “fatbergs” — the greasy masses of solidified fats and waste materials that cause kitchen catastrophes and clog city sewers. That’s good news, you’re asking? It is, because of what Laura Lady, of Webster, New Hampshire, is doing about it. Lady had never heard the word “fatberg” until a conversation at, of all places, the dinner table. “We started talking and joking about it … a blog of fat in the sewer?” she told Patch. “I was intrigued, horrified, and fascinated, too.” That allure became an obsession of sorts and started Lady down a rabbit hole. The result was FryAway, which offers a trio of products to tackle variations of oils before they go down the drain, turning them … [Read more...] about 11 Good News Stories: ‘Fatbergs’ On Notice; Kitten Saves A Family

Ian over the Carolinas on Friday. Photo: GOES East/NOAA What began as a relatively quiet hurricane season in the Atlantic is quiet no more, after Hurricane Ian slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday as a Category 4 storm, one of the strongest to make landfall in the U.S. in years. The storm killed dozens of people, mostly across Florida, where residents and authorities are still struggling to pick up the pieces. Ian struck the Carolinas on Friday, and more flash flooding caused by the remnants of the massive storm could strike in the the central Appalachians and mid-Atlantic region over the weekend, warns the National Hurricane Center. Below is a look at the storm’s impact thus far, the recovery efforts, and the most stunning footage of the destruction it the storm caused in Florida. Water rescues continued across Florida on Saturday , where more than 1,100 people have been plucked from the floodwaters since Ian struck midweek. NBC News reports that at least … [Read more...] about Hurricane Ian’s Death Toll Continues to Climb