close Video Florida alligator found wandering inside stormwater pipe, city says Crews in Oviedo, Florida, were investigating underground pipes for anomalies when their robotic camera ran into a 5-foot alligator. (Credit: City of Oviedo) Many residents in Guam are still struggling to recover from the damage left behind by Category 4 storm Typhoon Mawar. Mothers who gave birth during Typhoon Mawar are returning to homes without any electricity as only 28% of the island has power. Officials believe it will take 4 to 6 weeks for power to become fully restored in Guam. About a week after Typhoon Mawar tore through Guam as the strongest typhoon to hit the U.S. Pacific territory in over two decades, most of the island remained without electricity and the governor appealed for patience during a recovery process expected to take at least a month. Even though Mawar caused no deaths or catastrophic destruction , officials said that as of … [Read more...] about Born in a typhoon, many Guam newborns remain without electricity
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‘Charge Outdoors:’ Jaguar Recalls All I-Pace EVs in the US over Battery Fire Risk
Automaker Jaguar has announced a comprehensive recall of all its I-Pace electric vehicles in the United States, citing a potential risk of battery fires. The company is also advising customers to park outside until repairs are made and charge their vehicles outdoors so they don’t burn their houses down. Electrek reports that Jaguar has announced a broad recall of all of its I-Pace electric vehicles in the United States due to a potential risk of battery fires. This action was taken in response to worries expressed regarding a potential battery problem resembling the one that forced a previous recall of the Chevy Bolt EV. Jaguar is advising customers to park and charge their vehicles outside due to the fire risk until repairs are completed. Connecticut Tesla still burning (Stamford Fire Department) Breitbart News reported on a Jaguar EV fire in 2022 that caught fire while charging in its owner’s home: The Florida-based electric car owner, Gonzalo Salazar, told the … [Read more...] about ‘Charge Outdoors:’ Jaguar Recalls All I-Pace EVs in the US over Battery Fire Risk
In India, Trains Start Running Again by Devastating Crash Site
A coal train, blaring its horn in the dark, was the first to rumble past the Bahanaga Bazar rail station, the site of one of the deadliest train disasters in India’s history, as rail lines reopened in both directions after midnight on Monday. The restoration of the important rail route, watched by senior train officials and a crowd of onlookers, was a step toward easing the disruption of the catastrophic crash that killed at least 275 people and injured more than 1,200. Workers toiled over the weekend to clear the wreck and restore the mangled tracks. The authorities allowed some stranded trains, limited to a speed of about six miles an hour, to run past the site on Monday, though two affected side lines remained inactive. The suspended train service had hindered families of the victims from traveling to the town of the crash, Balasore in Odisha State, and claiming their loved ones. Some had arrived via special train services, others in cars on Monday morning provided by … [Read more...] about In India, Trains Start Running Again by Devastating Crash Site
4th Annual Evanston Soccer Unity Festival
0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Kids & Family Each year the Evanston unity soccer festival continues to grow and create a strong sense of community around the sport we all love! Elliott Hurtig , Neighbor Posted Reply The Fourth Annual Evanston Unity Soccer Festival kicked off last Saturday at Kamen Park under grey skies and a threat of rain, but that did not keep 24 teams from showing up to play the game they love. According to Elliott Hurtig, founder and organizer of the event, “The purpose of the festival is to celebrate Evanston, its wonderful diversity, and the passion that so many people have for the game of soccer.” Hurtig continued by saying, “This is really a grassroots effort to bring people together, to make connections and build a strong sense of community. Soccer is the vehicle for doing it, but the real energy for … [Read more...] about 4th Annual Evanston Soccer Unity Festival
At the Fortnite World Cup, Slurp Juice, Zip Lines and a Teenage Millionaire Winner
Next month, Arthur Ashe Stadium will be teeming with Lacoste polo shirts and tasteful chinos. Tennis fans will order $69 caviar plates (one ounce of hackleback) and $17 signature cocktails (vodka, lemonade, raspberry liqueur and honeydew melon balls) at Lure Oyster Bar. The fortunate few will watch players like Federer, Williams and Nadal from suites paid for by credit card companies and white-shoe law firms. That is all in the future, though. This weekend, Arthur Ashe Stadium was teeming with, well, teenagers. There were also preteens (with their attendant parents) and men in their 20s, and occasionally 30s. But there were a lot of teenagers. They made their way to the U.S.T.A. Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens to watch their favorite competitors play their favorite game: Fortnite. Kyle Giersdorf, 16, known as Bugha, won the first prize of $3 million . “Everything I’ve done, the grind, it’s all paid off,” he said. “It’s insane.” [ Read more about what … [Read more...] about At the Fortnite World Cup, Slurp Juice, Zip Lines and a Teenage Millionaire Winner
Protected Habitat, for a Population of One
PROTECTION ISLAND, Wash. — From their perch atop a dead tree on the edge of a cliff, a pair of bald eagles enjoyed a panoramic view of a small island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, off the coast of Washington State. Far below, seated on a bench surrounded by tall, swaying grasses, the island’s lone human resident, Marty Bluewater, watched them through binoculars. For the past 50 years, Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge has been his touchstone. He has accumulated a lifetime of memories here, welcoming six deer who swam over from the mainland and have grown to a small herd, hosting five pairs of nesting swallows in his eaves every spring, and celebrating two weddings — one his own. Mr. Bluewater, 72, is the only person to have a lifetime tenancy on the roughly 370-acre, two-mile-long island. In the 1970s, developers envisioned it as a beach community with an airstrip and a marina. They flew prospective buyers over in small airplanes. The pilots doubled as … [Read more...] about Protected Habitat, for a Population of One