In The News Today...

50-80,000 people evacuated from Fort McMurray, Alberta:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/catastrophic-fort-mcmurray-wildfire-surpasses-10-000-hectares-1.3566310

My friends working up there are safe and out of the city now, though they were stuck on the road last night. Fort Mac has taken a beating in the last year due to the slump in oil prices... it was a much more packed town when the oil price was $100/barrel.

It reminds me of the 2011 Slave Lake fire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Slave_Lake_wildfire

Quote: Fleastiff

... High wages in the auto plants and then high wages in all defense plants brought migration to the city but settlement within was probably still by neighborhoods...

This was probably not by the choice of the home buyers. Real Estate agents wouldn't even show minority buyers homes in the majority neighborhoods. propagating de facto housing segregation.

Russian orchestra plays in Palmyra after ISIS destroyed historic city. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-05-05/russian-orchestra-performs-concert-syrias-palmyra-ruins-recently-held-isis-live-webc#comments

There was a concert when the Berlin Wall fell.... it was a victory, but what victory is being celebrated when an entire city is destroyed? The victory of Public Relations over riding the truth?

In this case I believe it is to raise support to rebuild Palmyra, and stick a thumb in Obama's eye?

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50-80,000 people evacuated from Fort McMurray, Alberta:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/catastrophic-fort-mcmurray-wildfire-surpasses-10-000-hectares-1.3566310

Jesus CHRIST. Anyone peep the link Cess provided? There's a time lapse from an airport showing the fire moving in. There's one slide in there that shows the flames, they must be 200'+ high! That doesn't look like anything I have ever seen. It reminds me of a doc I watched on the Tsar Bomb =/

Quote: Face

Jesus CHRIST. Anyone peep the link Cess provided?

It's the Left Coast. I lived out there
for 7 years, there is always some
kind of natural disaster going on.
Either there's a crushing drought,
or it's raining so much houses are
sliding down hillsides, or something
is burning down, or quakes are
happening every 20 min. You're
appalled at first, but you get used
to it.

Quote: Face

Jesus CHRIST. Anyone peep the link Cess provided? There's a time lapse from an airport showing the fire moving in. There's one slide in there that shows the flames, they must be 200'+ high! That doesn't look like anything I have ever seen. It reminds me of a doc I watched on the Tsar Bomb =/

It's a crazy situation... two years ago, it'd have been even worse as Fort Mac was a oil boom town. It was instead a city sort of wavering, as people were just abandoning the place, house prices had crashed, and unemployment through the roof. Still, they reckon it's in the billion's of dollars worth of damage, and that's still lots of money even in US$.

The fire is worsened by the winds, which are still high, though it looks like it's in the direction away from the town. I don't know what my friends will have lost yet, but whole neighbourhoods are gone. I'm pretty sure they'll be lots of people who won't be back for a long time. If ever.

Quote: Face

Jesus CHRIST. Anyone peep the link Cess provided? There's a time lapse from an airport showing the fire moving in. There's one slide in there that shows the flames, they must be 200'+ high! That doesn't look like anything I have ever seen. It reminds me of a doc I watched on the Tsar Bomb =/

They are saying it's the biggest fire since the San Francisco earthquake fire. That's 110 years. In damage, or size or something else I'm not sure.

Penn State
The Sandusky child molestation case.
Penn State has paid out 60 mil to victims
Penn State is trying to recoup that money from their Insurer
The Insurer balked, no way
So Penn St sued the Insurance Company
The Insurance company is fighting back
Why should they pay when Penn St knew what was going on for decades.
In Court documents - "in 1976, a child allegedly reported to PSU's Head Coach Joseph Paterno that he (the child) was sexually molested by Sandusky "
1976
He knew all along.
What a sicko. Disgusting.
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/05/court_filing_says_joe_paterno.html#incart_big-photo