“…it’s horrific. I have lived here my whole life. I have been a cop for my whole adult life and I have never seen anything like this.”-James Singletary, Beaumont police chief, PBS Newshour interview 04SEP2017
Video Beaumont rail yard flyover, 02 SEP 2017:
“There were at least 150 adults and 1-hundred kids, along […] Continue Reading…
Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS): A phrase created by me to describe a phenomenon taking place across the United States, affecting both privately and publicly funded schools, from Kindergarten all the way through University levels.
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”-George Orwell (aka Eric Arthur Blair)
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Update, 11 SEP 2017: U.S. Geological Survey reports as of 10 SEP 2017 more than 260 earthquakes rocked Caribou County, Idaho! The USGS believes the quakes will continue but gave no reason why. A professor at Idaho State University claims the swarm quakes are “a whole series of aftershocks”. USGS quake data is higher […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in August 2017.
31% of U.S. fuel refining operations shutdown by Hurricane Harvey. The largest fuel pipeline shutdown (Colonial Pipeline), halting 3-million barrels per day (bpd) of refined fuel to the eastcoast. 1-million barrels of oil released from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Contrary to what many main […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of August, 2017: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production, spread of disease and extreme weather.
Hurricane Harvey slamming Texas and Louisiana. Texas getting […] Continue Reading…
HARVEY: KENTUCKY MILITIA DEPLOYS TO TEXAS!
San Antonio based 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, USMC Reserve deployed to help rescue operations during the ongoing storm known as Harvey.
HARVEY: LOUISIANA MARINES DEPLOY!
During the weekend (26-27 AUG 2017) that Hurricane Harvey made first landfall, Border Patrol (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) personnel at Port of New Orleans cleared almost 12-thousand passengers from three cruise ships diverted from Galveston, Texas, due to the hurricane.
HARVEY: DRAMATIC BORDER PATROL RESCUE VIDS!
“Being ready and in place is as important as any training that we do, and our engagements at Parish level are absolutely critical. In anticipation of the storm’s track, we continue prepositioning equipment and vehicles in potentially affected areas as well as responding to the immediate needs of today.”-Major General Glenn H. Curtis
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Weather training for the U.S. Air Force is being sped up with new segmented (“blended”) courses using internet, computers and in-house classes.