Archive for September, 2018
The 11 cities most likely to run out of potable water for one reason or another
Monday, September 3rd, 2018It shouldn’t be a surprise, then, that Cape Town is just the tip of the iceberg. Here are the other 11 cities most likely to run out of water.
1. São Paulo
2. Bangalor
3. Beijing
4. Cairo
5. Jakarta
6. Moscow
7. Istanbu
8. Mexico City
9. London
10. Tokyo
11. Miami
9/2/1666: The Great Fire of London breaks out in the house of King Charles II’s baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge.
Sunday, September 2nd, 2018https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er3GKw8Z3R4
“……The Great Fire of London was a disaster waiting to happen. London of 1666 was a city of medieval houses made mostly of oak timber. Some of the poorer houses had walls covered with tar, which kept out the rain but made the structures more vulnerable to fire. Streets were narrow, houses were crowded together, and the firefighting methods of the day consisted of neighborhood bucket brigades armed with pails of water and primitive hand pumps. ….”
9/1/1983: Soviet jet fighters intercept a Korean Airlines passenger flight in Russian airspace and shoot the plane down, killing 269 souls
Saturday, September 1st, 20189/1/1894: Hinckley, Minnesota, is destroyed by a forest fire with about 440 people dying.
Saturday, September 1st, 20189/1/2004: an armed gang of Chechen separatist rebels enters a school in southern Russia and takes more than 1,000 people hostage. Ultimately, about 340 people (1/2 kids) died during the siege.
Saturday, September 1st, 2018DRC-Ebola update: The outbreak totals 116, which includes 86 confirmed and 30 probable cases.
Saturday, September 1st, 2018
“……As of 29 August 2018, a total of 116 EVD cases (86 confirmed and 30 probable) including 77 deaths (47 confirmed and 30 probable)1 have been reported in five health zones in North Kivu (Beni, Butembo, Oicha, Mabalako, Musienene) and one health zone in Ituri (Mandima). Eight suspected cases from Mabalako (n=5) and Beni (n=3) are currently pending laboratory testing to confirm or exclude EVD. The majority of cases (65 confirmed and 21 probable) have been reported from Mabalako Health Zone (Figure 2). The median age of confirmed and probable cases is 35 years (interquartile range 19–45.5 years), and 56% were female (Figure 3).
Fifteen cases have been reported among health workers, of which 14 were laboratory confirmed; one has died…..”
The Publix supermarket chain voluntarily recalls ground chuck shipped to stores in two dozen Florida counties.
Saturday, September 1st, 2018“On August 30, 2018, Publix Super Markets Inc. issued a voluntary recall on an undetermined amount of ground beef products made from chuck that may be contaminated with Escherichia coli, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) release. To date, there are 15 E. coli cases in Florida associated with the recalled ground beef product.….”
