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Stormy Weather

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Severe thunderstorms are producing large hail and damaging winds gusts locally and across the central and southern Plains.

Intense rainfall associated with these thunderstorms will lead to a threat of flooding. A heat wave will spread from Texas into the Desert Southwest and California Thursday with record-breaking warm temperatures forecasted through the weekend.

ANGRY AGATHA

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After being lied to for years by The GOP about climate change, set your eyes on Agatha and realize these lies could be killing us.

Hurricane Agatha, one of the earliest and strongest hurricanes on record to strike North America from the Pacific, makes landfall in Mexico, according to forecasters.

Hurricane Agatha made history as the strongest hurricane ever recorded to come ashore in May during the eastern Pacific hurricane center, making landfall on a sparsely populated stretch of small beach towns and fishing villages in southern Mexico.

World Bee Day

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World Bee Day is celebrated every year on May 20 because on this day Anton Janša, the pioneer of beekeeping, was born in 1734.

The purpose of international day is to acknowledge the role of bees as pollinators for the global ecosystem. Consistently on this day, the public should be focused on the significance of saving honey bees. 

To learn about the importance of World Bee Day I decided to be with my well-behaved neighbors on City Island, New York.

COVID KEEPS KILLING US

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Governments all over the world have systematically and massively under-reported the number of COVID deaths over the years.

The  global pandemic has reportedly caused an estimated 15 million deaths and counting. This is a 12 alarm 🔥 fire, folks.

Chemist Breaking Good

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News -Revving up a process slowing down as we age may protect against atherosclerosis, a major cause of heart attacks and strokes.

Potato Heads Up

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This is why should rub your car windshield with a potato. How many times have woke up to find a cold frozen car windshield?

My old friend, who I like o call Brother Moon says this not only is delaying the departure to our destination, but it is a nuisance and a hassle.  Our options are to scrape off the ice or deice the windshield with a store-bought or homemade deicer or use a cut piece of potato. https://youtu.be/AErz6zswKxc

Omicron On The Run?
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After the first Omicron case was found in California, 10 cases are reported including New York, Minnesota, Hawaii, and Colorado.

The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is the latest strain of the coronavirus to be designated a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization: more nations are reporting cases, and it has an unusual combination of mutations that may spread.

Harvest Moon 2021

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The Harvest Moon this year in 2021 is spectacular in many ways. Harvest moons are full moons that occur once a year when sister moon is closest to the autumnal equinox, which is the beginning of Autumn or Fall, usually on Sept. 22 or 23. This year's harvest moon arrives tonight September 20 and will appear exactly opposite the sun at 7:54 p.m.

Mark your calendar because if you miss it tonight,  you will have to wait 12 months to see the light of this silvery moon before it returns once again.

Not Easy Being Green

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The diversity of life from the level of a gene to the level of the ecosystem is declining precipitously across the entire globe.

Biodiversity refers to all of the species in one region or ecosystem and to every living thing, including plants, bacteria, animals, and humans.

At its simplest, biodiversity is about living nature or life on Earth - different genes, species, and ecologies and, as a consequence, the varying landscapes, regions, and habitats in which they exist via