The “Long Winter” of 1880/81 The winter of 1880/81, popularized by author Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 1940 novel “The Long Winter,” was variously described as “the hard winter,” “the black winter,” the “long winter,” the “starvation winter,” or the “snow winter.” Journalist J Mark Powell wrote in January, 2018 “Think you’ve seen severe winter weather? No …
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Feb 24 2021
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ek hornbeck and I traveled through Nova Scotia twice and spent several days in its capital Halifax. The city has a large maritime museum that houses artifacts from the Titanic, which sank in April if 1912 and cemetery where some of the victims are buried but that is just some of the city’s history. On …
Feb 22 2021
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Everyone is familiar with spice, vanilla from its distinct aroma to its taste in deserts to drinks. Vanilla is even used to enhance the flavor of chocolate in baking. It also has an interesting history. Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily obtained from pods of the Mexican species, flat-leaved …
Feb 20 2021
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Earth’s Rotation We know the Earth rotates…but why can’t we feel it? On this StarTalk explainer, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice investigate centrifugal force and the Earth’s rotation. What is centrifugal force? Well, if you’ve been on a carnival ride, you probably know. However, Neil tells us …
Feb 18 2021
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It’s snowing here in Stars Hollow South, started a couple of hours ago. It’s cold – 25°F – and no wind, so the flakes are fine, light, making very fluffy snow that is sticking to everything but shouldn’t be too heavy to shovel. The forecast here is 5 – 6 inches at the most. Our …
Feb 17 2021
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The US is covered with that cold white stuff – snow. I feel sorry about the emergency in Texas due to the sudden Arctic weather that took down their independent electric system but, hey, the majority voted for the fools who put this is place over the last, what, 12 years. Good for President Biden, …
Feb 16 2021
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USS Jamestown The first USS Jamestown was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Jamestown was launched in 1844 by the Gosport Navy Yard, Virginia; and commissioned there on 12 December, with Commander Robert B. Cunningham in command. She departed Hampton Roads on 25 June 1845 …