Where's the Presidential Tourist?
When's the National Disaster Declaration?
[FoxWeather] Helene, which is now post-tropical, will continue to bring the threat of flooding rains as the system meanders across the East, the FOX Forecast Center said.
Recovery operations are ongoing across the Southeast as communities across the region grapple with Hurricane Helene’s catastrophic destruction that left at least 60 people dead, whole neighborhoods underwater and millions of people without power.
The Category 4 hurricane made landfall along Florida’s Big Bend region late Thursday night with 140 mph winds that left widespread destruction across the region while hundreds of people needed to be rescued from the flooding and damaged property caused by the storm’s relentless winds and precipitation.
As of Sunday, power outages remain across several states affecting nearly 3 million customers – a slight improvement from the peak of the storm, when 4.7 million were without power.
DEVASTATING STORM SURGE, NEAR 100 MPH WIND GUSTS SLAM FLORIDA
Helene's storm surge caused catastrophic damage along Florida's Gulf Coast, where more than 240,000 utility customers remained without power Sunday morning. The Big Bend region experienced surges exceeding 15 feet, while Clearwater Beach and Tampa saw their highest levels in decades.
Following landfall, the storm quickly moved through Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee, uprooting trees, splintering homes and overwhelming rivers and dams.
A catastrophic flood threat was narrowly avoided Saturday along the Nolichucky River in East Tennessee as the remnants of Helene unleashed torrential rainfall, pushing the river to the brink of a critical emergency.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a dire Flash Flood Emergency late Friday as the Nolichucky Dam in Greeneville was feared to be teetering on the verge of collapse, threatening imminent danger to communities downstream. However, the dam survived the onslaught and the waters, while still several feet above record flood stage, are starting to recede.
This comes after a record-breaking 28 Flash Flood Emergencies were issued across the Southeast, including Georgia, western North Carolina, parts of South Carolina and Virginia. Friday saw the most Flash Flood Emergencies issued in a single day nationwide.
Even as the storm weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, its devastating effects continued to be felt.
HELENE'S LIFE-THREATENING FLOODS INUNDATE BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA
FOX Weather continues to follow the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, as over 200 reports of flooding have poured in from across the Southeast. Boone, North Carolina, is currently under a Flash Flood Warning, with life-threatening flooding inundating the area on Friday. Meteorologist Jane Minar is reporting live from Boone with the latest on the situation there.
Dozens of water rescues as record floods slam western North Carolina, Atlanta
In North Carolina, the storm's torrential rains caused catastrophic flooding, particularly in the Asheville area. At least 50 water rescues were reported, and tragically, 19 lives were lost. The flooding was so severe that parts of the state remained underwater days after the storm passed.
Atlanta experienced its first-ever Flash Flood Emergency, breaking a 138-year-old rainfall record with 11.18 inches in two days. This caused severe flooding that submerged entire neighborhoods.
Rescue crews worked tirelessly to save stranded individuals, including a woman who was rescued by FOX Weather Meteorologist Bob Van Dillen. Hearing her cries for help while reporting nearby, Van Dillen immediately jumped into action to save her from the rising floodwaters.
Helene, which is now post-tropical, will continue to bring the threat of flooding rains as the system meanders across the East, the FOX Forecast Center said.
Around 2-4 inches of additional rain is likely from Western Tennessee into Ohio. Additional rain is expected in the Northern Appalachian Mountains. Helene's lingering effects should finally exit the Northeast late Tuesday into Wednesday.
Courtesy of Besoeker:
Hurricane Helene - Please Pray for Western North Carolina
[X] Pray for Western North Carolina. They have nothing left and not much in the way of assistance on the way. This before and after picture is taken from the exact spot and is just one example of what these folks are faced with.
I don't usually get personal here, but the hurricane took out part of my family's home, trapped my grandparents on their farm with no power or service, and completely wiped off the map the town where I *just* got married. Please don't forget Appalachia when talking about Helene. pic.twitter.com/k8Ngcsk6lY
— Rowan Brighton Brown (is revising!) (@RowanBrightonB) September 28, 2024
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UPDATE:
HAZ-MAT on alert.
Bio-Lab in Rockdale Co. fire involved a lot of Chems. The Rockdale FD put water on it, that created a large Chem CLOUD that I was told resulted in the need to shutdown I-20 headed towards or coming from Augusta's direction.
Up here just off I-75 GA exit 212 we are seeing bumper to bumper traffic headed SOUTH, coming out of Atlanta.
Area Lowe's, WM's, gas stations, Harbor Freight, Dollar General, Family dollar, and etc.. all quickly selling out of TP, LP, Generators, canned 40/1 fuel, bread/food, Gas and diesel fuels.
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I just showed that article to Mr. Wife, who is a chemist/chemical engineer by training. He noted that the BioLab company is not a bio lab but a pool/water treatment chemicals manufacturer, and that the primary concern is not mustard gas but chlorine gas. A secondary concern would be if the chlorine reacts with ammonia, which would produce mustard gas. Ammonia is used in cooling systems.
Both gasses are toxic and cause lung damage, but quickly dissipate toward harmless levels in the open air, and are easily washed out of the air by rain. There is no concern about a long-lasting toxic residue in the local environment. There is a concern that in a fire environment chemical reactions take place, depending on what other chemicals were in the building.
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Mustard gases' blistering effects can be neutralized by oxidation or chlorination, using household bleach (sodium hypochlorite), or by nucleophilic attack using decontamination solutions such as "DS2" (2% NaOH, 70% diethylenetriamine, 28% 2-methoxyethanol). After initial decontamination of the victim's wounds is complete, medical treatment is similar to that required by any conventional burn.
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Diversity courtesy of Harris-Biden
H/T X account Bridge at Remagen:
Eight people arrested following alleged looting in Washington County, Tennessee
“each of the eight men arrested are being held at the Washington County Detention Center on a $20,000 bond
Burglary: Jesus Leodan Garcia-Peneda, Josue Berardo Ortis-Valdez, Ersy Leonel Ortis-Valdez
Aggravated Burglary: Albin Nahun Vega-Rapalo, David Bairon Rapalo-Rapalo, Kevin Noe Martinez-Lopez, Marvin Hernandez-Martinez”
[JustTheNews] Probe comes after FCC Commissioner Brendan warned review of a Soros-backed purchase of Audacy stations was taking a "shortcut" around normal procedures.
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee opened an inquiry Thursday into the Federal Communications Commission's expedited approval of a deal that would give Democrat megadonor George Soros a large stake in more than 200 U.S. radio stations, alleging the body was in an effort to "interfere in the 2024 election and politicize" a body that is supposed to be independent.
The investigation announced by Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., came after FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr disclosed last week to Congress that the Commission's review of a Soros-backed purchase of Audacy stations was taking a "shortcut" around its normal procedures for reviewing station deals that could result in a significant foreign stake or control.
"The FCC appears to be bypassing standard processes and procedures in an unprecedented way to benefit a Democrat megadonor acquiring a major equity stake in hundreds of local radio stations across the country," the lawmakers wrote.
The committee described Soros as a "financier of organizations advocating for speech restrictions and censorship of conservatives online" and said a group he was involved with was attempting to purchase $415 million in debt in a Chapter 11 reorganization of Audacy, Inc., which owns over 200 radio stations.
"By all appearances, the FCC majority isn’t just expediting, but is bypassing an established process to do a favor for George Soros and facilitate his influence over hundreds of radio stations before the November election," Comer and Langworthy wrote.
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So basically.
Biden's admin has allowed 220+ Radio stations, with over 165M listeners, to be sold to and owned by a Pro-Socialist, NON-USA person/company that is ANTI-USA. All less than 37 days before the Nov 5 election.
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FWIW, Boston's 92.9 FM recently went from a classic rock format to 'Bloomberg News'. I have 'Bloomberg News' in scare quotes for this reason - it ain't a news channel, it might as well be called DNC Radio.
That part of the Dem airwave blitz is already happening.
“to be the president of the USA, he had to have the backing of certain people like the Clintons” and “the [George] Soros people…the ones who are really controlling everything out there.”
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Many years ago, and I mean many, I liked NPR. My local NPR station had a wide variety of programs. I especially liked Blue Monday where Blues music was played all day. Back in maybe 2000 Blue Monday was canceled and Fresh Air and Democracy Now were played back to back. I quit then and they got no more donations from me.
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Rush made AM radio relevant. It will now slip off into the cold good night. Soros ownership is like wedging a brick onto the accelerator.
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[NYPOST] The superintendent of Staten Island public schools was abruptly removed from her post amid ongoing accusations of lashing out against staff and vowing ''No more white principals,'' The Post has learned.
Sources said she will keep her $230,000 salary and serve as ''facilitator'' in the Leaders in Education Apprenticeship Program (LEAP), which prepares teachers to become principals with a focus on racial equity.
Marion Wilson, who led District 31 schools for three and a half years, was swept out of her office on Sept. 20, and told to report to the Department of Education's Tweed headquarters in Manhattan.
Wilson ''will be transitioning to a central team,'' Danika Rux, deputy chancellor for school leadership, said Monday in an internal announcement, without any explanation for the swift and stunning ouster.
Sources said she will keep her $230,000 salary and serve as ''facilitator'' in the Leaders in Education Apprenticeship Program (LEAP), which prepares teachers to become principals with a focus on racial equity.
DOE officials refused to explain Wilson's removal, but a school insider said she was caught on tape denouncing district employees.
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Sources said she will keep her $230,000 salary and serve as ''facilitator'' in the Leaders in Education Apprenticeship Program (LEAP), which prepares teachers to become principals with a focus on racial equity.
Still able to spread the poison, just a little more discreetly.
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Last thing you want in a school system is reading, writing, arithmetic, and all that other white supremacy stuff. Teach too much of that and the kids will start getting jobs and being successful and no longer dependent on the Democratic Party for a livelihood.
Where could they get the names and addresses for the blank ballots?
[JustTheNews] D’Souza's interview with former President Donald Trump is woven throughout the film.
In a documentary called Vindicating Trump that opened Friday in about 850 theaters nationwide, conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza hired investigators to imagine ways dishonest political operatives might be able to sway an election.
One of their solutions was simple: run blank ballots through a copy machine, or simply purchase thousands of them online, both of which the investigators claimed to do with ease in the film.
One investigator is seen phoning a voting registration office and asking whether it’s legal to make duplicates of his mail-in ballot, and the voice on the other line says that it is.
Another investigator is shown purchasing 1 million names of registered voters for $35 so he can easily identify likely non-voters whose names and forged signatures could be used on the duplicated ballots.
In an interview with Just the News, D’Souza called the segment one of the more shocking elements of his new movie.
“We told our investigators, ‘Don’t just tell us you can make ballots, go make ballots. Prove to us these are ballots that can be cast without being detected.’ And they did,” D’Souza said. “It’s mind-blowing, to be honest.”
It’s familiar ground for D’Souza, who previously made 2,000 Mules, a documentary that explored allegations that Democratic operatives were stuffing ballot boxes during the 2020 election in which then-President Donald Trump lost to then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
D’Souza obtained from state officials video of the alleged ballot-stuffing, but the mainstream media and most government officials dismissed the claims made in the film as unfounded, not significant enough to have mattered or not illegal, given COVID-19 protocols in place at the time that were designed to make voting easier.
Salem Media Group, Inc., the company behind the book and film “2,000 Mules,” in May issued an apology and said it would halt distribution of the film and remove both the film and book from its platforms. It apologized to one voter specifically portrayed as illegally voting whom Georgia officials cleared of wrongdoing.
2,000 Mules was backward-looking, while D’Souza produced Vindicating Trump to be, in part, forward looking.
“The premise is that Democrats are expected to cheat, but they can’t do so in the same way as before because people will be looking for it,” he said. “We have to think like the criminals. We’re not saying it happened, we’re saying it could. My purpose for exposing it is to make it more difficult.”
D’Souza had an additional forward-looking scene in Vindicating Trump whereby actor Nick Searcy plays an “intelligence bad guy” who hatches a plot to assassinate Trump. When the CIA balks, he laments: “Too bad it’s not the 60’s, right?”
D’Souza, who provided a clip of that scene to Just the News, said the scene was filmed prior to the July 13 attempt on Trump’s life, when he was shot in the ear while at a rally in Pennsylvania.
The scenes with Searcy and dozens of other actors are imaginative recreations of what might be going on behind the scenes at media outlets, Democratic headquarters and government agencies, who are portrayed in the movie as colluding with each other to keep Trump from the presidency and elect Vice President Kamala Harris.
“It’s not just interviews and stock footage like the usual documentary, we created an emotional storyline,” D’Souza told Just the News.
Among those interviewed is Trump, and D’Souza said the former president had to delay their meeting at Mar-a-Lago several times, which proved fortuitous, since the two men finally sat down together about 10 days after the first assassination attempt while, without the rescheduling, the interview would have happened prior.
The interview is woven throughout the film, and D’Souza called it “the centerpiece of the movie.”
He added: “I ask Trump somewhat unexpected questions because I want to see the tumblers of his mind work, and give the audience a window into his soul.”
D’Souza also provided Just the News a clip of the Trump interview in which he discusses accusations leveled by his detractors that he represents a danger to democracy.
The film, viewed by Just the News, begins with several celebrities hobnobbing with Trump decades earlier, including Jay Leno, David Letterman and the cast of "Saturday Night Live."
“Politicians and superstars lined up to be photographed with the embodiment of the American Dream. All that changed in 2015 when he crossed the political Rubicon and decided to run for president as a Republican,” D’Souza says in the movie.
In another section of the movie, D’Souza says: “Democrats, including Obama, sought to frame him as a Russian spy, an asset of Putin, a traitor to the United States. Traitors are typically shot or hanged; so this was an attempted political assassination.”
The film also includes a news clip of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. saying on CNN, ”I can make the argument that President Biden is a much worse threat to democracy” than Trump.
It also includes a clip of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg saying on television: “Seeing Donald Trump get up after getting shot in the face and pump his fist in the air with the American flag is one of the most badass things I’ve ever seen in my life.”
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The methodologies discussed don’t seem viable to me. Ballots in my county have detachable serial numbers that are scanned against the voter record. The only realistic cheating strategy that I know of starts with corrupt folks on the inside.
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In a shocking MASK OFF moment, John Kerry, who served as US Secretary of State under @BarackObama, complained that the First Amendment makes it hard to have consensus in a “Democracy”’ and that social media and free speech are posing the biggest road blocks to those who… pic.twitter.com/VWkstLgcV5
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‘We could sell lots of cars if we are the only dealer who can advertise and sell cars directly to customers. If our customers know other cars with better features and value exist we can never sell cars. Let’s make laws that make it a crime to talk about cars not made by us….’
[ConservativeTreehouse] The Primanti Brothers restaurant chain is apparently owned and operated by hardcore left-wing activists. [Details on Restaurant Here]
About a month ago, it was reported in the Daily Mail the restaurant chain kicked out all of the regular dining patrons so they could stage actors as a campaign event for Kamals Harris in the Pittsburgh area.
The Harris campaign bussed in the press pool and a group of campaign supporters, essentially actors, to stage a photo shoot meet and greet and manufacture the appearance of support for Kamals Harris.
The August event was presented as “ordinary diners,” but was in fact a group of Harris campaign workers. Essentially this was typical astroturf sold as organic or authentic campaigning; it wasn’t. Everything around Kamala Harris is fake, manufactured and astroturf performance.
Staff at the restaurant told patrons they would have to leave at 4:00pm due to a ‘private event’ which turned out to be a campaign stop for Kamala Harris.
♦ In a remarkable contrast, today the same restaurant chain blocked republican VP nominee JD Vance from entering the building and campaigning.
A video taken by a diner within Primanti Brothers was posted on Twitter and quickly went viral. Apparently, most of the people inside the establishment immediately cancelled their orders as soon as they realized what was happening,
The barred JD Vance was undeterred and remained outside the building to thank people as they left. The video shows JD Vance telling those who were outraged that he paid for cancelled meals, left a tip and reminded the operator of the restaurant of the “no tax on tips” pledge from the campaign.
🚨🚨SHOCKING - YOUR THOUGHTS: JD Vance was barred from entering Primanti Bros (@primantibros) in North Versailles, PA.
As supporters waited for him inside, they were informed and decided to cancel their orders and just pay for their drinks.
Later, Primanti Brothers would allow Vance and his supporters to meet inside the restaurant and issued a statement in an attempt to avoid a conservative boycott.
“Our doors are open to all patrons who wish to dine with us,” the statement reads.
“Without any advance notice, today’s campaign stop caused some momentary confusion for our staff. However, Senator Vance and his team were welcomed into our restaurant shortly after and engaged with our guests inside and on the property.”
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
