DISCLAIMER: None of the stuff below is written or endorsed by the Outpost, and we’d be willing to bet that at least some of it is crazy and/or wrong. Use critical thinking.
Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023
Reuters: Peru's Korean-pop revolution in Quechua, 'Q-pop'
KOMO : 3 dead, 6 injured in mass shooting at south Seattle hookah lounge Sunday morning
KRCR: New evacuation orders issued Sunday morning for Happy Camp Complex
KRCR: Smith River Complex Sunday Update: over 25,000 acres burn as new evacuation orders issued
KTLA: Tropical Storm Hilary makes landfall, causes widespread flooding in Southern California
NPR: Tropical Storm Hilary approaches Southern California with punishing rains
LA Times: Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes Ojai area, rattling nerves as Hilary pounds SoCal
NPR: A California store owner was shot and killed over a Pride flag displayed at her shop
Non Sequitur: Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for Mon, 21 Aug 2023
RHBB: Wildfires from Orleans to Orick to Hoopa United Under New Name and One Command
SoHum Parlance: Redwood Wonk – the Georgia Indictments
SoHum Parlance: How America Became Stupid
RHBB: Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office Issues Evacuation ORDER for Gasquet
SoHum Parlance: On the AI Paranoia
RHBB: Arcata Transit Division Announces New Green and Gold Bus Route
RHBB: Helicopter Crew Installs New Lines between Humboldt Hill and King Salmon
RHBB: The South Fork Complex, Burning Mainly in Humboldt County but Perched Near Hyampom in Trinity County, Grows
Wild Rivers Outpost: Smith River Complex Update: Fuels Management, Firefighter Efforts Save Camp Six Repeaters; French Hill Residents Ordered to Evacuate
NY Times : Middle-Aged Adults Are Binge Drinking and Using Marijuana at Record Levels
RHBB: [UPDATE 11:39 a.m.] Devastating Smith River Complex Fire Forces Evacuations and Power Outages in Del Norte County
RHBB: Hotshot Firefighter Struck by a Falling Tree and Suffered Catastrophic Injuries in Six Rivers National Forest
NY Times: The Instagram Account That Shattered a California High School
NY Times: How a Small Group of Firms Changed the Math for Insuring Against Natural Disasters
NY Times: Why Were Nearly 100 Bears Shot by the State of Alaska?
KTLA: Those $1,000 diet drugs cost less than $100 abroad
News Nation: FBI: California police officers collected crime scene ‘trophies’
The Almanac: Caltrain to pilot the nation's first electric-battery powered train
Washington Post: British Columbia declares state of emergency amid ‘devastating’ wildfires
Washington Post: Taliban bringing water to Afghanistan’s parched plains via massive canal
Washington Post: Forget independence. Teach your kids interdependence instead.
AP News: One dead, 8 hurt in shooting at outdoor gathering in Philadelphia 2 days after killing on same block
AP News: Virginia hemp businesses start to see inspections and fines under new law
AP News: Tribal courts across the country are expanding holistic alternatives to the criminal justice system
AP News: California’s big bloom aids seed collectors as climate change and wildfires threaten desert species
AP News: Maui water is unsafe even with filters, one of the lessons learned from fires in California
AP News: Thousands more Mauritanians are making their way to the US, thanks to a route spread on social media
The Guardian: Photos: What children’s bedrooms look like around the world
NPR: Pickleball, the fastest growing sport in the country, is moving indoors
The Guardian: ‘Like a physical version of blackface’: actors with dwarfism hit out at Hollywood
The Guardian: Canary Islands: thousands more flee their homes as ‘out of ‘control’ wildfires rage
NPR: Small Kansas paper raided by police has a history of hard-hitting reporting
The Guardian: Hurricane Hilary downgraded amid warnings of ‘catastrophic’ flooding
The Guardian: ‘Coral are going to die’: Maui wildfires take toxic toll on marine ecology
The Guardian: Mountain treelines are rising due to climate crisis, study finds
The Guardian: Canada wildfires: thousands told to flee in British Columbia, as drone-flying tourists criticised
The Guardian: Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon
The Oregonian: OPINION: Kotek’s misguided fight with Oregon environmentalists
KRON: In lawsuit, Roblox accused of facilitating child gambling
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