Recent content by raybrag

Many people trapped in shopping center after collapse and fire. https://www.nbcnews.com/world/japan/earthquake-rocks-japan-tsunami-warnings-rcna589574 https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/28/world/live-news/japan-earthquake-kumamoto https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c9q2481v855t

Entropychaser had good suggestions. The Eads Bridge was the first bridge across the Mississippi south of the Missouri River. It was completed in 1874, and is still in use today (after some renovations). It originally carried railroad and road traffic, but the rail portion wasn't wide enough for...

Rev, 3 years is a short time to wait now. Newport News ordered two new Pierce TDAs early this year. Expected delivery date: late 2029!!!!!!

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/25/world/live-news/france-spain-wildfires-evacuations https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/quarter-million-people-flee-homes-france-spain-wildfires-burn-rcna589192

The Arch is worth a stop. Take the tram inside the arch for a fantastic long range view. Make reservations well in advance at Tickets. Have lunch at the Paddlewheel Cafe on the riverfront below the arch. Take a one hour cruise on a Mississippi River paddleboat there, too with Riverboat cruises...

From NNFD: "At approximately 0200 hours this morning in the 100 block of Cindy Circle, the NNFD responded to a residential structure fire. Upon arrival, the crews found the structure fully involved in flames. Initial deployment of lines was attempted; however, due to two structural collapses...

Note: Unit dispatch times are estimated (I was sound asleep) 0155: Phone alarm 1 Cindy Court BTN2 E009 E010 E011 EMS3 L009 M009 M011 RSC2 SAF2 TWR06 0207: Urgent E009 on scene; 2d alarm on arrival, 2 story Frame residence, fire blowing out of all downstairs windows. 0208: BTN1 CAR2...

That's the reason I don't use the mobile app . . . just the PC version with an ad blocker.

Not the only reason for humor for any poor SOB whose name was Shitting. :poop::poop::poop:

From the FDNY Facebook page: "At about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, FDNY Marine 8 received a call from the U.S. Coast Guard - Sector New York for someone on a personal watercraft in distress in the Raritan Bay. Marine 8 found a disabled jet ski approximately one mile off the Ideal Beach shoreline. The...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/1-dead-2-missing-boat-capsizes-alcatraz-san-francisco-bay-rcna587582 https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/up-to-9-people-injured-in-sf-bay-boat-fire-near-alcatraz-sffd/