Notices by Anne Ominous (rustoleumlove@mastodon.online)

@WarnerCrocker not sure what 'would be failure' youre referring to, but there is plenty of evidence that reducing speed limits saves lives.

from a literature review:

" 40% lives saved with the introduction of 30 km/h speed limits in cities."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002243752400152X

@ai6yr

i used to have a short talk with any new-to-town coworkers or students at my unis -- there were many of them

i'd stress that if they were ever anywhere in the city & had the sense that something was wrong, or someone was suspicious, they should GTFO immediately. even if that meant breaking into a run or looking foolish or possibly racist. to just get out of a situation if you had any inclination of danger.

Baltimore has problems. but it prepared me so well to deal w the unexpected

@lisamakesstuff from Cal Fire ---

#animals #evacuation #LA #fire #wildfire #palisades #Eaton #PalisadesFire #EatonFire

there is absolutely no rest for the genocidal, murderous Israeli regime. no objective but slaughter.

when will the world have seen enough dead Palestinian kids at the hands of Netanyahu, hie government, and his apartheid?

#FreePalestine

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-syria-lebanon-news-01-07-2025-c7b3e72f9f11513fd80f3f9e3ec74f87

ok so ... kudos to 'Nick'

this is the first time my ex has sent me a meme or post s(something he does all the time) that was from MASTODON! (which he does not use, so this made its way onto insta or reddit)

and also, ofc the post is just hilarious

how are temps looking in Antarctica this month?
YIKES is how.

#wx #weather #ExtremeWeather

oh, Mayotte.
this is really horrific destruction.

"Cyclone Chido, the worst storm to hit the French archipelago Mayotte in 90 years, may have killed “several hundred” people according to authorities. (or more)

The cyclone had put the region on high alert as it closed in on the African mainland, packing gusts of at least 226km/h (140mph).

The storm also hit the nearby Comoro Islands, causing flooding and damaging homes"

#hurricane #cyclone #ExtremeWeather #Mayotte

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/15/heavy-toll-feared-after-french-island-territory-hit-by-cyclone-mayotte

i understand, there are lots of folks still vulnerable to COVID and long COVID.

but OMFG, we are an exposed nation!!

and it looks like a lot of people have some level of protection due to exposure to either illness or vaccination.

AND, COVID activity in wastewater is low right now.

#COVID

@ai6yr i think about this graphic a lot, too

#food #insecurity #agriculture

ugh. Spain is getting pummeled

#Spain #flooding #DANA

https://watchers.news/2024/11/13/second-dana-storm-impacting-eastern-spain-after-historic-october-flooding/

@ZekuZelalem

i dont know what to say. what a horrible tragedy. this entire situation.. just awful. (and i see your subsequent post -- it is compounded by the world's decision to turn away)

i appreciate you keeping us informed of what is happening ...and also thank you for not showing the video.

take care of yourself.

@feld that old growth wood is insane too.

my home in Baltimore was built in 1896, and if you had to nail something into the beams in the basement, they were so hard that the noise coming out of them while driving the nail was like a banshee screaming.

tho i rarely post there, i kept my twitter account active bc so many govts & official orgs use the place, stupidly, to make announcements.

but now they'll be training AI w the tweets, & i wanted to remove mine. not easy to do manually.

some nice coder guy wrote a free script to delete all of your tweets, once you get an archive of your data.
i'm not super tech savvy but i was able to do it following his instructions in this vid.

just FYI

#twitter #AI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB1-z6LbX5w&t=290s

@WarnerCrocker considering that most big media is owned by rich right wingers, i dont think you're going to stop seeing them work for the GOP anytime soon.

in today's edition of No One Can Make This Shit Up:

RFK Jr, is trying to get ahead of a New Yorker story by releasing a new video in which he says he dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park and made a bicyclist look like the guilty party.

#USPol #Insanity

@inthehands

Asked by Harris Faulkner if JD Vance is ready on day one, Trump answers: “Historically, the vice president, in terms of the election, does not have any impact. I mean, virtually no impact...Virtually never has it mattered.”

LMFAO

that's as softball as they come and he couldn't even answer normally. Vance is two weeks from being just a coffee boy

Tropical Storm Beryl is forecast to become a major hurricane. For more info see image (and description) or https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

*uncertainty for this forecast at day 4 or 5 is still HIGH. stay tuned.

#hurricane #hurricanes #TropicalStorm #wx #weather #ExtremeWeather

June 26, 2024 --

summer weather is in high gear
check your local conditions

https://www.weather.gov/

#wx #weather

the National Weather Service has an interesting experimental graphic that anyone can use - a Heat Risk map that can warn about heat-related danger,

which is 🔥🔥 coming in the next week 🔥🔥 for much of the US.

you can zoom in in your local region

https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/heatrisk/

stay safe and cool, folks.
please keep your pets cool and out of the heat, & check on the vulnerable elderly if you can.

#wx #ExtremeWeather #heat #weather #Climate #ClimateChange

here it goes again for South Florida... probably a common refrain in the years to come.
yesterday's rainfall totals -- OOF. this land is beyond saturated.

"A Flood Watch remains in effect for all of S Florida thru Friday evening. Periods of widespread showers & thunderstorms w/ heavy rainfall will lead to the potential for localized flash flooding. Rainfall amounts of 4-8" expected across S Florida, with locally higher of 10"+ possible today."

https://www.weather.gov/mfl/

#wx #weather #flooding