Notices by AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org), page 10

"It was 104F (40C) outside, but in the chicken houses, it was even hotter.

Between the sweat and the enormous industrial fans to stave off even higher temperatures, workers couldn’t keep their goggles and masks sealed on their faces, Nirav Shah, principal deputy director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told reporters. The fans also spread feathers and debris, which can carry the virus aloft, Shah said."

#ppe #heatwave #hpai #h5n1

Extreme heat may be crucial factor in human spread of bird flu

As heatwaves hit the US, farm workers struggle to wear PPE. The country now faces its biggest human outbreak

"Extreme heat may be a crucial factor behind the biggest bird flu outbreak in humans in the US as officials continue to track the virus’ spread.

A heatwave in Colorado likely caused personal protective equipment not to work correctly for workers culling poultry infected with H5N1, a highly pathogenic bird flu. Four people have tested positive for H5N1 and a fifth is also expected to have their case confirmed as bird flu, officials said this week."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/19/extreme-heat-human-bird-flu

#birdflu #h5n1 #ppe #hpai #heatwaves

#Crowdstrike #humor

Spirit Airlines gate agent TOTALLY loses it at Burbank. #aviation #KBUR https://www.insideedition.com/spirit-airlines-gate-agent-caught-on-video-having-meltdown-after-passengers-question-plane-flight

@tchambers @karaswisher @fediversenews Hmm, is Walt Mossberg still active anywhere?

ABC7: North Carolina DMV offices closed due to Crowdstrike disruption https://abc11.com/post/ncdmv-north-carolina-hospitals-among-several-services-significantly/15071591/ #crowdstrike #NC

Federal "Minimum Wages" for employees who receive more than $30 a MONTH in tips is $2.13 an hour. If you wonder why folks are working multiple jobs and can't make ends meet, it's because (if you are in a state using the Fed minimums) -- they're running as fast as they can in place to make the business they work for profitable.

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped
#tips

Alas, the terrible dilemma of a trophy wife
Where you just want to shop, and get on with your life
Where the rich dude you married, for jewels and his money
Won't go away, but instead wants you to act like his honey
Doesn't he get it, you don't want to be seen?!
Holding his hand, near his bright orange sheen?
Alas, how were you to know when you put on his ring
It would be such a drag, this trophy wife thing

#satire #poem (human)

ps. not a personal poem, just commentary ;-)

Texas Observer: "Hunger Was Already Bad Enough. Then Beryl Hit." https://www.texasobserver.org/hunger-hurricane-houston-beryl/ #HOUwx #TXwx #Beryl #disasters #hunger

Ah yes, that brings the message home for sure, a bunch of older white folks with "Mass Deportation Now" signs. I wonder what the pre-WW2 German version of this was.

h/t to @mattblaze for his news prediction skills. #LasVegas #COVID19

CBS News: "U.S. Summer heat is causing soda cans to burst on Southwest Airlines flights, injuring flight attendants"

(Okay, I officially did NOT have this on the climate change bingo card. )

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/summer-heat-causing-soda-cans-to-burst-on-southwest-airlines-flights/
#sodashrapnel #climateemergency #heatwaves #aviation

AP: Repair crews face threats in Houston by those still without power a week after Beryl

"Drawn guns. Thrown rocks. Threatening messages. Houston's prolonged outages following Hurricane Beryl has some fed-up and frustrated residents taking out their anger on repair workers who are trying to restore power across the city.

The threats and confrontations have prompted police escorts, charges in at least two cases, and pleas from authorities and local officials to leave the linemen alone so they can work."

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/17/nx-s1-5043279/beryl-houston-repair-crews-face-threats-still-without-power

#beryl #HurricaneBeryl #HOUwx #TXwx #PowerOutages #Centerpoint

#ClimateEmergency #heatwaves https://iri.columbia.edu/our-expertise/climate/forecasts/seasonal-climate-forecasts/

Examining photos from this weekend's beer brewing experiment, saw this image... if you squint hard enough, it looks like the figure of a rat or mouse in the foam. 🫢 #beer #rat

Then again...

https://www.loc.gov/resource/music.musihas-200219287/?sp=1&r=0.009,0.693,0.887,0.551,0

Dang, sorry to hear a friend who was battling long COVID... got COVID again, but now recovering. Sounds like it's definitely circulating around locally, this is about the fifth person I have heard of in my neighborhood in the last two weeks. If you can avoid this round, more power to you. (yes, still the only person masking in stores, but I also have non-sensible exposure due to too many family obligations). #CovidIsNotOver #covid19

Bold Southwest Airlines pilot. Hope everyone has their belt buckled, LOL.

Mama Mia! #ChicagoWx #ILwx