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By now you’ve probably heard about the 6 feet of lake effect snow that bombarded parts of New York state over the weekend.
As you might expect, numerous security cameras and video doorbells captured the action as the snow piled up to record-breaking depths.
Personally, I can’t even imagine trying to deal with snow that’s deeper than I am tall, but millions of New Yorkers are having to do just that. [Read more…]
We Earthlings are quite familiar with volcanoes since their frequent eruptions sometimes make the national news.
Most of us also know that an entire U.S. state (Hawaii) was created by a series of volcanic eruptions.
But guess what? Earth isn’t the only planet in the solar system that has volcanoes on it.
Living (and loving) Life
If you know anyone who lives in Longyearbyen (on the Norwegian island of Svalbard) you might want to tell them not to do anything too dangerous because, well…it’s illegal to die there.
Yes, you read that right. It’s been illegal to die in Longyearbyen for well over half a century.
Ever since 1950 it’s been illegal to shake off your mortal coil there.
Living (and loving) Life
Chances are you’ve never heard of singer-songwriter Jim Sullivan.
In fact, it would be a surprise if you had because he disappeared from the scene before his fledgling music career really had a chance to take off.
By the way, when I say he “disappeared”, I mean that literally.
If you do a lot of driving you’ve no doubt seen a wide variety of trucks on the highways.
Everything from small pick-ups to the big rigs that deliver food and other goods to the stores can be seen most anytime and anywhere while we’re out and about on the roads.
Well, the trucks you’re going to see in today’s video aren’t just a little larger than the “big rigs”. They actually dwarf them. [Read more…]