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Special ops vets form ‘Redneck Air Force’ to ferry aid into NC mountains after feds come up short: ‘Who’s FEMA?’

SWANNANOA, North Carolina — Hundreds of special operations personnel in North Carolina have formed their own homegrown rescue and supply operation in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene after they grew tired of waiting for the federal government to get its act together.

The Post found an all-volunteer operation being run out of a Harley-Davidson dealership with ruthless efficiency and military precision.

“Who’s FEMA?” ex-Green Beret Adam Smith derisively responded when asked about the agency’s presence on the ground since the deadly storm ravaged the rural western part of the state.

Is that Kamala’s chopper?

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Hurricane Helene is America’s Chernobyl moment

The tragedy exposes the weakness of the US military

Hurricane Katrina looms large in American cultural consciousness. As one of the defining events during George W. Bush’s second term as president, the scale of the devastation that struck Louisiana — combined with the inadequacy of the relief effort — earned notoriety even outside the United States. Almost 20 years after the levees broke, another storm has swept in an unprecedented catastrophe: the economic and human cost of Hurricane Helene might be even greater than that of Katrina. So why, then, are so few people acting like that is the case?

In Appalachia, one of the poorest regions in the country, the common belief is that the mountains protect the locals from storms. Unfortunately, this is true only up to a point: when a hurricane like Helene hits — bringing once-in-a-thousand-years levels of rainfall — the mountains become a curse rather than a blessing. Helene has brought the mountains down, triggering mudslides and rockfalls that have destroyed entire towns and obliterated almost every road in a vast radius.

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Scientists investigating Titan submersible reveal explosive new details about fault that killed crew

Scientists investigating the doomed Titan submersible have uncovered shocking new details about what may have caused the catastrophic implosion.

Former scientific director Dr Steven Ross testified in front of the US Coast Guard panel on Thursday, admitting OceanGate’s sub experienced a ‘platform issue’ days before the fatal mission to the Titanic in June 2023.

The malfunction caused passengers onboard to ‘tumble about’ and one crew member crashed into the bulkheading, which a physicist has claimed was where water first began to flow into Titan.

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Canada was ‘highly confident’ it heard man-made noises during search for Titan submersible, documents show

Canada’s military was “highly confident” for days in June 2023 that bangs heard underwater while searching for the missing Titan submersible were man made — by an object striking the hull of a vessel — near the famous Titanic wreck site, CBC News has learned.

Those noises helped keep hope going that the five wealthy explorers on board the missing vessel were still alive during the multi-day, multi-national search, even though it is now believed the vessel imploded within hours of going into the water.

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‘Primed to burn:’ Former Parks Canada forestry scientist fears the worst for Banff

Banff is losing the race to prevent the type of disastrous wildfire that torched the town of Jasper, says a former Parks Canada environmental scientist.

The failure over decades to properly manage forests to protect the town of Banff doesn’t bode well for the survival of the busy mountain mecca, said Dr. Cliff White, who retired as environmental science manager for Banff National Park in 2009.

Jasper wildfires damage around 30% of townsite, fire activity may increase: Parks Canada

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Jamie Sarkonak: Ottawa let wildfire fuel pile up in Jasper for decades

As of Thursday afternoon, heart-wrenching images from Jasper show that, at least on some streets, only charred beams remain after a wildfire, 400 feet high in some places, ravaged the townsite last night. Elsewhere, fortunately, buildings appeared untouched by the flames, but that’s only so helpful.

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Jasper

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‘They’re out of control’: flock of 100 feral chickens torments village of Snettisham

The clucking nuisance of about 100 feral chickens has left residents of a Norfolk village spitting feathers, with locals claiming the birds destroy their gardens and keep them awake.

Dwellers in Snettisham, Norfolk, have said their life is being made “hell” as the chickens swarm in from a nearby wood. It is unclear who owns the land the chickens live on, but villagers believe numbers have soared recently.

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Moose – Way ahead of the Orcas

Ambulance collides with moose while responding to another moose collision: OPP

An ambulance collided with a moose early Sunday as it responded to another crash, also involving a moose, Ontario Provincial Police say.

The first crash was reported just after 1 a.m. on Highway 60, near Tea Lake in Algonquin Park, police said. A vehicle struck a moose, left the roadway and then hit a tree.

Johnny Come Lately’s

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No internet, no phone: Canada wildfires expose fragility of rural infrastructure

Shortly before sunset on Friday, residents of Canada’s Yukon territory discovered their connection to the outside world had vanished. Internet access had gone. Mobile phones showed no signal. Landlines had failed.

Chaos quickly set in. Electronic payments couldn’t be processed. In Whitehorse, the capital, most ATMs couldn’t function and the few that did were quickly drained of cash from panicked residents. City officials warned that the ability to call police, ambulance or fire services was non-existent.

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NOAA says tonight’s ‘cannibal’ solar storm could be worst in 165 YEARS and cause GPS and power outages

Earth could witness the worst solar storm in 165 years as five streams of plasma released from the sun this week are set to make crash into our atmosphere tonight.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revealed Friday that the worst-case scenario would be what happened during the 1859 Carrington event, which set telegraph stations on fire and cutting communications worldwide.

In our modern-day society a geomagnetic storm – a major disturbance of Earth’s magnetosphere- of that magnitude would cause widespread electrical disruptions, blackouts and damage to critical infrastructure.

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Little Evidence of Increasing Wildfires, Droughts, Hurricanes: Fraser Report

A new report from the Fraser Institute has cast doubt on claims that extreme weather events are becoming more common, arguing such assertions by governments and media outlets are not “iron-clad.”

“Many types of extreme weather show no signs of increasing and in some cases are decreasing … Claims about extreme weather should not be used as the basis for committing to long-term regulatory regimes that will hurt current Canadian standards of living, and leave future generations worse off,” reads the April 18 report, “Extreme Weather and Climate Change.”

The report warns that based on assertions that have not been proven to be true, governments have been enacting “ever more restrictive regulations” on Canadian consumers of energy products, which have imposed costs on Canada’s economy and its citizens’ standards of living.

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Anticipation and Anxiety Build Ahead of the Total Solar Eclipse

Back in the old days Mom & Dad thought burning your retinas out was character building.

Millions of people will tilt their heads skyward on Monday, marveling at a total solar eclipse. The moon will cross the sun and block its light for a few fleeting moments, a communal celestial experience that will not again be so accessible to people in the United States, Canada or Mexico for decades.

The total solar eclipse’s path — the expanse where the moon fully obscures the sun — stretches from Mexico’s Pacific Coast to the fringes of Atlantic Canada, passing through dozens of major cities where authorities are preparing for an influx of visitors eager to experience what may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

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Carmageddon! Lake Tahoe is hit by sixteen car pile-up

A dramatic 16 car pile-up hit the road to a popular Lake Tahoe resort because eager skiers rushed to the mountain for its fresh snow.

Drivers in South Lake Tahoe witnessed a terrifying series of car crashes on the icy roads on Wednesday afternoon.

Cars plummeted down a slippery hill and rammed into a growing cluster of crashed vehicles piling up at the bottom.

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