Podcasts about Lesser Antilles

When tropical storm systems barrel across the Atlantic Ocean toward North America, they often take aim at the Lesser Antilles—an arc of small islands that marks the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea. In fact, the islands often are the first thing forecasters talk about when a tropical system heads our way.The Lesser Antilles arc from the U.S. Virgin Islands, near Puerto Rico, all the way down to South America. They comprise three separate groups: the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, and the Leeward Antilles. The Windwards extend farthest into the Atlantic. They were the first stop for European sailing ships, which followed the prevailing winds to the Americas.Most of the islands are volcanic. They formed as two of the plates that make up Earth's crust plunged below the Caribbean Plate. As the rock descended, it melted. Some of the molten rock then forced its way upward, building the islands.Earthquakes rock some of the islands. And some of the volcanoes that built the islands are still active. A massive eruption that began in 1995, for example, destroyed the capital of the island of Montserrat, and forced most of the population to leave the island.Despite the volcanoes and hurricanes, many of the individual islands are popular tourist sites. Places like the Virgin Islands, Aruba, and Martinique offer tropical beaches, coral reefs, rugged mountains, and other natural attractions—at the edge of the Caribbean Sea.

Charley chats with podcast listener Will McPhail about his long history with the Lesser Antilles.Here's the link to Will's Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/will.mcphail.5Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Feel free to contact us at: cfchesse@gmail.com &/or ken.behrens@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous Podcast Nature - Travel - Adventure

Join Luke and David as they dive deep into the wonders of Lesser Antillean birds and island life. This episode was recorded prior to the recent split of House Wren, and David provides some incredible insight into the reality of the House Wren "subspecies", as well as his opinions on other splits of Lesser Antillean endemics. David's invaluable photo and audio documentation of these island endemics have been leaned on heavily during the species revision process.This episode is a hair more fast-paced than usual, so buckle up and enjoy the ride!Reach out for anything at backtobirding@gmail.comMeet the Caribbean's Six New Avian Endemics! – BirdsCaribbeanDavid Hollie - eBirdTrip Reports: eBird, Cloud BirdersPlease leave a rating wherever you're streaming!

Hear about travel to the West Indies, to the islands of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin, Anguilla, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, and Sint Eustatius, as the Amateur Traveler talks to Jeff Ohlfs about his island-hopping adventure. Why should you travel to these 5 islands? Jeff says, "Some of them are not visited at all. Some of them are overly visited. They're all near each other, so it makes for a nice little grouping. I used St. Martin as a base. St. Martin is known as the friendly island and you can do daily flights to each of the other islands." Jeff recommends an itinerary that includes visiting five of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, known as the British, Dutch, and French West Indies. His suggested itinerary includes the following islands: St. Martin (French and Dutch) Use St. Martin as a base for island hopping. Stay at the Azure Hotel and Art Studio on Simpson Bay Beach. Explore both the Dutch side (Philipsburg) and the French side (Marigot). Visit historical forts like Fort Amsterdam and Fort St. Louis. Experience the famous Princess Juliana International Airport at Maho Beach. Recommended dining: Beirut Restaurant (Mediterranean), Mary's Boon Restaurant (local fish), and Villa Royale (French side, goat curry with guava berry liqueur). ... https://amateurtraveler.com/travel-to-the-west-indies/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Hollie discusses endemic birds of the Lesser Antilles after his experiences targeting them in summer of 2o23. Enjoy! Photos by of David Hollie and Luke Thompson (Northern House Wren).Photo Gallery: Lesser Antilles with David Hollie, Part 1 Photos (Pixieset)Trip Reports: eBird, Cloud BirdersFeel free to contact us at backtobirding@gmail.com!

Part 1 - Neville James speaks with Ryan Chambers, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and numerous adjacent islands as Potential Tropical Cyclone Five moves across the Atlantic. The system, which is now located around midway between the Cabo Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles, is becoming more organized as it advances rapidly westward. According to the present forecast, this system will make its closest pass near or over the northern USVI early Wednesday morning.

The food was so spectacular on our recent voyage that I just had to share my #diningguide with you for what we ate on this #VirginVoyage, the Valiant Lady. So heads up, wink, wink on Virgin Voyages all the restaurants are the same, on all the ships. So whether you sail on the RESILIENT Lady like we will next February or any of the other ladies, you will get to have the same experience if you want. Here's the podcast timeline to take you through the eateries as well as my #traveltips to help you plan your way as well.⏱️TIMELINE⏱️1:00 Travel Tip#1 - become sailor friends with your friends on the App2:29 Breakfast Bites3:15 Time for lunch - Pizza Pizza4:08 Travel Tip#2 - menus are awesome, don't get carried away4:53 Brunch Tips, Reservations and More...5:14 Korean BBQ Fun6:40 Test Kitchen Surprise...hmmm7:41 More dining guide tips8:04 Suggested wines, drink, why Yes, please!8:30 Sailor Loot- do this in advanceJoin us in February 2025For more information on this Virgin Voyage “Sunsets in the Lesser Antilles” Caribbean Cruise as we set sail from San Juan to the dreamiest islands in the southeast Caribbean. After a day at sea, we will be sailing to Aruba, Curaçao, Martinique, and then St. Kitts & Nevis. I am so excited about this itinerary for the Sunsets in the Lesser Antilles. Arriving in San Juan just a day before on January 30th to enjoy Puerto Rico we embark on February 1st at 8:00 p.m.!Welcome to the Travel with Wendy PodcastI travel the globe interviewing really cool people and small hospitality businesses and tourism businesses from around the world. Join me each week as I discover and share something or someone new. It's always an adventure when you Travel with Wendy!Support the Show.Contact information:NewsletterBlogVlogPinterestYouTubeFaceBook

As is typical for Independence Day, a majority of the nation will be hot. Spotty thunderstorms are also expected, with drenching storms in some locations. Also, Beryl continues to strengthen as it charges toward the Caribbean, becoming the first major hurricane of the 2024 season. AccuWeather meteorologists warn it will remain a Category 4 as it moves through the Lesser Antilles. AccuWeather Daily brings you the top trending weather story of the day - every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Samantha is joined by her favorite FEMALE shipmate, Kelly, as they review the brand-new SUNSETS IN THE LESSER ANTILLES itinerary from Virgin Voyages. Join my Facebook Group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/virginvoyagestipsanddeals⁠ Follow me on Social Media: Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/FabulousAdventurestravelcompany⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/samanthastravels/⁠ Follow Kelly on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kellyfabulousadventurestravel/

The area comprises more than 700 islands, islets, reefs, and cays, each offering a unique blend of natural beauty, history, and cultural diversity. The Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles are the two primary island groups in the Caribbean. The Greater Antilles includes the larger islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico. Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean, is known for its rich history, culture, and its vibrant capital, Havana. Jamaica, another significant island in the Greater Antilles, is world-renowned for its reggae music, stunning landscapes, and a rich cultural heritage that attracts visitors from around the world.

Oliwon Lakarayib reçoit Thomas Romon, archéologue et Jean-Albert Privat, membre actif du KAB (Komité Ans Bellay). Dès le début de l'occupation humaine en Martinique comme dans d'autres territoires insulaires de la Caraïbe, les populations ont peuplé majoritairement les côtes. Ainsi des cimetières, parfois sauvages, sont implantés sur le littoral. Souvent non recensés donc inconnus, plusieurs de ces cimetières ont révélé leur existence après des cyclones mais également à la faveur de l'érosion marine qui met à jour des ossements. Aujourd'hui, avec l'accélération de cette érosion, ces ensembles funéraires sont voués à disparaître. Le site de l'Anse Bellay aux Anse-d'Arlets est un exemple de cimetière menacé. Les archéologues de l'INRAP ont travaillé sur ce site qui nous apprend beaucoup sur les pratiques funéraires à l'époque amérindienne mais aussi coloniale. Dans le même temps, un collectif de citoyens a décidé de sanctuariser cet espace et d'en faire un lieu de mémoire.  Ndla : Cette fouille de l'Anse Bellay aux Anses d'Arlets a été réalisée sous la responsabilité du responsable de recherches archéologiques, Thomas Romon, archéologue à l'Inrap, sur prescription du service régional de l'archéologie de Martinique. Bibliographie non exhaustive : Articles : ROMON T., 2022, Trente années de recherche sur les pratiques funéraires coloniales à la Martinique et à la Guadeloupe, Archéopages Hors-Série, pp.219-225 en ligne ici https://journals.openedition.org/archeopages/13071 - D. Bonnissent, Y. Legendre, T. Romon et al. Les cimetières littoraux de la période coloniale : Prévenir une destruction annoncée en Guadeloupe et en Martinique, Les Nouvelles de l'archéologie, avril 2018. ROMON (T.), 2015, L'Outre-Mer et le cas particulier des cimetières d'esclaves, in BERTHERAT (B.) (dir.) Les sources du funéraire en France à l'époque contemporaine, Edition Universitaire d'Avignon, pp. 211-213. en ligne ici https://books.openedition.org/eua/4937?lang=fr - F. Mendisco, M. H. Pemonge, T. Romon et al. Where are the Caribs? Ancient DNA from ceramic period human remains in the Lesser Antilles, Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences, janvier 2015. Ouvrage : Max Guérot, Thomas Romon, Tromelin. L'Île aux esclaves oubliés, CNRS Editions/INRAP, Janvier 2010. Podcasts : colloques de l'Inrap -  https://www.inrap.fr/l-esclave-dans-la-societe-coloniale-les-cimetieres-de-guadeloupe-un-champ-d-9272 -  https://www.inrap.fr/conditions-de-vie-conditions-de-mort-contribution-du-cimetiere-de-l-anse-sainte-9274 Cette fouille a été réalisée sous la responsabilité du responsable de recherches archéologiques, Thomas Romon, archéologue à l'Inrap, sur prescription du service régional de l'archéologie de Martinique.

At around 6am on 10 October the hurricane made landfall at Barbados in the Lesser Antilles, where it unleashed its full fury as it moved through the ...

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Hurricane Idalia became the eighth major hurricane to make landfall on the Gulf Coast in the last six years, leaving behind a trail of destruction in its path. On this week's episode, the Lee Weather Team looks back on the storm to discuss what stood out to them the most. How good was the forecast? Was the forecast communicated effectively? Why did some people choose not to evacuate? What can we learn from this storm before the next hurricane strikes the United States? Get the meteorologists' perspective in our in-depth review of Hurricane Idalia. We want to hear from you! Have a question for the meteorologists? Call 609-272-7099 and leave a message. You might hear your question and get an answer on a future episode! You can also email questions or comments to podcasts@lee.net. About the Across the Sky podcast The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team: Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. Episode transcript Note: The following transcript was created by Adobe Premiere and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically:   Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of Across the Sky, our National Lee Enterprises Weather podcast. I'm Matt Holiner in Chicago. One quarter of the lead weather team, but the whole game here today, meteorologist Joe Martucci based in Atlantic City. Sean Sublette in Richmond, Virginia and Kirsten Lang in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Together the four of us cover weather across the country. Yes, not just across the sky, but across the country. And this national weather coverage is new. So if you're listening to this podcast on a Lee Enterprise's website or app, you're probably going to be seeing more forecast videos from us, especially when bad weather is expected. But I think it's safe to say this podcast, this is the first thing that went national and I think it's the favorite part of our jobs. And nothing is changing here. In fact, each week we continue to see our number of listeners go up. So really, we can't thank you enough for tuning in and subscribing and this week, just like the national weather story for the last week. This episode is all about Hurricane Idalia. The damage is still being assessed, but it is clear that this was another devastating storm for parts of the southeast. And of course, right off the bat, our thoughts and prayers are with all the people trying to recover from this storm. Now, obviously, lots to discuss here. But to start, guys, let's just go around the horn and talk about the first thing that stood out to you about Dahlia. Sean, let's start with you, because you were doing a lot of updates on this storm for our Carolina properties. Yeah, I think for me, one of the things that I take home from Idalia is actually how well it was forecast. You know, we are we are in an environment you know, we've been talking about this for a few months now. We've got very high ocean heat content, high sea surface temperatures, basically warm water. But we've had the El Nino going on and there's this whole battle back and forth between the two. Which one of these impacts is going to be larger? And we kind of said, well, once things get started, they can really, really go. And that's kind of what happened. I mean, the Gulf of Mexico was especially warm, and it is not common for the National Hurricane Center to to talk about rapid intensification in their discussions and their technical discussions as this environment is primed for rapid intensification. And and by that, we mean something very specific, effectively going up two categories in 24 hours. I mean, technically, it's 35 miles per hour and 24 hours, but two categories, right? So for them to be talking about rapid intensification, which such high confidence, then it comes to fruition pretty much as forecast. I mean, their track was spot on. But, you know, it's tough. You know, you're looking at just this blob of clouds in the Yucatan Channel and you're thinking 36 hours. This is going to be a major hurricane. That is not a forecast you can make 15 or 20 years ago with any kind of confidence. So for me, I'm especially happy with how far we have come in intensity forecasting in the last five or ten years. You're on the coast, You know, I know this is not your storm, obviously, but what kind of things were you thinking about? I was thinking about this is another instance where the surge was the bit was the biggest deal with this. And kind of I've been thinking about this for the past month, like the sapphire system scale. Is that the best way of categorizing hurricanes? I'm not trying to like open a can of worms on the podcast, but you know, you got something that and I just read a tweet by Greg Purcell from the Weather Channel about how there really was nothing more than tropical storm force sustained winds on any land, on land observing site with this storm. Even though it was a hurricane. So, you know, if that were to be true, well, it wasn't a Category three at landfall by technicality, because it would you would have to have something that was over 74 miles an hour sustained winds. But the impacts of the storm are, you know, like a Category three. I guess what I'm trying to say is, you know, is there is there a better way to categorize hurricanes that take into account the surge, you know, the flooding, the pressure maybe or even the, you know, taking went into account to because it's all comes back know, again, just being at the Jersey Shore comes back to Superstorm Sandy, which was a category one, you know, at landfall. But, you know the damage did not feel like a category one at the Jersey Shore. So it's just more of a broader picture for me. You know, with this, you know, can we get to a place, you know, is a safer symptom scale the best way to do this weather bell, which is known for their weather models, has put out a criteria by proprietary criteria to model these kind of storms with categories. I think the snapper system is great in the sense that we've been using it for such a long time that it makes it easy to compare storm the storm, But sometimes when you got your storm surge, it's like a category five, but your winds are like a category one. What you know, you're going to see category one, but wasn't really a category one. That's my thought. And Sean, going off your point about the the forecast accuracy, I mean, this time in particular, the track forecast was pretty incredible. I looked back and the first forecasts that the National Hurricane Center issued, now, the intensity was off there only at the time of forecasting, I think it was a category one hurricane at landfall. And that was the one thing that did change in this forecast was the intensity. And it looked like, oh, wait a minute, this is going to be stronger and stronger and stronger. So intensely. Forecasts getting better, but has room for improved. But there was very little improvement for the track forecast because actually the national Hurricane Center's first forecast five days out was only ten miles off. And where landfall actually happened, landfall happened at Keeton Beach. And the first forecast was picked to make landfall just ten miles west of Keaton Beach. And that is remarkable how good that track forecast was five days out. And there wasn't a whole lot of shifting. One thing, if you're comparing Italia to Ian, we did see that shift in the track forecast from north to south. With time. This forecast didn't really shift that much. Again, the cone was wider five days out and it got narrow, narrower, but it didn't shift much. You know, if you look at all the different forecasts, it kind of bounced back and forth a little bit west to east. But there was no dramatic shift. Like the focus was always on the big bend for the worse impacts, and that's where the worst impacts was. And the track forecasts just continue to get better and better. The intensity forecast is lagging behind some, but that's getting better as well. But there's definitely a difference between the track forecasts and the intensity forecast. And I think when it comes to intensity forecasts, I mean, we just keep seeing this happening over and over again where the models tend to under do how quickly these things can intensify when all other conditions are right, when you don't have any wind shear, when there's no dry air, when those waters, as they are in the Gulf, just keep getting warmer. Warmer and you have above average sea surface temperatures, which they always are. Now, every year we're talking about above average sea surface temperatures in the Gulf. When the conditions are ripe for intensifying, the models continue to reduce under do it. And so a lot of these models were peaking at category three, but it ended up reaching Category four. Now ultimately making landfall because it went through an eyewall replacement cycle right before landfall as a Category three to reach Category four, which is higher than what the models were indicating. So I think, you know, from a forecasting perspective, since we're still useful as meteorologists, the models are just a tool. I think being more aggressive in the intensity forecast going a little bit higher than what the models are saying is probably the best track when you know that the wind shear is going away, there's no dry air, the water is really warm. Go ahead and be a little bit more aggressive in that intensity forecast. Maybe think about you know, if the models are saying 110 mile per hour winds, go ahead and forecast 120 mile per hour winds because this keeps happening, these intensification events and these storms overachieving. So I think that's a good strategy moving forward for intensity forecast. So speaking of intensity, I'll kind of Segway next to I think the stat that stood out to me was that there have been 11 named storms that have been retired. And a lot of that has to do with the time of year that they usually happen, right? I mean, when you start going down through the alphabet, usually get to an eye around peak season. But it's since 2001, there's been 11 of them. And so in Ian, of course, was the last one last season Of course this won't they will come out with whether or not this one is retired until the end of the season but I'm sure that it'll probably be put on that list as well, given the intensity of it, but I don't have thoughts on that. Yeah, there's something about the ice storms. You got to watch out for these ice storms. It is getting a little bit ridiculous. Like how many times the ice storms have been bad. I mean, you got Ida and Irene and Ian and how many. We have retired and let's be honest, there's just not a lot of names. We have to come up with a new name every time we retire. Name? Like what name are we going to come up with next? I think like we're scraping the bottom of the barrel here. It's like, Well, I mean, fortunately it's an international name with the World Meteorological Organization comes out these nameless. And so it's not just English names. I believe it's English, Spanish, French. Are those are the three. Those are the big three. There's my understanding is that, you know, the WMO World Meteorological Organization kind of does this. You know, those are the three languages that are spoken the most in this part of the world, English, Spanish and French, especially for for the folks in Haiti and Martinique in the in the Lesser Antilles. So that's why those names are dominant. But you're right, man. It's going to run out of names. You are along the coast and you start creeping up and it's like getting up there in the alphabet and you've got an eye coming at you. I feel like the chances of you having a stronger storm freaked me out. But, you know, that's just that's just being nervous about it, I guess. Better watch out for the next ice storm now. Well, and I think, you know, if you're wondering, like, why ice storms, I think it's just because of the placement. You know, we tend to get our strongest storms this time of year, late August through September into early October. That's tend to be when the major hurricanes occur. And so we usually get some small storms that aren't much of an issue. Of course, there are certainly been exceptions. Andrew certainly stands out as a major hurricane. That was the first storm of the season. But it just seems like oftentimes we get a lot of little baby storms. If you want to call them that. Storms that are out in middle Atlantic don't hurt anyone. And so we it just so happens that we often hit the ice storm when hurricane season is peaking. And so, sure enough, these ice storms tend to be stronger ones, that the stronger storms tend to occur near the peak of the hurricane season. So I just think it's EIS placement on the list. We just work through the names one by one and it just so happens that we tend to get our strongest storms and we hit the name. And looking ahead to 2024, if you're wondering what the name is in 2020 for this year it was a female name. So next year it's going to be a male name. It is Isaac. Isaac It was a storm as a C Isaac in 2024. And then we've got again, there are actually six nameless that we do so again in 2025. It's Imelda 2026. It's it's a year which I remember that one being that one has come up before it was not retired. So it's still on the list. Then in 2027 it's Imani, and then in 2028, that's as far out as we go. It's Idris. And so then theoretically it's Aliya would come up again in 2029 unless it's retired. And I think there's a pretty good chance that it's going to be retired, not as devastating a storm as in overall the economic impact, the number of lives lost. Fortunately, it looks like it going to be lower. But still, I mean, the images coming out just still overwhelming. You can just see like, you know, there's again, average we see after every major hurricane landfall. But the images of devastation that come out, it's really, really saddening. You know, it was pretty interesting. I was watching the Weather Channel on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Jim CHANATRY, the legend at the University of Florida Research Station in Cedar Key. And you just saw the water just moving ashore. And I'm looking at it and I'm like, yeah, Moore is moving to shore and it's bad. But then like, kind of like, put yourself like you have a house there and you're seeing like, imagine your street. Like even if you don't live at the coast, imagine your street. You got three feet of water just moving down the street. It's not going away, Right. Like, that's pretty terrifying to see, really. You know, it's such a hard this comes back to like something I think we've talked about in the past, like it's so hard to conceptualize something you haven't seen before. Yeah. And if you're in Cedar Key and that's an area that hasn't had a direct hit from a hurricane, I don't think ever in recorded history. Going back to the 1800s. Yeah, it's tough to put yourself in that spot, but to see like three feet of water or four feet of water or whatever it was is is towering. I had a friend of mine who lives in Saint Petersburg, and he had he says he's lived there since 2017. He says the worst flooding he saw on his street in Saint Petersburg. And one of his neighbors said they lived there for like 23 years and that was the worst they had. And they had the whole street was covered and it was about anywhere between 6 to 18 inches, which isn't you know, six inches isn't going to get to your house, but 18 inches good. So that's another takeaway from this storm. Also a question for you guys. Have you guys ever read the book Isaac's Storm, speaking of Isaac? Yes, I have. And it's a fantastic book. If you are a meteorologist or anybody who's interested in whether that is a must read, a must read, a young Joe read that book back. Back in the year 2000, it was about the 1900 Galveston hurricane. It was a nonfiction book by Erik Larson. So good read. It just shows you, you know, if you have any doubts about, oh, those meteorologists there, they're always wrong. It's like when you read that book, you realize how far we've come and the fact that, you know, the death toll looks like it's going be as low as it is from this storm tells you how far we have come, because in that Galveston storm, over 8000 people died when a Category four made landfall and this time almost a Category four made landfall. You know, granted not right over a highly populated area. That obviously helps. But the fact that death toll may end up being less than a dozen people, It tells you that we so far in being able to forecast these things because that's what happened in Galveston. They basically had no idea it was they were about to get slammed by a Category four hurricane. There were a few reports like there's a storm in the Gulf that was it was like ship reports and they didn't know exactly where it was going. So the fact that we can track these things with satellites, keep an eye on we have planes flying out and getting the latest conditions, the the computer models that we have now gotten so good at forecasting where these things are go. The science in meteorology has advanced so much so that hopefully we will never see a death toll like that from a hurricane again. You know, I, I think it will be tough to do because we've gotten you know, there's always room for improvement. The forecast can definitely get better. The communication get better. I think we've reached a point where we can communicate it well enough that we can get the vast majority of people to a safe place and avoid the worst of the storm. So on that note, I'll take a short break, but don't go anywhere. And we're going to continue talking about this storm and look ahead to the future. What can we learn from Dallas or better prepared for the next hurricane? We'll talk about that right after this break. And welcome back to Across the Sky. Continuing our discussion and recap of Hurricane Italia, I really want to dive into the community ocean now and how can we better communicate? We always come back to that. We talk about how the forecasts keep getting better and better, especially the track forecasting. The intensity forecasts are showing improvement to, but it's useless if we can't properly communicate and talk about how people outside the cone are going to feel impacts as well. And what are those conditions going to be like, where the worst occurs and so on. You're watching the Weather Channel and something stood out to you. Yeah. So, you know, I've got on another screen, I've got the Weather Channel on and I've been watching Cantera do this thing ever since I was an undergrad back in the and the day when I said in, in the 19 something something and look I can talk. He is great. I love his passion. I love what he brings. He is very real and and I love the way he covers stuff. And he's he's obviously been around the block more than once, but he was talking to a guy who owned a condo there at Cedar Key and and wondering why he didn't evacuate. And and he made the comment. CANTOR He made the comment right there on on camera that we need to do a better job of communicating what the risk is. This guy didn't leave even though the forecast storm surge was on the order of 10 to 14 feet. And I think it came up to about seven or eight feet. So the guy was his condo was elevated. So obviously the water rushed underneath of the condo and he was okay because the thing made landfall at low tide. If it had come in at high tide, well, now we have a much different issue. Right. And that dude might not have made it. So how can we do a better job of communicating that risk to encourage these homeowners to leave? I mean, and to look to his credit, Cantor, he didn't say a bad thing about this guy because this guy, it was fine, right? He was fine. And he did what he thought was right. But he was only two or three feet of water away from probably not still being with us. So I think we've done a very good job at timing and intensity of the storm. But now I guess the next frontier of this is, yes, communication. But then what we in the business called the mesoscale impacts. Right. How how high what time is that? How far inland is that surge going to go? How how good can we make that part of the forecast? It's it's admittedly not not awfully difficult to say, okay, in the big bend area, there's going to be a 10 to 14 storm surge. I think any one of us can do that without a lot of fuss. But then it takes more time to say, okay, this point on the big bend at this time, we'll have six or eight or ten feet of storm surge because the tide level is going to be this at this time, because a full moon and all of that other stuff. That's another whole thing to do. Right. Of course, that's also and I'm going to give credit here to the local weather service officers. That's what they do. Right. And they do that especially well. So, you know, we could sit back, the hurricane center can sit back and give those larger scale things. But man, we a lot of what needs to be done is communication and understanding of what these smaller scale impacts are going to me, you know, where precisely is the eyewall going that's going to bring that 100 mile an hour gust because of all of y'all have done this. You've talked about hurricanes with the public and the people say, well, I've been through a hurricane and they might have, but they didn't go through the eyewall. So they don't think it's that bad. You know, obviously, we all know that area around the eye, the eyewall is where it's the worst. And if you go through that, you're not going to forget it. Those kinds of things. What Cantore was talking about earlier today there on the big bend of Florida is what kind of sticks with me going forward. Yes, Sean, I saw that interview as well. And the one thing that stood out to me, one of the reasons the guy said that he decided to stay is that initially Cedar Key was in the cone, but ultimately Cedar Key was removed from the cone. And so once he wasn't in the cone anymore, he had that sense of, oh, it's going to be okay. Even though they were still communicated. When you saw the forecast slide, Cedar Key is still going to have huge impacts. There's still going to be the landfall is not going to be a Cedar Key. Okay. There are absolutely impacts. Cedar Key, a tremendous storm surge, tremendous winds. Still not the worst of the wind. No, but still very strong winds and a life threatening storm surge situation in particular. So that was still communicated. But because Cedar Key was not in the cone in his mind, he was safe, even though it wasn't as safe as he really thought. And so I think, again, it comes back to how much focus people put on the cone. And this storm was a great example of how there are impacts well beyond the cone. Look at what happened in Clearwater Beach in Tampa and San Pete. You know, everybody, you know, at first there was the possibility that, yes, maybe it would hit there. But pretty early on they were removed from the cone. It's like, okay, look, Tampa and Clearwater, they get lucky again. But there were impacts. In fact, record storm surge in Clearwater Beach, four feet of storm surge. It actually still flooded homes and they were not in the cone, but they absolutely felt impacts from this storm. I think this was a good wakeup call for the Tampa Saint Pete area because we saw what happened when a storm made landfall 100 miles away. Can you imagine what it had been like if this storm actually made landfall and Tampa and Saint Pete and how much worse it would have been? We just got a preview of this record storm surge for Clearwater Beach. But imagine if that storm had been a lot closer, how bad it would have been. So I think this is a wakeup call for the Tampa Bay area about get ready. This was another close call. One day your luck is going to run out, though, and things are going to be worse. And again, but coming back to the original message, they weren't in the cone, but they absolutely felt impacts. And how do we communicate to people outside the cone what it's going to be like, Don't let your guard down. This is what you need to be prepared for. That still seems to be the big challenge. You know, we've been talking about communication forever, really, and I think Katrina was the maybe the genesis of a concentrated effort for those in the weather community to really hunker down on the messaging, you know, as far as evacuating and people not evacuating. I mean, you know, it has to do with one, you know, you think your home is invincible, you're in it all the time. Nothing usually happens to your house. So that's part of it. It's also the oh, that won't happen to me mentality, too, you know, And a lot of this has been studied by by, you know, psychologists and sociologists over time, you know, and it's hard when, you know, you do evacuate and then not much happens at your place. You're not as likely to evacuate, you know, in the future. I'm assuming the area in the big bend of Florida, I know it's not very populated, but there's probably a good amount of people who live there, you know, seasonally. And, you know, if they are there in August for whatever reason, and they live in, let's say, Kentucky or Pennsylvania or whatever, you know, they don't have to deal with this. So this is a new experience for them, too. I think also some people just like, you know, it's a thrill, right? Your you against man against nature and people just like that. Right. That's that's that's probably how we invented fire in some ways more so you know there is that human element to it but but you know where we have fire now, you know we have fire. We've done all that. You know, we're advanced enough where we can evacuate, you know, when we're told to. But it is a tough choice. It's a personal choice. I mean, it is. It's it is it's tough for for a number of people. I understand that. Yeah. The other thing with me thinking about Katrina, think of the the economic situation in a lot of those areas. Some of those people just couldn't leave and they did not have the means to leave. And that's one of the things that I wasn't even cognizant of, you know, many years ago, is to understand that there's a lot of people who can't they just can't they don't have the means, much less some place to go. And that's another thing that I think a lot of us doing. Weather communications have had to come to terms with. But what stands out to me is that nowadays it used to be an issue is like, do the people know this storm is coming? Were they notified? Did they have any idea? And now most of the people who do stay behind and survive, like this guy in Cedar Key, he knew what was coming. He knew the storm was going. It wasn't like he didn't have any way. He had not read it in the paper. I mean, now there's so many ways you can get the information if you're on the Internet, your local newspaper, TV. I mean, it is hard not to be notified about the storm. So very rarely do you encounter someone who is literally off the grid and has no idea that storm is coming. They know the storm is coming, but they don't have a good idea of exactly what's going to happen. And then we get into the other reasons of why people even another reason that comes up is people. You know, there are shelters that open up for these storms, but they're concerns about what's available in those shelters. What if they have a family member with special medical needs and are they going to have the equipment in case they have a medical emergency at that shelter to be taken care of? And is it a shelter that allows pets or not? Because a lot of people do not. They consider the pet a member of the family and they do not want to leave their pets behind. They want to bring the pets with them. But there's concerns about, well, are they going to accept pets at the shelter? And so then that might be a hesitation. And then finally, it's getting the information. I think that maybe the what needs to happen is like the shelters being very clear about where the shelters are, what we have available, what we are going to allow and not allow. That might help if there's some communication, like maybe, you know, we're getting better at the forecast communication, people being aware of the storm, but maybe giving telling people, well, what should I do? Maybe that's where the breakdown is, like, where can I go? Because some people may not have a family member. They can go to, you know, just a couple of hours away. There's some people it's like, I don't have any family anywhere close or friends anywhere close. I have nowhere to go, so I'm just going to stay. So maybe getting the word out about where people can go to be safe from the storm. Maybe that's what we need to do better off. Yeah, I agree. I think the I think the communication of a storm approaching is obviously not what we're lacking on any of this. I think everybody's well aware of that. I think it's just as you all touched on, I think it's just people thinking they can ride it out and just the unknown. And I hate to say that that, you know, it just it takes having to go through something like that to realize it. That's, you know, maybe next time I'd be a little bit more cautious or thoughtful on on my actions and whether or not I, I evacuate or not. But yeah, it's just something we're probably going to continue to battle, I guess, is meteorologist and then emergency management is going to have to you know, it's something they have to battle as well. And I think also, you know, where there still can be continued improvement is places that are in the cone, but not at the coast. So much focus is what's going to happen at the coast, and rightfully so, because of the storm surge. Right. You have that added threat in addition to the rain, in addition to the wind. I think sometimes we may just get too carried away. It's like where's the worst going to be? Which is always like, where is it going to be on the coast? And we saw big impacts in Georgia and South Carolina and North Carolina as well. And though those were covered and I think they were communicated, there was still not as much focus. A lot of people being and back again. So many more people feel secondary impacts. Not the worst of the storm. They're still building impact from the storm, but not the worst. And sometimes we get so caught up in how bad is it going to be at this one specific spot we forget to like keep remembering, especially in the national conversation. I think, you know, at the local levels, there's a little bit different conversation. You know, the local meteorologist talking about how it's going to impact this local area. But from the national media perspective, I think there's sometimes a little too much focus on where is the worst going to be. I don't think there was enough in the national conversation about what the impacts were going to be in Georgia and South Carolina and the tremendous amount of rain they were going to see of so many places just seeing six, seven, eight. I think the the the the highest total so far, just a little over nine and a half inches of rain and is absolutely going to cause flooded roads. And this where this occurred was an inland area, nowhere near the coast, but there was absolutely flooding, inland flooding away from the coast. So many flooded roads that impacted travel. And the tornado threat. The most incredible video I saw from this storm so far. Oh, yeah, video out of South Carolina of a tornado crossing an interstate, picking up a car and flipping. I mean, just Google, South Carolina, Italia, tornado, and you will come across that video and it is absolutely incredible. It's amazing those people did not die. I mean, the way that car flipped was literally picked up and partially landed on another car. It is amazing. Those people were not even seriously injured. From what I gather. They were injured, but not seriously. And the fact that they even survived is remarkable. So we sometimes forget about the tornado threat with these hurricanes, too. Again, so much focus on the storm surge, on those strong winds with these hurricanes. But don't forget, usually these hurricanes generate tornadoes as well. And no, they're not yet. Four EF five tornadoes still, you have zero. You have one tornadoes, 100 mile per hour winds, especially when it's just a tropical storm. And so the winds are coming down. It's like, oh, the wind threat's going down. You still got to watch out for tornadoes because those can be deadly as well. If you get hit by the F0, if one tornado crossing a highway, those people got extremely lucky. So we can't forget about the tornado threat as well. The tornado, you know, that we did have across the area, you know, we've seen this a couple of times. You know, where, you know, on it's always on the east side, the storm with the tornadoes, you know, that we do see. And then in terms of the impacts, you know, with the you know, you have the surge and you have the tornadoes and you have the flooding and you have the wind, you know, it's a multi impact storm. I know. We'll I know again, go back to Sam, for instance. Yeah. We talk about the winds alone. But in terms of the storm, it's really a multi impact event. And again, it's when you have a tornado, it just adds to the complexity because sometimes, you know, sometimes you get storm surge and a tornado warning at the same time and you need to figure out where the best place to shelter is. And sometimes being low isn't good and sometimes being high isn't good either. You know, if you have balls going on at the same time. So it's a game, like I said, sometimes a multi impact event. Otherwise, that's all I have here for, for the storm. Yeah, I think this is just a great conversation to have, like getting a group of meteorologists together after a storm like this and just having a conversation and bouncing ideas off of each other. You know, what went right, what went wrong, What can we do better? You know, what did we see with how the models performed? Another thing that stood out to me, the good old battle between the European in the GFC is another example. There is this is another example of the European beat out the GFC. Now again, the GFC has gotten better and this is not does not happen every time, but a so many times during these high impact forecasts it gets so much attention. Oftentimes the European keeps beating the GFC that keeps coming up. And I just got to wonder, it's like, why have we made the GFC model better? The European is not a perfect model. It's not right every time. And there there are still examples where the GFC beats the European. That's why we look at all the models. But it, it just continuously comes up in European versus the GFC. And once again the European has a tendency to wind out, it says what can we do to make the GFC better? It is absolutely fair to say that the European model was able to latch on to this signal that there would be something a good 24, almost 48 hours before before the GFC was able to to lock on to that signal and my understanding, I'm not a numerical weather prediction, dude, but my understanding is that, you know, the data assimilation is just simply better. There. First, gas field is just better because they they put more resources into it because the European Center only has to do one kind of market. Whereas here in the states, you know, we have the global forecast system, we run the triple R, there are all these different resolution models for air dispersion and pollution dispersion. So I don't want to be one of these people. I don't want this to devolve into like bashing Noel because that's not fair at all. They have they are much more on their proverbial plates than than the Europeans do. But yeah, you would want to. Your point is exceedingly well taken. We still need to do better in our in our modeling system, especially for these high impact tropical events for sure. Yeah. I mean, that's what we're always striving for in meteorology. We want to be as accurate as possible. I feel like, you know, some people are always the butt of jokes. It's like, Oh, you can just be right 50% time, but we're not. We're much more accurate that and we're always striving to be better. We realize there's room for improvement. We're always trying to improve. And I think it's conversations like that where we get that improvement. What went right, what went wrong, how can we do better? And so that's why we're having the conversation. It was a great conversation. Obviously, this is a story that's not going away any time soon. And with that in mind, we want to reach out to you, our listeners. Were you impacted by Dalia? Do you have friends or family who were impacted? If you have a story about this storm or just a comment or thought, share it with us. Send us an email at podcasts at Lee Dot Net or leave us a voicemail by calling 6092727099. Again, that email is podcasts at Lee dot net and the phone number is 6092727099. We'd love to hear from you. And finally, before we wrap up, you know, looking ahead, a lot of good episodes lined up. We're going to be talking about how weather impacts fantasy football. Phone companies, Bounce houses. Yes, bounce houses. Those things that kids jump in at birthday parties. You would be shocked how many times the wind has blown those things over. So we're going to do a whole episode about that. But next week we're sticking with hurricanes and we've got an interesting topic lined up. Joe, do you want to tell folks more about this one? Yeah, we're talking about how hurricanes, after they pass through an area in the ocean, they actually warmed a deep part of the ocean. It's common knowledge in the weather world that when a hurricane passes through an area, the surface water temperatures cooler. But we never really looked at what happened deep in the oceans. And yes, the warming in the deeper oceans does have an impact on what happens throughout the rest of hurricane season. So We're talking about that with Sally Water from Brandeis University in Massachusetts. And we also have Noel Gutierrez as well from UC San Diego. You guys won't be able to actually you know, we're an audio only podcast, but Noel, I think, had the best, most awesome looking backdrop in Across the Sky podcast history because he's just shown in San Diego. But we will be chatting with them and that will be our episode coming out on Monday September the 11th. Yes, it was a great background and a fascinating conversation, so looking forward to it and I think that's going to do it for this week's episode of Across the Sky. But if you enjoy the show, please like great share subscribe. I know you hear it from everyone producing digital content, but it really does help us out. So thank you for taking the time to do it for LA Enterprise and my fellow meteorologist Joe Martucci in Atlantic City, Sean Sublette in Richmond, Kirsten Lang in Tulsa, I'm Matt Holiner in Chicago. Thanks again for listening, everyone. And we'll talk to you again soon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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PODCAST 160  BAJANSUB© 2022 ISBN978-976-96893-9-8 Wikipedia has advocated that Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. The way speakers interpret the things they feel, hear and see can be complicated because it is influenced by personal experiences, norms, cultural rules, traditions and languages. Thoughts come from words and these thoughts initiate behaviours. Hence behaviour change when you speak a different language. It is known that people in general can switch between different ways of interpreting events and feelings which becomes a phenomenon known as frame shifting. This statement coupled with my aha moment as I observed  the Atlantis Submarine manoeuvring to submerge in Barbados' aquamarine provoked my thinking and inspired me to create a new word Bajansub. Bajansub is a made up word coined from a combination of words Bajan and Submarine.  This  new word Bajansub has the characteristics of a figure of speech in which this word and phrase is  understood in two ways. (a) It behaves like a double entendre which is language itself is part of linguistic culture and (b) it is learned rather than transmitted genetically. In addition Bajansub is a blend which negotiates  with the action of abridging and then combining various lexemes to form this new word which is grounded in the doctrine of Portmanteau, Double Entendre,Acculturation, Cultural Blending across the genres of Bajan Music, Festivals, Food, and commingling with the Bajan 'Natural Beauty including  Beaches, Caves, its Citizens,and its Ecosystems. Geographically, according to Barbados University of West Indies Seismic Research Centre Barbados lies in the Northern Atlantic Ocean and is the easternmost island in the Lesser Antilles. It is 34 kilometres (21 miles) long and up to 23 km (14 mi) wide, covering an area of 432 km (167 sq mi). Since I am a Bajan, and a License Cultural Practitioner, who analyse the Bajan culture  periodically it is natural for me to be captivated with the intricacies of culture which maybe perceived as a cognitive bias.  Bajansub is an  abstract notion and an ostensible reason  to discourse different aspects or areas in linguistics especially the study of a language since it certainly helps global citizens to navigate phonology,” “phonetics,” “morphology,” “syntax,” and “semantics”during conversations. PODCAST 160  BAJANSUB© 2022 ISBN978-976-96893-9-8 was filmed by  William Anderson Gittens of Devgro Media Arts Services®2015On LocationChalky Mount Saint Andrew BarbadosSpecial thanks to the Creator for his guidance and choosing me as a conduit to express the creative gifts he has given me and my late parents Charles and Ira Gittens. Thanks to those who assisted me along this journey namely my Beloved wife Magnola Gittens, my Brothers Shurland, Charles, Ricardo, Arnott, Stephen, Sisters Emerald, Marcella, Cheryl, Cousins Joy Mayers, Kevin and Ernest Mayers, Donna Archer, Avis Dyer, Jackie Clarke, Uncles Clifford, Leonard Mayers, David Bruce, Collin Rock. My children Laron and Lisa.  Well-wishers Mr.and Mrs. Andrew Platizky, Mr. Matthew Sutton, Mr.& Mrs. Gordon Alleyne, Mr. Juan Arroyo, Mr. and Mrs. David Lavine, Mrs. Ellen Gordon, Dr.Nicholas Gordon, the late Dr.Joseph Drew, Merline Mayers, Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Millington, Rev. Dr. Scofield Eversley and Rev. Dr. Margaret Eversley, Rev. & Mrs. Donavon Shoemaker, Rev. & Mrs. Clayton Springer, Ms. Geraldine Davis, Rev.Carl and Rev Angie Dixon, Mr. David Brathwaite,Mrs. Zenda Phillips,Mrs. Gloria Rock, Rev.Pauline Harewood, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Russell, Mrs. Shirley Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Felton Ince, Mr. and Mrs. David Brathwaite, Mr.and Mrs. Ryan Miller Mr.and Mrs. Neilo Mascoll, Rev. Zenda Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Quintyne, Special mentioned is given to Dr. Joseph Drew was my advisorSupport the show

This story is from the islands of the Antilles, we know them as the Caribbean islands. The Antilles are made up of three groups The Bahamas (islands and reefs), the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. Story retold in this episode: The Tortoise who flew to heaven Resource: Greedy Mariani by Dorothy Sharp Carter Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #African #Africa #theantilles #caribbeanlife #Trickster #africandiaspora #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun

According to National geographic.org In a time when the ocean is threatened by climate change and pollution, coastlines are eroding, and entire species of marine life are at risk of extinction and the physical, chemical, and biological features of the ocean, including the ocean's ancient history, its current condition,  its future; protecting the planet, learning from it, and predicting what the future will bring has activated my cognition and cognitive skills to the extent that it also ignited my intellectual passions to proffer A Bajan Case Study. This thinking which exudes from my cognitive development has to do with how I think, explore and even figure things out. Hence my brain development is part of cognitive development. Consequently, I have logically assume that according to Merriam Webster online dictionary it is the development of knowledge, skills, problem solving and dispositions, which assisted me to think about and understand the world around me especially now that I have contextualised A Bajan Case Study  © 2022. This line of reasoning seeks to shed light on those reasons making them explicit as a result of my analysis of Pico Teneriffe  adjoining Cove Bay, and Little Bay which are captivating elements of nature. Bajan Landmarks are juxtaposed against the elements of nature including art  colour, form, hue, line, shape, space, and texture, tints, tones, scale, proportion, unity, variety, rhythm, mass, shape, space, balance, volume, perspective, and depth.  Pico Teneriffe  adjoining Cove Bay, and Little Bay  appears to be and or is as old as or even older than Methuselah since it acts as an  idiom and also implies that the same is as old as Methuselah and or comports itself as a simile, which is still an abstract  phrase that compares these Bajan landmarks  like the elements of art imputing that they are  extremely old. However, in the scheme of things  Pico Teneriffe  adjoining Cove Bay, and Little Bay metaphorically comport themselves as a harmonious ensemble for generations with colours complementing one another within the space of geology, ecology and oceanology. Now that I have established context in this ambience and the view advanced by sidmartinbio.org Barbados' Coral Rock Formation is 70 meters thick and dates to the Pleistocene. Unlike neighbouring islands in the Lesser Antilles volcanic arc, Barbados is unusual because it is not a volcanic island (the only volcanic rocks are some ash beds from eruptions on neighbouring islands).  Moreover, according to every culture .com although The pear-shaped island consists of lowlands and terraced limestone plains.Contextually  speaking located in Barbados' north east coast is Cove Bay.This Bay is a lovely picnic spot where the only sounds are of powerful waves pounding against high cliffs.Little Bay is a unique spot with interesting pools, breathtaking scenery and magnificent blowholes! and Pico Teneriffe,  a rocky cape which stands at an elevation of just over 300 feet. Pico Teneriffe adjoining Cove Bay, and Little Bay,   are Bajan natural geographic areas that includes according to landscapepartnership.org cultural and natural resources therein, which are tourist attractions, cultural and aesthetic values occupying the precincts of Barbados' east coast.”In light of the aforesaid as an Author, Cinematographer, Media Arts Specialist, License Cultural Practitioner, Podcaster and Publisher since I am intrigued at Barbados' natural geographic cultural landscape .Pico Teneriffe adjoining  Cove Bay, and Little Bay reveals that Barbados' evolving relationships within the natural world seemingly provides abundant economic, ecological, social, and recreational opportunities. Because of the location of these cultural landmarks and historical sites geographically are areas which are associated with historical evolution, which gives way to a recognizableSupport the show (http://www.buzzsprout.com/429292)

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 399, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Your Days Are Numbered 1: Dies Martis is the Latin name for this day of the week. Tuesday. 2: Number of months with only 30 days. four. 3: Years that read the same upside down and right side up include 1881, 6009 and this year of the 1960s. 1961. 4: Title of the 1965 Beatles No. 1 hit song that is a calendrical impossiblity. "Eight Days A Week". 5: In the DD/MM/YYYY format, it was the most recent date in which all 3 were even numbers. December 30, 2006. Round 2. Category: A Spot Of "T" 1: It's what was showered down upon Charles Lindbergh at a parade in NYC in June 1927. ticker tape. 2: To write down words, especially from audio to written form. transcribe. 3: In 1998 a $15 million production of this opera was staged in its actual setting, the Forbidden City. Turandot. 4: Middle Caicos is the largest island in this British dependency in the West Indies. the Turks and Caicos. 5: This general came to power in Panama in 1968 and led the drive to end U.S. control of the canal. Omar Torrijos. Round 3. Category: "In" Places 1: In February 1994 an earthquake struck the island of Sumatra in this nation, killing 215 people. Indonesia. 2: Civilization in the valley of this Pakistani river dates back about 4500 years. the Indus River. 3: Technically, it comprises the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. the West Indies. 4: This capital of Tyrol has hosted 2 Winter Olympic games. Innsbruck. 5: This Missouri city is headquarters to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Independence. Round 4. Category: Wham-O 1: In 1997 Wham-O introduced a Max Flight version of this 1950s sensation that flew farther and was easy to catch. the Frisbee. 2: Wham-O owners heard about Australian kids using a bamboo ring for exercise; it became this 1958 fad. a Hula hoop. 3: Wham-O received its name from this first product; when a projectile hit its target, it made a "Wham-O" sound. a slingshot. 4: This 1962 Wham-O game named for a dance craze came with a moveable cross bar and 2 support stands. limbo. 5: Versions of this lawn toy to keep you cool in the summer include "Wave Rider" and "Bounce 'N Splash". a Slip 'N Slide. Round 5. Category: "Ez" Does It 1: It's the crime of stealing money that has been entrusted to one's care. embezzlement. 2: In its 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, Israel was guaranteed unrestricted use of this waterway. the Suez Canal. 3: "And a Voice to Sing With" and "Daybreak" are autobiographies by this famous folk singer. Joan Baez. 4: He was ruler of the Aztecs at the time Cortes came a-calling. Montezuma. 5: The name of this Indian tribe that lives in Idaho is French for "pierced nose". Nez Perce. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Subscribe to the podcast!  https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ If you have ever looked at a map of the Caribbean, you might have noticed that the tiny islands in the Lesser Antilles consist of a whole bunch of tiny, independent countries.  All of these countries became independent around the same time, got their independence from the same country: Great Britain. Given their common history and location, why are they a bunch of separate tiny countries rather than one larger one?  Learn more about the West Indies and their modern history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. -------------------------------- Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EEDailyPodcast/ Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rainbow Soul Presents: Cacike & Behike Mark "Guatu Iri" Ortiz President - Meaning of Cacike (Kah-SEE-keh): a leader / tribal chief of an indigenous group, derived from the Taíno for the pre-Columbian tribal chiefs in the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. ​Cacique comes from the Taíno word kassiquan, meaning "to keep house." Meaning of Behike (Beh-HEE-keh): Spiritual leader and medicine person of the native Taíno group. Among the Taino, the behike or shaman, was usually in charge of curing the ills in the community, thanks to his or her knowledge of medicinal plants and interaction with the spirit-world. Meaning of: Guatu Iri sounds like 'Gwa Too Ee Ree' which means Firebird. He is from the Manicato Taíno Cultural Center in Lancaster, PA. Mission Statement Manicato Taíno Cultural Center Inc. of Lancaster, Pennsylvania has a life-long commitment to educating people and the preservation of Native cultural history through arts, language, music, literature, and traditions. SPANISH: El Centro Cultural Taíno Manicato de Lancaster, Pennsylvania tiene un compromiso de por vida para la educación de las personas y la preservación de la cultura Nativa a través del arte, el lenguaje, la música, la literatura y las tradiciones. WHO ARE WE? Manicato Taíno Cultural Center Inc. of Lancaster, Pennsylvania is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, community based, multicultural service and multi-faceted center for the reclamation, restoration and preservation of the Taíno people's heritage. We offer workshops, classes, seminars, community outreach and presentations that provide an introduction to the riches of the indigenous Taíno spiritual tradition, as well as opportunities to discuss broader issues of meaning in dialogue with thinkers and practitioners from other Native American traditions. The center features a museum exhibit of artifacts, art and a library room. It offers space for the local Taíno community to conduct ceremonies and gatherings --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rainbowsoul/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rainbowsoul/support

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 303, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Band Names 1: The name of this Houston trio honors Texas bluesman Z.Z. Hill. ZZ Top. 2: A road sign inspired the name of this band from the land "Down Under". Men at Work. 3: Debbie Harry had often been called this, so it was "a natural" for the name of her band. Blondie. 4: This "Money For Nothing" group was named for its sorry financial condition. Dire Straits. 5: The last name adopted by all members of this punk band was an alias used by Paul McCartney. The Ramones (Ramone accepted). Round 2. Category: Yum... Candy! 1: Some of this company's fine chocolates are embossed with its naked lady on a horse logo. Godiva. 2: Chick-O-Sticks aren't chicken-flavored; they're made from peanut butter and this tropical treat. coconut. 3: In 1997 this candy introduced a female character who's green; she called her autobiography "I Melt For No One". M and M's. 4: The candy once marketed as "Mrs. Stover's Bungalow Candies" is sold under this brand name today. Russell Stover. 5: It was the last name of the brothers who perfected their now-famous English toffee bar back in 1928. Heath. Round 3. Category: "In" Places 1: In February 1994 an earthquake struck the island of Sumatra in this nation, killing 215 people. Indonesia. 2: Civilization in the valley of this Pakistani river dates back about 4500 years. the Indus River. 3: Technically, it comprises the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. the West Indies. 4: This capital of Tyrol has hosted 2 Winter Olympic games. Innsbruck. 5: This Missouri city is headquarters to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Independence. Round 4. Category: Pugilists 1: This boxer liked his nickname "Marvelous Marvin" so much that he had his name legally changed. Marvin Hagler. 2: In a 27-year ring career, Archie Moore set a record by winning the most bouts, 141, in this way. a knockout. 3: 3 Rays have won Olympic gold medals in boxing for the U.S.: Ray Mercer, Ray Seales and this "sweet" guy. "Sugar" Ray Leonard. 4: This bare-knuckles heavyweight champ was known as "The Great John L.". Sullivan. 5: 1 of 2 men to whom Floyd Patterson lost the World Heavyweight title. Ingemar Johansson (or Sonny Liston). Round 5. Category: Hollywood Blvd. 1: In June 1999 the Metro Rail opened a station named for this world-famous intersection. Hollywood and Vine. 2: In 1994 Schwarzenegger's size 12 boot prints were planted in its "Forecourt of the Stars". Mann's Chinese Theatre (or Grauman's Chinese Theatre). 3: These awards are slated to return to the boulevard at a new theatre in 2001. Academy Awards (Oscars). 4: June 16, 1999 was "Another Day In Paradise" when this composer got a star on the Walk of Fame. Phil Collins. 5: Cybill Shepherd has sung in this hotel's Cinegrill. Roosevelt Hotel. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

各、位、聽、眾，旅行熱炒店終於要來解鎖加勒比海上的小安地列斯群島（Lesser Antilles）啦！在這條眾多島嶼星羅棋布、擁有好幾個台灣邦交國的島鏈裡，我們要拜訪的，跟美國很像、卻也很不像的「美屬維京群島」（US Virgin Islands）—— 明明同樣是美國，為什麼道路上是靠左駕駛？而在美帝占有這片土地之前，原本的殖民者竟然來自北歐？白淨沙灘上啜飲蘭姆酒，乍看之下是天堂般的享受，但它連結到的卻是一群人艱苦絕望的過往？ 在這一集節目裡，我們不只會一一拜訪美屬維京群島的三座主要島嶼：聖托瑪斯島、聖約翰島與聖克羅伊島，而且還首開先例，邀請了一位18世紀的歷史人物，以電話連線的方式到節目上受訪！這位成長於聖克羅伊島上的重要人物究竟是誰？維京群島的日子，如何改變了他的一生？而200年前的西印度群島上又是過著怎樣的生活呢？ 想要感受在加勒比海被徐徐海風吹拂、眼前是湛藍大海與潔白沙灘、所有煩惱都被浪花帶走的那般愜意嗎？趕快打開這集，和我們一起到美屬維京群島，領略熱帶海島的美麗，並且跟著穿越200年的神秘嘉賓一同回到歷史現場吧！ ✅ 本集重點：(00:00:20) 開場與前言(00:05:04) St Thomas 聖托瑪斯島，美屬維京群島對外門戶(00:10:08) 丹麥人也懂得美洲殖民？以丹麥國王命名的城堡(00:20:39) St John 聖約翰島，國家公園與自然秘境(00:26:32) 蔗糖、蘭姆酒與殖民經濟，非洲奴隸的艱苦過往(00:36:41) St Croix 聖克羅伊島，寬敞舒適的最大島，四周都有美麗潔白沙灘(00:43:20) 特別環節：首次call out訪問一位200年前的歷史人物(00:57:31) 結語：給旅行愛好者的建議與推薦Show note https://ltsoj.com/podcast-ep077官網 https://ltsoj.comFacebook: https://facebook.com/lifetimesojournerInstagram: https://instagram.com/travel.wok節目回饋 https://forms.gle/4v9Xc5PJz4geQp7K7

Saturday is traditionally the toughest crossword of the week, doubly so when Sam Ezersky's the constructor. Both Jean & Mike (solving independently, as is their wont), struggled in the bottom right corner, where a trio of potentially ego-crushing clues awaited --  42D, Charge for some truckers, CARTAGE (not, as Mike surmised, CARRAGE),  43D, Drawing of the body without its skin, from the French, ECORCHE, and 44D, One of the Lesser Antilles, STKITTS. And other parts of the grid were also challenging. Still, Sam managed to thread the needle between "really, really hard", and "nobody in the continental US other than Rex Parker is going to know this" -- no mean feat. For all that, we give this a hearty 5 squares on the JAMCR scale.

It is estimated, through census and other primitive documents, that between 22,000 and 27,501 people died throughout the Lesser Antilles when the storm passed through them from October 10th, this day in weather history, through the 16th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keeping close tabs on invest area 98L for development and possible impacts for the Lesser Antilles later in the forecast period.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks to Yacht Chef, Kenetha Ashton from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a small Eastern Caribbean State in the Windward Island chain of the Lesser Antilles.

The 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane was destructive and powerful and swept across a large portion of the US east coast in September 1944. An area of tropical thunderstorms was first identified well east of the Lesser Antilles on September 4, the disturbance only became well organized to be considered a tropical storm on September 9 northeast of the Virgin Islands. Moving west-northwest, the storm gradually intensified and reached peak intensity as a Category 4-equivalent hurricane on September 13 north of the Bahamas after curving northward. A day later, the storm passed by the Outer Banks and later made landfall on Long Island as a weaker hurricane on September 15. Passing close to the Outer Banks, strong winds were reported across eastern North Carolina, and knocked out telecommunications networks on the Outer Banks. Small homes were leveled by the winds. The hurricane was infamous for the amount of damage it caused along the New Jersey coastline. The shore towns on Long Beach Island, Atlantic City and Cape May all suffered major damage. Long Beach Island, Barnegat Island and Brigantine all lost their causeways to the mainland in the storm effectively cutting them off from the rest of New Jersey. Additionally, both islands lost hundreds of homes. In Atlantic City the hurricane's storm surge forced water into the lobbies of many of the resorts famous hotels. The Atlantic City boardwalk suffered major damage and in some places was deposited several blocks inland from the beaches. My mother-in-law and her family rode out the storm in a rooming house 2 blocks from the beach, protected by pieces of the boardwalk that logged against the structure. Both the famed Steel Pier and Heinz Pier were partially destroyed by the hurricane with only the Steel Pier subsequently rebuilt. Rain totals of 7 inches occurred in Hartford Connecticut and the city of Bridgeport saw the greatest official total at 10.7 inches. Tobacco and fruit damage in Connecticut totaled to about $2 million, with similar overall damage costs occurring in Rhode Island. A total of 28 people died throughout New England as a result of the storm. On September 9, 1944, the storm that was officially upgraded to a tropical system would, in the next week result in one of the greatest destructive hurricanes on record for the resort beach towns of New Jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On August 27, 1893, a major hurricane which came to be known as the Sea Island Hurricane struck the United States near Savanah, Georgia. It was one of three deadly hurricanes during the 1893 Atlantic Hurricane Season; the storm killed an estimated 1,000–2,000 people, mostly from storm surge. .On August 15, 1893, a tropical storm formed off the west coast of Africa. It became a hurricane on the 19th, while crossing the Atlantic. The hurricane continued to strengthen, attaining Category 3 status on August 22 while located northeast of the Lesser Antilles. By the evening of the 25th, the storm was approaching the Bahamas. It is believed that the first effects of the storm were beginning to be felt in the Sea Islands area off the Georgia coast, with the winds steadily increasing during the night of the 25th.  Landfall occurred near Savanah, Georgia, on August 27. Reports from the time say that wind during landfall was around 120 mph, making it a category 3 storm. Pressure in Savannah was measured at 28.00” modern estimates put the pressure as low as 27.50” out at sea. This would have made the hurricane most likely stronger than a Category 3 storm. The hurricane carried with it a heavy storm surge of at least 16 feet, although the modern hurricane models calculates that some areas may have been inundated up to 30 feet that caused great destruction along the coastline and offshore. An estimated 1,000 to 2,000 people were killed mostly by drowning, putting it on-par with 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the sixth-deadliest hurricane in US history. St. Helena was estimated to have 6,000 African-Americans living there with the majority owning their own land and homes in a time when most Black people were prevented from doing so. Most structures in that area were not elevated higher than 2 feet; therefore, they were covered by the first waves that went above the normal water mark. Although the hurricane was devastating, the American Red Cross did not arrive until October 1, possibly because of ongoing efforts following another hurricane that hit South Carolina in June. Others claimed it was neglect because most of those impacted where Black Americans. Damage was reported as far north as Maine. Damage was heavy all along the New Jersey coast and breakers were described as the biggest ever witnessed. Railroad tracks were under four feet of water. Crops were heavily damaged in Pennsylvania and upstate New York. At Coney Island, roofs were lifted off big buildings and carried for blocks. Waves topped the seawall by 15 feet at Battery Park. Damage was heavy at resorts on Long Island and it was the worst storm on the New England coast in 20 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to the rainforests of Central America, South America, and the Lesser Antilles. It is the longest extant species of beetle in the world, and is also one of the largest flying insects in the world. Dynastes hercules is known for its tremendous strength and is named after Hercules, a hero of classical mythology who is famed for his great strength.

A quite complex pattern has set up out in the tropical Atlantic that is making it difficult to really know what to expect regarding the series of tropical disturbances that we see lined up off the coast of Africa. It does appear, however, that some impacts will eventually be felt in the Lesser Antilles as these disturbances move generally westward with time. I'll cover all of this and more during my Hurricane Outlook and Discussion video via YouTube later today. Thanks for listening!

The 1933 Florida–Mexico hurricane was the first of two Atlantic hurricanes to strike the Treasure Coast region of Florida in the very active 1933 Atlantic hurricane season. It was one of two storms that year to inflict hurricane-force winds over South Texas, causing significant damage there. The fifth tropical cyclone of the year, it formed east of the Lesser Antilles on July 24, rapidly strengthening as it moved west-northwest. As it passed over the islands, it attained hurricane status on July 26, producing heavy rains and killing at least six people. Over the next three days, it moved, paralleling the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas. The storm produced extensive damage and at least one drowning as it crossed the Bahamas. On July 29, the cyclone came under the influence of changing steering currents in the atmosphere, which forced the storm into Florida on July 30, 1933. A minimal hurricane at landfall, it caused negligible wind damage as it crossed Florida, but generated heavy rain along its path, causing locally severe flooding across the state. The storm turned west, weakened to below hurricane status, and later exited the state. Once over the eastern Gulf of Mexico the storm shifted its course to the west-southwest and gradually recovered its intensity. The path of the storm brought it close to the mouth of the Rio Grande River in early August. Few ships encountered the small storm as it regained hurricane status on August 4, just a day before striking northern Mexico with winds of 90 mph —making it close to a modern-day Category 2 hurricane. Striking close to the border between the US and Mexico, the storm caused extensive damage in both countries. Winds caused heavy losses to citrus production in the Rio Grande Valley. While only one person died in the United States, heavy rains led to catastrophic flooding that claimed at least 31 lives in northern Mexico. The storm that struck Florida on July 30 took one of the most unusual paths for a hurricane in the last 100 years crossing the state and then heading southwest to strike extreme southern Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elsa became the fifth named storm of the hurricane season, bringing widespread impacts from the Lesser Antilles to Cuba, and up and down the east coast of the U.S. Today's podcast looks back at its impact, especially here on Delmarva.

Elsa is now a category one hurricane as it moves through the Lesser Antilles, bringing a wind gust to 86 mph to Barbados this morning. I'll have an in-depth look at the latest forecast and more during my Hurricane Outlook and Discussion video via YouTube later this afternoon. Thanks for listening!

It looks like we have a new tropical storm trying to take shape well east of the Lesser Antilles that could bring impacts to that region by the weekend. The next name up is Elsa. I will take an in-depth look at the latest concerning this system and its long-term track and intensity possibilities as part of my Hurricane Outlook and Discussion video on YouTube later today. Thanks for listening!

All indications are that we could see a tropical depression form way out in the deep tropical Atlantic somewhere south of the Cape Verde Islands over the next few days. This would be very early in the season for this to be happening and a sign that we are, in fact, in for a busy season ahead. Meanwhile, another tropical wave will bring showers and thunderstorms to portions of the Lesser Antilles as it moves west and across that region over the next couple of days. And finally, we should see a tropical depression form in the east Pacific off the coast of Mexico that may go on to become the season's first hurricane. I will cover all of these topics of interest and more in my Hurricane Outlook and Discussion video on YouTube later this afternoon.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 128, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Wok Of Fame 1: To eat Chinese food like a native, use 2 of these 10 1/2-inch wooden implements. Chopsticks. 2: The 4 main Chinese types of these strips of dried dough are soup, sauce, stir-fried and shallow-fried. Noodles. 3: Some people may have adverse reactions to this Chinese food flavor enhancer that's also called "Mei-Jing". MSG (Monosodium glutamate). 4: Predigested seaweed formed into these avian homes is a treasured Chinese soup ingredient. bird nests. 5: Meaning "heart's delight", it's a variety of snacks like fried dumplings and steamed buns. Dim sum. Round 2. Category: March Of Time 1: Once home to Al Capone and a birdman, it closed its cell doors March 21, 1963. Alcatraz. 2: On March 25, 1957 6 countries signed the Treaty of Rome to form this, the EEC. European Economic Community. 3: This city's Bakerloo subway line opened March 10, 1906. London. 4: The U.S. voted against joining this organization March 19, 1920; today we're here and it isn't. League of Nations. 5: On March 1, 1954 the U.S. conducted the first of a series of hydrogen bomb tests on this Pacific atoll. Bikini Atoll. Round 3. Category: "In" Places 1: In February 1994 an earthquake struck the island of Sumatra in this nation, killing 215 people. Indonesia. 2: Civilization in the valley of this Pakistani river dates back about 4500 years. the Indus River. 3: Technically, it comprises the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. the West Indies. 4: This capital of Tyrol has hosted 2 Winter Olympic games. Innsbruck. 5: This Missouri city is headquarters to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Independence. Round 4. Category: Mel Blank 1: His voice brought Daffy Duck to life. Mel Blanc. 2: In 1990 he was Hamlet and in 1994 he was Maverick. Mel Gibson. 3: He wrote and directed but did not produce "The Producers". Mel Brooks. 4: He took "Coca Cola Cowboy" to No. 1 on the country charts in 1979. Mel Tillis. 5: This attractive brunette played thirtysomething Hope Steadman on "thirtysomething". Mel Harris. Round 5. Category: Tv Shows On Tv Shows 1: (Hi. I'm Debbe Dunning.) It's the name of the home improvement show that's featured on "Home Improvement". Tool Time. 2: Like "Meet the Press", Murphy Brown's fictional news show "F.Y.I." tapes in this city. Washington, D.C.. 3: This "Simpsons" TV clown has worked with Sideshow Bob, Sideshow Mel and Sideshow Luke Perry. Krusty the Klown. 4: He plays talk show host Larry Sanders on HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show". Garry Shandling. 5: The TV producer he plays on "The Tom Show" was dumped by Shannon Tweed, not Roseanne. Tom Arnold. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Hurricane Frances  was the sixth named storm, the fourth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. The system crossed the open Atlantic during mid-to-late August, moving to the north of the Lesser Antilles while strengthening. Its outer bands affected Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands while passing north of the Caribbean sea. The storm's maximum sustained wind speeds peaked at 145 miles per hour, achieving Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. As the system slowed down its forward motion, the eye passed over San Salvador Island and very close to Cat Island in the Bahamas. Frances was the first hurricane to impact the entire Bahamian archipelago since 1866, and led to the nearly complete destruction of their agricultural economy.   Frances then passed over the central sections of the state of Florida in the U.S. only three weeks after Hurricane Charley, causing significant damage to the state's citrus crop, closing major airports, schools and canceling a collegiate football game. The storm then moved briefly offshore Florida into the northeast Gulf of Mexico and made a second U.S. landfall at the Florida Panhandle before accelerating northeast through the eastern United States near the Appalachians into Atlantic Canada while weakening. A significant tornado outbreak accompanied the storm across the eastern United States, nearly equaling the outbreak from Hurricane Beulah. Very heavy rains fell in association with this slow moving and relatively large hurricane, which led to floods in Florida and North Carolina. A total of 49 lives were lost from the cyclone. Damages totaled US$12 billion.   Hurricane Ivan  was a large, long-lived, Cape Verde-type hurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The cyclone was the ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. Ivan formed in early September, had reached Category 5 strength on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, and became the 10th most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. At its peak in the Gulf of Mexico, Ivan was the size of the state of Texas. It also spawned 120 tornadoes across the eastern United States.   Ivan caused catastrophic damage to Grenada as a strong Category 3 storm, heavy damage to Jamaica as a strong Category 4 storm and then Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands and the western tip of Cuba as a Category 5 storm. After peaking in strength, the hurricane moved north-northwest across the Gulf of Mexico to strike Florida as a strong Category 3 storm, causing significant damage. Ivan dropped heavy rains on the Southeastern United States as it progressed northeast and east through the eastern United States, becoming an extratropical cyclone. The remnant low from the storm moved into the western subtropical Atlantic and regenerated into a tropical cyclone, which then moved across Florida and the Gulf of Mexico into Louisiana and Texas, causing minimal damage.   Ivan caused an estimated US$18 billion in damages to the United States, making it the fifth costliest hurricane ever to strike the country.  We didn't get hit too badly by this storm, but it has my nerves on edge that it is just one storm after another this year.   Hurricane Jeanne  was the deadliest hurricane in the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the tenth named storm, the seventh hurricane, and the fifth major hurricane of the season, as well as the third hurricane and fourth named storm of the season to make landfall in Florida. After wreaking havoc on Hispaniola, Jeanne struggled to reorganize, eventually strengthening and performing a complete loop over the open Atlantic. It headed westwards, strengthening into a Category 2 hurricane and passing over the islands of Great Abaco and Grand Bahama in the Bahamas on September 25.   Jeanne made landfall later in the day in Florida just 2 miles from where Frances had struck 3 weeks earlier. Building on the rainfall of Frances and Ivan, Jeanne brought near-record flood levels as far north as West Virginia and New Jersey before its remnants turned east into the open Atlantic. Jeanne is blamed for at least 3,006 deaths in Haiti with about 2,800 in Gonaïves alone, which was nearly washed away by floods and mudslides. The storm also caused 7 deaths in Puerto Rico, 18 in the Dominican Republic and at least 4 in Florida, bringing the total number of deaths to at least 3,025;   Jeanne is the 12th deadliest storm in the Atlantic hurricane history ever. Final property damage in the United States was $6.8 billion, making this the 13th costliest hurricane in U.S. history.  Jeanne took out several trees at the sanctuary and smashed some cages, but none of the cats escaped.  I had to use my body as a patch in the roof of a cougar cage until a patch of wire arrived, but that was the scariest part of the damage done.   I'm exhausted from being on high alert for weeks now due to hurricanes hitting Florida.  I watch them for days, not knowing where they will land, and fearful for the lives of my cats and family.  People are saying that it is global warming and life in Florida will always be this way from now on.  I don't know how long I can deal with the stress.   I've been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views.  If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story.  The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/   I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story.  My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet.     You can help feed the cats at no cost to you using Amazon Smile! Visit BigCatRescue.org/Amazon-smile   You can see photos, videos and more, updated daily at BigCatRescue.org   Check out our main channel at YouTube.com/BigCatRescue   Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 58, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: O'hollywood 1: In "Singin' in the Rain", he knew how to "Make 'Em Laugh". Donald O'Connor. 2: In "My Favorite Year", his character admitted "I'm not an actor; I'm a movie star". Peter O'Toole. 3: At age 6, she asked the director, "Do you want the tears to run all the way, or shall I stop halfway down?". Margaret O'Brien. 4: Not "Rosemary's Baby", but "Rosemary's" real-life mother. Maureen O'Sullivan. 5: He played Archie Bunker. Carrol O'Connor. Round 2. Category: Barbra Streisand 1: 1976 love theme title that completes the lyric "Love, ageless and...". evergreen. 2: On July 1, 1998 Barbra married this actor. James Brolin. 3: In 1962 Streisand played Miss Marmelstein in this garment industry Broadway musical. I Can Get It for You Wholesale. 4: In "Funny Girl" and "Funny Lady", Barbra Streisand portrayed this funny lady. Fanny Brice. 5: A Pat Conroy novel was the basis for this film, Barbra's second as a director. The Prince of Tides. Round 3. Category: Barnyard Animals 1: Around the world this animal sounds different: "K' ok' iyo" in Korean and "Goh-geh-goh-goh" in Chinese. rooster. 2: Considered among the first animals used in husbandry, they're divided into types by wool texture. sheep. 3: The height of these barnyard animals is measured in hands. horses. 4: When bringing home the bacon, remember that this animal's meat is taboo to observant Muslims and Jews. Pig/swine. 5: A "maid" may have a special stool to sit on while attending to this bovine animal. a cow. Round 4. Category: Loco For Logos 1: Fast-forward into the 21st century with this electronic device that "gets you way more than a DVR". TiVo. 2: This company's logocelebrates 60 years in 2013. Playboy. 3: Can you pick me up a littlepick-me-up from this chain?. Starbucks. 4: It went liveMarch 21, 2006. Twitter. 5: This company is named after the aircraft carrier the owner served on during World War II. Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Round 5. Category: Fun On The Map 1: This world capital has the same name as a character in "Romeo and Juliet". Paris. 2: Say ahhhhhhhh! The Dalton Iceberg Tongue on this continent actually looks like a tongue. Antarctica. 3: Just one look at this island southeast of Sumatra makes me want a cup of coffee. Java. 4: A digitally enhanced map of these bodies of water in New York State shows you how they got this name. the Finger Lakes. 5: The Greater Antilles are big islands, like Cuba; the smaller ones may get a complex with this "diminuitive" name. the Lesser Antilles. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

法國的美好年代在台灣 法屬圭亞那（Guyane française）面積1630平方公里，位於南美洲北部大西洋，與巴西和蘇利南（Suriname）交界。 1498年，由哥倫布（Cristóbal Colón； 1451－1506）發現。 一世紀後由荷蘭殖民。 1604年，法國入侵。 1816年，法國殖民地。 1946年，法國的「海外省」。 馬丁尼克（Martinique）1,128 平方公里，位於中美洲加勒比海（mer des Caraïbes ） 1502年，由哥倫布發現。 1635 年，法國殖民地。 1946年，法國的海外省。 1982年，法國的海外大區。 瓜地洛普（Guadeloupe）1705平方公里，位於小安的列斯群島（Lesser Antilles）中部、東加勒比海的群島。 1674年，法國領地。 18至19世紀，英國佔領。 1815年，歸法國。 1946年，法國海外省。 1977年，法國大區。 非洲（Africa）-世界面積第二大洲，人口第二大洲，在21個非洲國家為官方語言：Congo, Madagascar, Cameroun, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Sénégal, Tchad, Guinée, Rwanda,Burundi, Benin, Togo, République Centrafricaine, Congo, Gabon, Djibouti. Guinée équatoriale, Comores, Seychelles. 留尼旺群島（La Réunion）550平方公里， 印度洋西部馬斯克林群島（Mascareignes）中的火山島。 中世紀時阿拉伯人命名「日落島」（Dina Morgabin ）。 1513年，葡萄牙人發現。 1649年，法國統治建立航海站。1810年，英國佔領。 1815年，英國交還法國。 1848年，定名留尼旺島。 1946年，法國海外省。 馬約特群島（Mayotte） 374平方公里，位於非洲東南莫三比克海峽的群島。 1500年，伊斯蘭教的君主領地。 1503年，葡萄牙探險者發現，未侵占。 16世紀，馬爾加什人（Merina）統治。 1843年，割讓給法國。 1974年和1976年，兩次公民投票不獨立。 2001年，「省級行政區域」（collectivité départementale）。 2011年，法國海外省。 #法國 #藝文 #為什麼在南美、加勒比海、非洲，法語也通？

This episode we delve into the problem solving capabilities of some large lizards, and uncover the lifestyle of Guatemalan beaded lizards. We also discuss the mysterious black beasts that inhabit the Caribbean Islands of the Lesser Antilles. Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights FULL REFERENCE LIST AVAILABLE AT: herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper References: Raveendran, Dileep Kumar, V. Deepak, Eric Nelson Smith, and Utpal Smart. 2017. “A New Colour Morph of Calliophis Bibroni (Squamata: Elapidae) and Evidence for Müllerian Mimicry in Tropical Indian Coralsnakes.” Herpetology Notes 10: 209–17. OPEN ACCESS Species of the Bi-Week: Koch, Claudia, and Pablo J Venegas. 2016. “A Large and Unusually Colored New Snake Species of the Genus Tantilla (Squamata; Colubridae) from the Peruvian Andes.” PeerJ 4: e2767. OPEN ACCESS Other Mentioned Papers/Studies: Crawford, L. E., Knouse, L. E., Kent, M., Vavra, D., Harding, O., LeServe, D., ... & Lambert, K. G. (2020). Enriched environment exposure accelerates rodent driving skills. Behavioural brain research, 378, 112309. Other Links/Mentions: Varanus prasinus opening a door: https://youtu.be/ukayoMTScXw Heloderma charlesbogerti opening a door: https://youtu.be/JJZ6J1igNNo  Music: Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Species Bi-week theme – Mike Mooney Other Music – The Passion HiFi, www.thepassionhifi.com  

This week, Destination sailing Channel is taking us to Antigua and Barbuda, in the heart of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. We will discover what Antigua has to offer the yachtsman in the ways of moorings, anchorages and the surrounding islands.  We also visit the neighbouring island Barbuda around 40 nautical miles to the north.If you enjoyed this programme please leave a review.The following are the links to our programmes shot in and around Antigua:Episode 49 https://youtu.be/jo6ykVFp510​Episode 50 https://youtu.be/t1GbPx6szlk​Episode 51 https://youtu.be/b7XFGT2S0s0​Episode 11 https://youtu.be/m0-qWfPG9hk​Thanks for listening! Please subscribe and leave a comment. You can also watch the version of this programme on YouTube at www.sailingoceanfox.comTo support our work ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/sailingoceanfoxOur videos are free for everyone to watch and always will be. However, we have an amazing community of Patrons who, for the cost of a cup of coffee a month, receive all sorts of benefits and perks. This support allows us to continue bringing our stories to you, so a BIG thanks to our wonderful Patrons. Click the link above to find out more. If Patreon isn't your thing, there are other ways  to show your support with no cost for you! Just visit us at www.sailingoceanfox.com to know more. We changed all the billing process as well, so you pay only ONCE a month and that's it! As clear as possible!Join us on the link below ❤️❤️❤️https://www.patreon.com/sailingoceanfoxFollow our blog with our daily adventures on Facebook . We post our route everyday, showing you the ups and downs of sailing. An amazing adventure  documented every single day. Stop there and leave your comment, we reply every single comment!https://www.facebook.com/sailingoceanfox/Check the photos on Instagram , plus all the journey. We also have the Instagram stories where we register a few seconds of our day all the time. The best place for you to follow us as it is in real time. So much fun.https://instagram.com/sailingoceanfox/ Visit our website where we have our route on the map in real time. It is automatic updated and you can see where we are. You can also choose some official Ocean Fox merch and help to support our journey. https://www.sailingoceanfox.com/Have a look at the food we eat on board of Ocean Fox. A daily blog of our healthy lifestyle . We eat a Low Carb Mediterranean plant based diet and we just love it. Loads of fresh fish as we catch so much.https://www.facebook.com/healthyonboard/Please like and share all of that to help us going on this adventure. We are really enjoying this life and sharing everything with you it's been wonderful . Thank you very much, you guys are amazing supporting us with your likes and comments, we really feel that we have a new family out there. Much loveCarla & Simon 

This was an AONE crossword, with an iinnteresting tthheme, and a rebus that crammed more letters into a square than  there are MESONS in the dot at the end of this sentence. As usual, there were a few surprises for Mike -- 61A, Prominent women's rights lawyer, GLORIAALLRED, and 55D, Lesser Antilles native, CARIB -- that is to say, a human being, not to be confused with a non-human bean, aka CAROB.Sometime this week we'll be offering another chance to win a year's subscription to the New York Times crossword, and listen early and often to maximize your chances!

This week, Destination Sailing Channel, are taking us to Antigua and Barbuda, in the heart of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. We will discover what Antigua has to offer the yachtsman in the ways of moorings, anchorages and the surrounding islands.  We also visit the neighbouring island Barbuda around 40 nautical miles to the north.The following are the links to our programmes shot in and around Antigua:Episode 49 https://youtu.be/jo6ykVFp510Episode 50 https://youtu.be/t1GbPx6szlkEpisode 51 https://youtu.be/b7XFGT2S0s0Episode 11 https://youtu.be/m0-qWfPG9hkYou can follow Sailing Ocean Fox sailing channelwww.sailingoceanfox.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3WjVOASAqK3a8RU5zL8BxgPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/search?q=Sailing+Ocean+Fox+Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sailingoceanfox/Instagram: https://instagram.com/sailingoceanfox/Healthy on Board on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healthyonboard/Healthy on Board on Instagram: https://instagram.com/healthy_on_board/

#ChristopherColumbus [a] (/kəˈlʌmbəs/;[3] before 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and colonizer who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that opened the New World for conquest and permanent European colonization of the Americas. His expeditions, sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, were the first European contact with the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. #Columbus's early life is somewhat obscure, but scholars generally agree that he was born in the Republic of Genoa and spoke a dialect of Ligurian as his first language. He went to sea at a young age and travelled widely, as far north as the British Isles (and possibly Iceland) and as far south as what is now Ghana. He married Portuguese noblewoman Filipa Moniz Perestrelo and was based in Lisbon for several years, but later took a Castilian mistress; he had one son with each woman. Though largely self-educated, Columbus was widely read in geography, astronomy, and history. He formulated a plan to seek a western sea passage to the East Indies, hoping to profit from the lucrative spice trade. Following persistent lobbying, Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand II agreed to sponsor a journey west, in the name of the Crown of Castile. Columbus left Castile in August 1492 with three ships, and after a stopover in the Canary Islands made landfall in the Americas on 12 October (later celebrated as Columbus Day). His landing place was an island in the Bahamas, known by its native inhabitants as Guanahani; its exact location is uncertain. Columbus subsequently visited the islands now known as Cuba and Hispaniola, establishing a colony in what is now Haiti—the first European settlement in the Americas since the Norse colonies nearly 500 years earlier. He arrived back in Castile in early 1493, bringing a number of captive natives with him. Word of his voyages soon spread throughout Europe. Columbus made three further voyages to the New World, exploring the Lesser Antilles in 1493, Trinidad and the northern coast of South America in 1498, and the eastern coast of Central America in 1502. Many of the names he gave to geographical features—particularly islands—are still in use. He continued to seek a passage to the East Indies, and the extent to which he was aware that the Americas were a wholly separate landmass is uncertain. He never clearly renounced his belief that he had reached the Far East and gave the name indios ("Indians") to the indigenous peoples he encountered. Columbus's strained relationship with the Spanish crown and its appointed colonial administrators in America led to his arrest and removal from Hispaniola in 1500, and later to protracted litigation over the benefits that he and his heirs claimed were owed to them by the crown. Columbus's expeditions inaugurated a period of exploration, conquest, and colonization that lasted for centuries, helping create the modern Western world. The transfers between the Old World and New World that followed his first voyage are known as the Columbian exchange, and the period of human habitation in the Americas prior to his arrival is referred to as the Pre-Columbian era. weki Columbus's legacy continues to be debated. He was widely venerated in the centuries after his death, but public perceptions have changed as recent scholars have given greater attention to negative aspects of his life, such as his enslavement of the indigenous population in his quest for gold and his brutal subjugation of the Taíno people, leading to their near-extinction, as well as allegations of tyranny towards Spanish colonists. Many landmarks and institutions in the Western Hemisphere bear his name, including the country of Colombia and the name Columbia, which is used as a personification for the United States, and appears in many place names there. weki --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vegansteven/message

#Humancannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. The expression cannibalism has been extended into zoology to mean one individual of a species consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food, including sexual cannibalism. The Island Carib people of the Lesser Antilles, from whom the word "cannibalism" is derived, acquired a long-standing reputation as cannibals after their legends were recorded in the 17th century.[1] Some controversy exists over the accuracy of these legends and the prevalence of actual cannibalism in the culture. #Cannibalism was practiced in New Guinea and in parts of the Solomon Islands, and flesh markets existed in some parts of Melanesia.[2] Fiji was once known as the "Cannibal Isles".[3] Cannibalism has been well documented around the world, from Fiji to the Amazon Basin to the Congo to the Māori people of New Zealand.[4] Neanderthals are believed to have practiced cannibalism,[5][6] and Neanderthals may have been eaten by anatomically modern humans.[7] Cannibalism was also practiced in the past in Egypt during ancient Egypt, Roman Egypt and during famines such as the great famine in the year 1201.[8][9] Cannibalism has recently been both practiced and fiercely condemned in several wars, especially in Liberia[10] and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[11] It was still practiced in Papua New Guinea as of 2012, for cultural reasons[12][13] and in ritual and in war in various Melanesian tribes. Cannibalism has been said to test the bounds of cultural relativism because it challenges anthropologists "to define what is or is not beyond the pale of acceptable human behavior".[1] Some scholars even argue that no firm evidence exists that cannibalism has ever been a socially acceptable practice anywhere in the world, at any time in history, although this has been consistently debated against.[14] Cannibalism has occasionally been practiced as a last resort by people suffering from famine, even in modern times. Famous examples include the ill-fated Donner Party (1846–47) and, more recently, the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 (1972), after which some survivors ate the bodies of dead passengers. Additionally, there are cases of people suffering from mental illness engaging in cannibalism for sexual pleasure, such as Jeffrey Dahmer and Albert Fish. There is resistance to formally labeling cannibalism a mental disorder.[15] weki --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vegansteven/message

Maritime Insurance This is an interview with Don Spink founder of Blue Water insurance on Maritime Insurance. Over the years I have insured with this company off and on and I always found the service to be great. This year my insurance company Pantaenius us quit writing maritime insurance for US sailors and I wanted to talk to Don about the situation. This is from the website of Blue Water Insurance “Blue Water Yacht Insurance (BWYI) is headquartered in Jupiter, FL but we insure boats and cruisers worldwide. For over 30 years, Blue Water Yacht has insured boats and cruisers all over the world including the Caribbean Sea (Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Grenada, Lesser Antilles, and all over the West Indies), Trans-Atlantic Passages, Transit through the Panama Canal, Mexico, Canada, Hawaii, Japan, and Italy. We also provide quotes and insurance for trips to Cuba. Our boat insurance policies are specific to active cruisers. Blue Water Yacht Insurance, Inc. is backed by A+ rated underwriters who are leading underwriters of marine insurance policies worldwide. We cater to the offshore cruising community, skipper charters, captain charters, and Caribbean cruisers. Thirty years ago, Blue Water Yacht Insurance developed the first 2-crew worldwide navigation program for the Seven Seas Cruising Association. Today we insure thousands of cruising yachts all over the world. We also offer single hand sailing quotes and policies. Our exclusive online boat insurance quote system allows you to get a quote for yacht insurance, sailing insurance, or boat insurance in a matter of days (occasionally, same day). If you compare our quotes "apples to apples" to your current policy or to another quote, our marine insurance policies have the lowest prices and best coverage! In addition, we value your privacy. Any information you enter on our quote form is held in confidence between you and us. We will NEVER sell, trade or rent your personal information to others. This privacy statement discloses how the information you provide is used and protected.” https://www.bluewaterins.com/ Don@bluewaterins.com     Please Consider supporting the podcast in Patreon Want me to go sailing with you? Then contact me! If you have ideas for future podcasts or comments please drop me a note! and PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note. link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me.   ©2020 Franz Amussen all rights reserved    

In preparation for a holiday to the Lesser Antilles, I thought I'd try and explain what this place even is. This episode is in conjunction with a more detailed article, with maps: https://www.journalofthere.com/content/2019/the-caribbean

Scattered severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall are possible across portions of the Plains through Monday. Meanwhile, dry weather and gusty winds will result in critical fire weather conditions across the Great Basin and northern Rockies. Elsewhere, tropical storm Dorian in the Atlantic is expected to slowly strengthen and will likely approach the Lesser Antilles by Tuesday. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/xtremeweather/support

The tropics have finally started to heat up. Tropical Storm Dorian is out in the Atlantic and forecast to move into the Lesser Antilles this week. NHC is watching an area of showers off the North Carolina coast and further development is expected. Severe storms are starting to appear once again for the second chase season. Several states saw tornadoes this week and the outlook for strong and severe storms will exist for the upcoming week. We look at the forecasts for Oklahoma City and Portland.

Sunday night into Monday morning, there's an area of cloudiness and thunderstorms persisting over the eastern Caribbean Sea, associated with a tropical wave. This disturbance is expected to move west-northwestward to northwestward across the north-central Caribbean Sea during the next few days, producing locally heavy rainfall and possibly some flooding across portions of the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/xtremeweather/support

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This is why you must also write. JWS John Walton SpringPost Office Box 18946Anaheim, California 92817 April 23, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: NICARAGUAN-VENEZUELAN MISSILE CRISIS AT PUNTA HUETE AND ON LA ORCHILA ISLAND WHERE EXTREMELY-LONG AIR RUNWAYS NOW EXIST Dear Mr. President: I wrote the following information yesterday and it is my hope that we shall be meeting very soon on this crucial matter. Although we do have the satellite imagery technology to detect nuclear weaponry at any depth or location, if a cargo of Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads were carried on a giant air transport for only a brief period to an island located in the Caribbean Sea to refuel or unload for launch, it would probably reach its destination for striking at America before being detected. These “mach schnell” tactics were developed by the Kremlin in the early 1980s during the Cold War because the Russians then knew that we could detect any nuclear weapons with satellite imagery. So they developed a strategic tactic for deploying them only very briefly at any location before launching to strike at the continental United States. This same strategic plan is now being used by the Russians at Punta Huete, Nicaragua where construction first began during the early 1980s in Central America and on La Orchila Island, Venezuela where construction for another two-mile in length air runway began during 2010 at a location in the Caribbean Sea, which has now replaced Grenada as a refueling stopover for the Antonov An-124 Ruslangiant air transports where also Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads could be very quickly unloaded to strike at the Eastern Seaboard of America in a rather short period of time. Sincerely, John W. Spring Dear Friends,Over nearly the past decade, it has been very difficult for me to reach high-ranking officials in Washington on geopolitical matters related to the Middle East, North Korea and now Latin America where the current Nicaraguan-Venezuelan Missile Crisis caused by Russiaexists. But this crisis is far more serious than the Cuban Missile Crisis because the infrastructure is already fully-operational and it would take only a moment to land, unload and launch. JWS John Walton SpringPost Office Box 18946Anaheim, California 92817 April 20, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: THE VENEZUELAN MISSILE CRISIS AT RUSSIAN AIR BASE ON LA ORCHILA Dear Mr. President: During the Obama Administration, I was the first American to become aware of North Korea’s Long-Range Missiles being able to strike well within the continental United States with EMP and Thermonuclear Warheads when officials in Washington, who apparently did not have very strong scientific backgrounds, did not believe that Pyongyang could have reached such a level of technology. So, without my earlier contributions on this matter, you would have been unable to stop this threat from the Korean Peninsula by meeting with Chairman Kim Jong Un. Since then, more than two years ago, I was advised by Dr. Bill Deagle, who had deep concerns about Chinese and Russian military activity in Venezuela, to probe into that situation. Although I was then aware about the completion of the two-mile long runway at Punta Huete,Nicaragua in Central America including a visit to that facility by Russian President Vladimir Putin, I was still unaware of the Russian Air Force base on La Orchila Island in the Caribbean Sea. Based upon my knowledge and past experience, by being informed about this newer two-mile runway in the Lesser Antilles, in addition to serving the same function as would have been the airfield earlier under construction on Grenada in 1983 when U.S. Armed Forces had invaded the island that would become a refueling stopover for the Antonov An-124 Ruslan air transports on their way to Punta Huete where they would unload Mobile Missile Launchers and Intermediate-Range Missiles with Thermonuclear Warheads, it is directly in-line with the Eastern Coast with infrastructure now fully-operational for striking accurately at America without a warning. Sincerely, John W. 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JWSInboxxJohn Spring 1:32 PM (2 hours ago)toDear Friends,Based upon past experiences, it would not be enough for me to just provide information about an incident as serious as the Cuban Missile Crisis because as I had later discovered, those sources in Washington have proven to be inadequate due to incompetent personnel whose concern rests only with advancing in their careers rather than with the wellbeing of the American people. So as a result of this dilemma, I must meet with the President on this crucial matter because time is running out at a very rapid rate. The key Kremlin advisers who provide Russian President Putin with his diabolical plans for destroying America are rather good at what they do, perhaps nearly as good as those during the time of the former Soviet Union and the Cold War. But they merely have copied the earlier plan related to the Nicaraguan Missile Crisis when U.S. Armed Forces invaded Grenada in the Caribbean Sea during 1983. The only significant difference for the plan that was developed in Moscow is that La Orchila Island has replaced Grenada as the refueling stopover point before the Antonov An-124 giant air transports are able to reach Punta Huete in Nicaragua that is located in Central America.However, there are additional advantages for La Orchila Island over Grenada. Firstly, it is a Russian Air Force base with much tighter security on an island that is only sparsely populated. Secondly, La Orchila Island is geographically located in a far more strategic position directly in line with the Eastern Seaboard of the continental United States. Thirdly, unlike the two missile crises in 1962 and 1983, all of the infrastructure is now completed and fully operational, which enables Russia to land and launch “mach schnell” or very rapidly. So time is of essence on this very crucial matter. JWS John W. SpringP.O. Box 18946Anaheim, CA 92817 April 19, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: RUSSIAN AIR FORCE BASE ON LA ORCHILA ISLAND: RACE AGAINST TIME Dear Mr. President: Due to my wife, who may soon be released from a skilled-nursing facility after the coming week, I would urge you to immediately make arrangements and provisions to meet directly with me as soon as possible. Already I have been approaching persons who could be trusted for spending at least some time with her after she arrives at home. However, none of them have confirmed their willingness to assist. It would be rather unlikely for me to leave without providing adequate care during my absence. So, please, expedite my special request on this crucial matter right away. Although with current satellite imagery technology, we are able to detect the presence of nuclearweaponry at any location or depth, within a very short duration of time, many Antonov An-124 Ruslan giant air transports could land with their cargoes of Mobile Missile Launchers for the Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads able to strike at America within minutes after being unloaded at La Orchila Island in the Caribbean Sea and at Punta Huete in Central America. Because these runways in Venezuela and Nicaragua are at least two miles in length, they are able to accommodate the largest bombers and military cargo transports that would only need to land briefly before deploying and launching missiles carrying thermonuclear warheads capable of striking at any region of the continental United States. Besides the aforementioned information, the primary reason for you to meet directly with me is to provide you with the best alternatives for viable solutions during this current crisis that would be unavailable from other sources. My past record speaks for itself, i.e. Cuba andGrenada. Sincerely, John W. Spring Dear Friends,There are very influential individuals and organizations that have supported the President who are promoting Russian President Putin with a globalist agenda supporting China and Russia. For this reason, we must send our own email letters to the President at this very crucial time.JWS April 17, 2019The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: DIABOLICAL ATROCITIES OF PRESIDENT VLADIMIR V. PUTIN SINCE 2000 Dear Mr. President: While I am elated about your vindication, for the security of our nation, I am very disappointed about your lack of awareness on the strategic significance related to the Russian Air Force base on La Orchila Island in the Caribbean Sea as well as the nearly two-mile-long airfield at Punta Huete in Central America and failure to respond to my request for meeting directly with you on this crucial matter, which is now far more serious than the Cuban Missile Crisis because Russia has already reached beyond the level readiness with its infrastructure now being operational. Russian President Vladimir V. Putin has been involved with so many diabolical atrocities since 2000. He was responsible for the bombing of many apartment buildings in major Russian cities. In 2001, Putin played a significant role in 9-11, related to bombings at the World Trade Center in New York and the planning for the Afghan War that has become our longest war. The crash of a Polish Air Force Tu-154 on April 10, 2010 with President Lech Kaczynski on the flight when the placing of explosives onboard had been ordered earlier by Putin. The hijacking of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) and shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17), which may have been the same Boeing 777 during March 8, 2014 and July 17, 2014, were also ordered by Putin before the MH370 air carrier had landed at Kazakhstan in Central Asia and then later became the same aircraft for MH17, which did not originate from Amsterdam. Putin was also responsible for the deployment of Russian rocket engines manufactured in the Moscow Industrial Region to North Koreafor Kim Jong Un’s missile program in 2012. Now, he is also responsible for the Venezuelan Missile Crisis on La Orchila Island,Venezuela. Sincerely, John W. Spring Dear Friends,Please carefully read the following email letter sent to the President. JWS April 16, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: THE THREE CLANDESTINE RUSSIAN MISSILE CRISES IN LATIN AMERICA Dear Mr. President: While it may be rather difficult for you and many other leaders in Washington to perceive the former Soviet Union or Russia as a terrorist state that is exactly what it is and has been for over 60 years, if not for even a longer period of time. Of course, some of your closest advisers as well as many friends and supporters have told a completely different story. However, based upon the definition of “terrorist,” the Kremlinin Moscow fits the description to the letter “T” very well. The three clandestine Russian Missile Crises over the past 60 years in Latin America should be an adequate reason for describing or identifying Russia as a terrorist state without question. With diabolical leaders such as Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chairman Nikita Khrushchev and Chairman Yuri Andropov, we had the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Nicaraguan Missile Crisis and now we have theVenezuelan Missile Crisis on La Orchila Island, Venezuela and also again at Punta Huete, Nicaragua where Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles with Thermonuclear Warheads can be unloaded from Antonov An-124 Ruslan giant air transports within minutes after landing and launched to accurately strike rapidly at strategic targets throughout America. If any of the past or present clandestine crises had been or were to become successful, no longer would there be any United States left. However, unlike the crises of the past, the Russian Air Force base on La Orchila Island in the Caribbean Sea and also the long runway infrastructure at Punta Huete in Central America are already operational, which means that Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads could now be deployed at the aforementioned locations very quickly on short notice in Latin America and arrive at any time. Sincerely, John W. Spring April 15, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: RUSSIAN TUPOLEV TU-160 BLACKJACK BOMBERS NOW DEPLOYED AT LA ORCHILA ISLAND IN THE CARIBBEAN CAN NOW FIRE MISSILES AT AMERICA. Dear Mr. President: The Russian Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack bombers now deployed on La Orchila Island have been modified and renovated to fire missiles in mid-air that can reach the continental United States while in-flight. In addition to the Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan giant air transports that can now land on La Orchila Island, Venezuela in theCaribbean Sea and at Punta Huete, Nicaragua in Central America carrying Mobile Missile Launchers and Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles with Thermonuclear Warheads, the Russian Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack bomber can now launch missiles in-flight that can also strike at targets in the continental United States because they are being modified and renovated while a newer model is now scheduled to go into production by as early as 2020. Although it may not be known if the Kremlin’s Hypersonic Missile has been developed for its production at this time, what already exists and now in operation is a far more serious threat than the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 or the unpublicized Nicaraguan Missile Crisisduring 1983, when Grenada was invaded by U.S. Armed Forces, because the infrastructure had not reached an operational status, while theVenezuelan Missile Crisis had earlier exceeded that stage. Since my analytical reports have all proved to be accurate about these crises since 1961, I would hope that you make arrangements for me to meet with you at once. Sincerely, John W. SpringApril 13, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: EXISTING MISSILE CRISIS IN CARIBBEAN SEA AND CENTRAL AMERICA Dear Mr. President: As of Saturday, April 13, 2019, the population of the United States of America is 328,586. For me, it is a burden to attempt protecting theAmerican people when now hardly any intelligence information is being analyzed accurately and correctly because a lack of knowledge will lead to the complete destruction of America as it almost did during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and the Nicaraguan Missile Crisis of 1983, when U.S. Armed Forces had invaded Grenada. Although the Russian Air Force base on La Orchila Island located in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea is an imminent threat to the continental United States, it is not due to thedeployment of the Russian Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack bomber, but, rather, the nearly two-mile in length runways that can also accommodate the gigantic Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan air transport that can carry Mobile Missile Launchers and Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads that can be launched shortly after landing at an airfield in Nicaragua, which is located atPunta Huete in Central America, from where they can strike any region of the continental United States with greater accuracy and without advance warning. Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads can be launched from La Orchila Island and accurately strike the Eastern Seaboard of America with even far greater accuracy. Please make arrangements to me to meet with you very soon on this matter. Sincerely, John W. Spring... For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John W Spring, WRITE POTUS Trump, Get Him to Become a CHRISTIAN President, END Planned Unparenthood, END SAD Special Activities Division of CIA Drug Cartels in Mexico Central South America Afghanistan, STOP Legalizing Marijuana in States, END Venezuelan Russian Nukes, Close Banks Accounts of Putin Oligarch PLA Chinese Billionaires, STOP Chinese Fetanyl, BACK Munroe Doctrine in American Back Yard, STOP Demon-Rate Tax Harrassessments, Fire CRF PINAC Advisors, Promote Prolife Agenda in Supreme Court, Bring Personhood to Unborn Elderly Downs Disabled, Dr Bill Deagle MD AAEM ACAM A4M, NutriMedical Report Show, www.NutriMedical.com, www.ClayandIRON.com, www.Deagle-Network.com,NutriMedical Report Show,PLEASE READ AND THEN SEND YOUR OWN EMAIL LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER. JWSDear Friends,Please read the contents of my most recent email letter sent to the President. If it is possible, I would also encourage you to send similar letters on my behalf to him so that he can become aware of the current Venezuelan Missile Crisis that now exists. JWSApril 9, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: LETTERS RECEIVED FROM OR ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY AS A POINT FOR LONG RUNWAYS ON LA ORCHILA ISLAND AND AT PUNTA HUETE Dear Mr. President: During mid-December of 1962 after the Cuban Missile Crisis had ended, I had received a letter from The White House signed byPresident John F. Kennedy as well as two more letters that were sent on behalf of the President from the Department of State and also theDepartment of Defense in Washington of which all were related to my earlier findings and analytic reports for uncovering the Soviet military deployment of Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles and also Medium-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclearand Nuclear Warheads capable of reaching most large cities in the continental United States from launch sites at Pinar del Rio Province located in northeastern Cuba without any advance warning for then killing 170 million Americans with additional ICBMs that would later be launched from Siberia in eastern Russia. Fortunately for me and tragically for Russian GRU Military Officer Colonel Oleg Penkovsky, the Soviet KGB arrested him for my analytical intelligence accomplishments so he was tortured and executed before they had assassinated JFK in Dallas, Texas. For having been blamed for my accomplishments, he posthumously became known as “The Greatest Spy in the World.” So the question remains, would you be willing to meet with me about the long airstrips on La Orchila Island and at Punta Huete? Sincerely, John W. Spring Dear Friends,The current situation at the Russian Air Force base on La Orchila Island in the Caribbean Sea and at Punta Huete in Central America is more serious than the Cuban Missile Crisis, which had confirmed my earlier findings during 1961, because this one is already operational.JWS John W. SpringP.O. Box 18946Anaheim, CA 92817 April 8, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: RUSSIA CAN NOW LAND, UNLOAD AND LAUNCH INTERMEDIATE-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES ARMED WITHTHERMONUCLEAR WARHEADS FROM LA ORCHILA ISLAND, VENEZUELA AND PUNTAL HUETE, NICARAGUUA QUICKLY. Dear Mr. President: The current Venezuelan Missile Crisis at the Russian Air Force base on La Orchila Island is now far more serious than the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 or the Nicaraguan Missile Crisis of 1983 when Grenada was invaded by U.S. Armed Forces because it is already operational. Unlike the need to construct reinforced-concrete missile launch sites at Pinar del Rio Province in northwestern Cuba, which required more than a year, or the very long runways that were under construction on Grenada in the Caribbean Sea and at Punta Huete in Central America that were never finished during the Cold War, the very long airfields on La Orchila Island and also at Punta Huete have been completed and are now operational for accommodating the very large Antonov An-124 Ruslan air transports that can carry fully-integrated mobile missile launchers and Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads, which can be landed, unloaded and launched within a matter of minutes from Venezuela and Nicaragua at any targets within the continental United Stateswithout advance warning or an effective Missile Defense System in operation. Unfortunately, most of your close advisers are apparently unaware of this threat that now exists. Sincerely, John W. Spring John W. SpringP.O. Box 18946Anaheim, CA 92817 April 6, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: “PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE” IN ISLA LA ORCILA, VENEZUELA Dear Mr. President: If our nation is able to survive the forthcoming thermonuclear attacks that are already planned by China and Russia from North Koreaand Venezuela, you will probably be remembered as being the greatest President of the United States. However, if we as a nation should not become able to survive, in spite of all of your very outstanding accomplishments, you may be recorded in history as America’s weakest leader in a nation that will no longer exist. But you have a choice if only you are willing to be receptive to my advice instead of receiving it from your other sources. In the Preamble of our nation’s Constitution, the words “Provide for the Common Defense” are included. So whenever a foreign entity should threaten our nation and its people, we have the God-given right to intervene. However, if we were to intervene for economic or political reasons then such an intervention would be against the Constitution. Since 2009, on La Orchila Island, now a Russian Air Force base, located in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea under the jurisdiction of Venezuela, Russia began extending and widening the runway to nearly two miles in length for accommodating the Antonov An-124 Ruslan and other giant air transports planned for production in China and Russia. These giant transports can carry mobile launch systems and several Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads that can be launched within minutes of landing and being unloaded at La Orchila Island, Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea or Punta Huete, Nicaragua in Central America for accurately striking any region of the continental United States in a short period of time without any warning. Sincerely, John W. Spring John W. SpringP.O. Box 18946Anaheim, CA 92817 April 4, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: PUTIN’S NEW MILITARY STRATEGY CAUSED THE VENEZUELAN CRISIS Dear Mr. President: Thank you for deciding not to close the border entries with Mexico at this time because of the very adverse impact it would make upon American and Mexican small businesses and farms. During the time when you may have thought your Administration was enjoying a “honeymoon” relationship with the regime of Russian President Vladimir V. Putin, he was then cheating on you behind your back. Perhaps the most diabolical move made by him has been the building of the very long airfields on La Orchila Island located in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea that is now a Russian Air Force base capable of landing the giant Antonov An-124 Ruslan air transport, which can carry integrated mobile launchers and manyIntermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads capable of accurately striking any region of the continentalUnited States from Punta Huete, Nicaragua in Central America. However, due to the limited flight range of the An-124, a re-fueling stopover on La Orchila Island is required to reach Punta Huete, which is why Grenada had been invaded by U.S. armed forces in 1963 for the very long runway then under construction. Now, La Orchila Island has replaced Grenada not only as a re-fueling stopover, but it also provides a strategic location for launching missiles directly at America in a very short period of time after landing and unloading mobile launchers. The turmoil caused in Venezuela, where the Maduro regime administers La Orchila Island, by Russia, Cuba and China has already caused more than 3 million Venezuelans to flee that once rich nation. Pure potable water is in very short supply while diseases are now at epidemic levels. Sincerely, John W. Spring Dear Friends,Please read the following letters sent to the President about La Orchila Island and Punta Huete on what may now be the most serious issue at this time. Notice my current email address is now: halfpastfree@outlook.com. JWS John W. SpringP.O. Box 18946Anaheim, CA 92817 April 3, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT TO UNLOAD AND FIRE A NUCLEAR MISSILE Dear Mr. President: Before mentioning what should now become our nation’s concern for security, let me say that if the southern border with Mexico were to be closed, it would definitely destroy small American and Mexican businesses because they do not have adequate financial reserves and resources to endure over an indefinite period of time while large multinational corporations would survive. So it would be unfair to punish the wrong people who were not responsible for this dilemma. While this dire dilemma must be addressed, there is now even a far greater threat to America at Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea and atNicaragua in Central America where Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads can be unloaded and launched within a matter of minutes from giant air transports landing on extremely long runways at Isla La Orchila or La Orchila Island and at Punta Huete that can strike all parts of the continental United States with great accuracy and without an advance warning within a short period of time. As for the current and dire conditions in Venezuela, I would be able provide far better advice in person during a face-to-face meeting directly with you. However, although time is running out, I advise that only appropriate action should be taken on this crucial matter rather that what is now probably being considered. Due to my track record for results, I can provide far better options. Sincerely, John W. Spring John W Spring, WRITE POTUS Trump, Get Him to Become a CHRISTIAN President, END Planned Unparenthood, END SAD Special Activities Division of CIA Drug Cartels in Mexico Central South America Afghanistan, STOP Legalizing Marijuana in States, END Venezuelan Russian Nukes, Close Banks Accounts of Putin Oligarch PLA Chinese Billionaires, STOP Chinese Fetanyl, BACK Munroe Doctrine in American Back Yard, STOP Demon-Rate Tax Harrassessments, Fire CRF PINAC Advisors, Promote Prolife Agenda in Supreme Court, Bring Personhood to Unborn Elderly Downs Disabled, Dr Bill Deagle MD AAEM ACAM A4M, NutriMedical Report Show, www.NutriMedical.com, www.ClayandIRON.com, www.Deagle-Network.com,NutriMedical Report Show,PLEASE READ AND THEN SEND YOUR OWN EMAIL LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER. JWSDear Friends,Please read the contents of my most recent email letter sent to the President. If it is possible, I would also encourage you to send similar letters on my behalf to him so that he can become aware of the current Venezuelan Missile Crisis that now exists. JWSApril 9, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: LETTERS RECEIVED FROM OR ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY AS A POINT FOR LONG RUNWAYS ON LA ORCHILA ISLAND AND AT PUNTA HUETE Dear Mr. President: During mid-December of 1962 after the Cuban Missile Crisis had ended, I had received a letter from The White House signed byPresident John F. Kennedy as well as two more letters that were sent on behalf of the President from the Department of State and also theDepartment of Defense in Washington of which all were related to my earlier findings and analytic reports for uncovering the Soviet military deployment of Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles and also Medium-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclearand Nuclear Warheads capable of reaching most large cities in the continental United States from launch sites at Pinar del Rio Province located in northeastern Cuba without any advance warning for then killing 170 million Americans with additional ICBMs that would later be launched from Siberia in eastern Russia. Fortunately for me and tragically for Russian GRU Military Officer Colonel Oleg Penkovsky, the Soviet KGB arrested him for my analytical intelligence accomplishments so he was tortured and executed before they had assassinated JFK in Dallas, Texas. For having been blamed for my accomplishments, he posthumously became known as “The Greatest Spy in the World.” So the question remains, would you be willing to meet with me about the long airstrips on La Orchila Island and at Punta Huete? Sincerely, John W. Spring Dear Friends,The current situation at the Russian Air Force base on La Orchila Island in the Caribbean Sea and at Punta Huete in Central America is more serious than the Cuban Missile Crisis, which had confirmed my earlier findings during 1961, because this one is already operational.JWS John W. SpringP.O. Box 18946Anaheim, CA 92817 April 8, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: RUSSIA CAN NOW LAND, UNLOAD AND LAUNCH INTERMEDIATE-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES ARMED WITHTHERMONUCLEAR WARHEADS FROM LA ORCHILA ISLAND, VENEZUELA AND PUNTAL HUETE, NICARAGUUA QUICKLY. Dear Mr. President: The current Venezuelan Missile Crisis at the Russian Air Force base on La Orchila Island is now far more serious than the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 or the Nicaraguan Missile Crisis of 1983 when Grenada was invaded by U.S. Armed Forces because it is already operational. Unlike the need to construct reinforced-concrete missile launch sites at Pinar del Rio Province in northwestern Cuba, which required more than a year, or the very long runways that were under construction on Grenada in the Caribbean Sea and at Punta Huete in Central America that were never finished during the Cold War, the very long airfields on La Orchila Island and also at Punta Huete have been completed and are now operational for accommodating the very large Antonov An-124 Ruslan air transports that can carry fully-integrated mobile missile launchers and Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads, which can be landed, unloaded and launched within a matter of minutes from Venezuela and Nicaragua at any targets within the continental United Stateswithout advance warning or an effective Missile Defense System in operation. Unfortunately, most of your close advisers are apparently unaware of this threat that now exists. Sincerely, John W. Spring John W. SpringP.O. Box 18946Anaheim, CA 92817 April 6, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: “PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE” IN ISLA LA ORCILA, VENEZUELA Dear Mr. President: If our nation is able to survive the forthcoming thermonuclear attacks that are already planned by China and Russia from North Koreaand Venezuela, you will probably be remembered as being the greatest President of the United States. However, if we as a nation should not become able to survive, in spite of all of your very outstanding accomplishments, you may be recorded in history as America’s weakest leader in a nation that will no longer exist. But you have a choice if only you are willing to be receptive to my advice instead of receiving it from your other sources. In the Preamble of our nation’s Constitution, the words “Provide for the Common Defense” are included. So whenever a foreign entity should threaten our nation and its people, we have the God-given right to intervene. However, if we were to intervene for economic or political reasons then such an intervention would be against the Constitution. Since 2009, on La Orchila Island, now a Russian Air Force base, located in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea under the jurisdiction of Venezuela, Russia began extending and widening the runway to nearly two miles in length for accommodating the Antonov An-124 Ruslan and other giant air transports planned for production in China and Russia. These giant transports can carry mobile launch systems and several Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads that can be launched within minutes of landing and being unloaded at La Orchila Island, Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea or Punta Huete, Nicaragua in Central America for accurately striking any region of the continental United States in a short period of time without any warning. Sincerely, John W. Spring John W. SpringP.O. Box 18946Anaheim, CA 92817 April 4, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: PUTIN’S NEW MILITARY STRATEGY CAUSED THE VENEZUELAN CRISIS Dear Mr. President: Thank you for deciding not to close the border entries with Mexico at this time because of the very adverse impact it would make upon American and Mexican small businesses and farms. During the time when you may have thought your Administration was enjoying a “honeymoon” relationship with the regime of Russian President Vladimir V. Putin, he was then cheating on you behind your back. Perhaps the most diabolical move made by him has been the building of the very long airfields on La Orchila Island located in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea that is now a Russian Air Force base capable of landing the giant Antonov An-124 Ruslan air transport, which can carry integrated mobile launchers and manyIntermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads capable of accurately striking any region of the continentalUnited States from Punta Huete, Nicaragua in Central America. However, due to the limited flight range of the An-124, a re-fueling stopover on La Orchila Island is required to reach Punta Huete, which is why Grenada had been invaded by U.S. armed forces in 1963 for the very long runway then under construction. Now, La Orchila Island has replaced Grenada not only as a re-fueling stopover, but it also provides a strategic location for launching missiles directly at America in a very short period of time after landing and unloading mobile launchers. The turmoil caused in Venezuela, where the Maduro regime administers La Orchila Island, by Russia, Cuba and China has already caused more than 3 million Venezuelans to flee that once rich nation. Pure potable water is in very short supply while diseases are now at epidemic levels. Sincerely, John W. Spring Dear Friends,Please read the following letters sent to the President about La Orchila Island and Punta Huete on what may now be the most serious issue at this time. Notice my current email address is now: halfpastfree@outlook.com. JWS John W. SpringP.O. Box 18946Anaheim, CA 92817 April 3, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT TO UNLOAD AND FIRE A NUCLEAR MISSILE Dear Mr. President: Before mentioning what should now become our nation’s concern for security, let me say that if the southern border with Mexico were to be closed, it would definitely destroy small American and Mexican businesses because they do not have adequate financial reserves and resources to endure over an indefinite period of time while large multinational corporations would survive. So it would be unfair to punish the wrong people who were not responsible for this dilemma. While this dire dilemma must be addressed, there is now even a far greater threat to America at Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea and atNicaragua in Central America where Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads can be unloaded and launched within a matter of minutes from giant air transports landing on extremely long runways at Isla La Orchila or La Orchila Island and at Punta Huete that can strike all parts of the continental United States with great accuracy and without an advance warning within a short period of time. As for the current and dire conditions in Venezuela, I would be able provide far better advice in person during a face-to-face meeting directly with you. However, although time is running out, I advise that only appropriate action should be taken on this crucial matter rather that what is now probably being considered. Due to my track record for results, I can provide far better options. Sincerely, John W. Spring Dear Friends,My new email address is: halfpastfree@outlook.com due to previous Internet accounts being hacked into by apparently foreign agents. Unfortunately, I have been only able to find so very few persons who had received this material. JWS Dear Friends,My new email address is: halfpastfree@outlook.com due to previous Internet accounts being hacked into by apparently foreign agents. Unfortunately, I have been only able to find so very few persons who had received this material. JWS For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Josh Bernstein, www.Patreon.com/JoshBernstein, DHS Nielsen Quits after BOTCH, New Trump Immigration Hard Line, Mexico Starting to Co-operate on Border, Don’t Support Dumb Catch and Release into USA Laws, If Needed Non-lethal Force against Illegals, Bus Them Back to Mexico or Central America, Martial Law May Be Needed, Ignore Courts and Congress, Send Troops to Mexican Guatemalan Border, Kill Cartels in Mexico and Central South America, Close World Bank Accounts Putin Oligarchs, End China in Venezuela, STOP Banks support and Fentanyl from China, Hard Line First Talk Trade Later, ButtiGieg Pense Attack is OBSCENE, Communist Socialist in Atheist Pen, End Islamic Members of Fed State Governments,Dr Bill Deagle MD AAEM ACAM A4M, NutriMedical Report Show, www.NutriMedical.com, www.ClayandIRON.com, www.Deagle-Network.com,NutriMedical Report Show,Dear Friends,The current situation at the Russian Air Force base on La Orchila Island in the Caribbean Sea and at Punta Huete in Central America is more serious than the Cuban Missile Crisis, which had confirmed my earlier findings during 1961, because this one is already operational.JWS John W. SpringP.O. Box 18946Anaheim, CA 92817 April 8, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: RUSSIA CAN NOW LAND, UNLOAD AND LAUNCH INTERMEDIATE-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES ARMED WITHTHERMONUCLEAR WARHEADS FROM LA ORCHILA ISLAND, VENEZUELA AND PUNTAL HUETE, NICARAGUUA QUICKLY. Dear Mr. President: The current Venezuelan Missile Crisis at the Russian Air Force base on La Orchila Island is now far more serious than the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 or the Nicaraguan Missile Crisis of 1983 when Grenada was invaded by U.S. Armed Forces because it is already operational. Unlike the need to construct reinforced-concrete missile launch sites at Pinar del Rio Province in northwestern Cuba, which required more than a year, or the very long runways that were under construction on Grenada in the Caribbean Sea and at Punta Huete in Central America that were never finished during the Cold War, the very long airfields on La Orchila Island and also at Punta Huete have been completed and are now operational for accommodating the very large Antonov An-124 Ruslan air transports that can carry fully-integrated mobile missile launchers and Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads, which can be landed, unloaded and launched within a matter of minutes from Venezuela and Nicaragua at any targets within the continental United Stateswithout advance warning or an effective Missile Defense System in operation. Unfortunately, most of your close advisers are apparently unaware of this threat that now exists. Sincerely, John W. Spring John W. SpringP.O. Box 18946Anaheim, CA 92817 April 6, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: “PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE” IN ISLA LA ORCILA, VENEZUELA Dear Mr. President: If our nation is able to survive the forthcoming thermonuclear attacks that are already planned by China and Russia from North Koreaand Venezuela, you will probably be remembered as being the greatest President of the United States. However, if we as a nation should not become able to survive, in spite of all of your very outstanding accomplishments, you may be recorded in history as America’s weakest leader in a nation that will no longer exist. But you have a choice if only you are willing to be receptive to my advice instead of receiving it from your other sources. In the Preamble of our nation’s Constitution, the words “Provide for the Common Defense” are included. So whenever a foreign entity should threaten our nation and its people, we have the God-given right to intervene. However, if we were to intervene for economic or political reasons then such an intervention would be against the Constitution. Since 2009, on La Orchila Island, now a Russian Air Force base, located in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea under the jurisdiction of Venezuela, Russia began extending and widening the runway to nearly two miles in length for accommodating the Antonov An-124 Ruslan and other giant air transports planned for production in China and Russia. These giant transports can carry mobile launch systems and several Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads that can be launched within minutes of landing and being unloaded at La Orchila Island, Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea or Punta Huete, Nicaragua in Central America for accurately striking any region of the continental United States in a short period of time without any warning. Sincerely, John W. Spring John W. SpringP.O. Box 18946Anaheim, CA 92817 April 4, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: PUTIN’S NEW MILITARY STRATEGY CAUSED THE VENEZUELAN CRISIS Dear Mr. President: Thank you for deciding not to close the border entries with Mexico at this time because of the very adverse impact it would make upon American and Mexican small businesses and farms. During the time when you may have thought your Administration was enjoying a “honeymoon” relationship with the regime of Russian President Vladimir V. Putin, he was then cheating on you behind your back. Perhaps the most diabolical move made by him has been the building of the very long airfields on La Orchila Island located in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea that is now a Russian Air Force base capable of landing the giant Antonov An-124 Ruslan air transport, which can carry integrated mobile launchers and manyIntermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads capable of accurately striking any region of the continentalUnited States from Punta Huete, Nicaragua in Central America. However, due to the limited flight range of the An-124, a re-fueling stopover on La Orchila Island is required to reach Punta Huete, which is why Grenada had been invaded by U.S. armed forces in 1963 for the very long runway then under construction. Now, La Orchila Island has replaced Grenada not only as a re-fueling stopover, but it also provides a strategic location for launching missiles directly at America in a very short period of time after landing and unloading mobile launchers. The turmoil caused in Venezuela, where the Maduro regime administers La Orchila Island, by Russia, Cuba and China has already caused more than 3 million Venezuelans to flee that once rich nation. Pure potable water is in very short supply while diseases are now at epidemic levels. Sincerely, John W. Spring Dear Friends,Please read the following letters sent to the President about La Orchila Island and Punta Huete on what may now be the most serious issue at this time. Notice my current email address is now: halfpastfree@outlook.com. JWS John W. SpringP.O. Box 18946Anaheim, CA 92817 April 3, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT TO UNLOAD AND FIRE A NUCLEAR MISSILE Dear Mr. President: Before mentioning what should now become our nation’s concern for security, let me say that if the southern border with Mexico were to be closed, it would definitely destroy small American and Mexican businesses because they do not have adequate financial reserves and resources to endure over an indefinite period of time while large multinational corporations would survive. So it would be unfair to punish the wrong people who were not responsible for this dilemma. While this dire dilemma must be addressed, there is now even a far greater threat to America at Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea and atNicaragua in Central America where Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with Thermonuclear Warheads can be unloaded and launched within a matter of minutes from giant air transports landing on extremely long runways at Isla La Orchila or La Orchila Island and at Punta Huete that can strike all parts of the continental United States with great accuracy and without an advance warning within a short period of time. As for the current and dire conditions in Venezuela, I would be able provide far better advice in person during a face-to-face meeting directly with you. However, although time is running out, I advise that only appropriate action should be taken on this crucial matter rather that what is now probably being considered. Due to my track record for results, I can provide far better options. Sincerely, John W. Spring Dear Friends,My new email address is: halfpastfree@outlook.com due to previous Internet accounts being hacked into by apparently foreign agents. Unfortunately, I have been only able to find so very few persons who had received this material. JWS John W. SpringP.O. Box 18946Anaheim, CA 92817 March 28, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 RE: A NEED FOR DIFFERENT GEOPOLITICAL POLICIES TOWARDS CHINA AND RUSSIA RELATED NOW TO THEIR MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN VENEZUELA Dear Mr. President: Two Russian military planes carrying nearly 100 troops have recently arrived in Venezuela for the purpose of supporting the regime ofNicolas Maduro at Caracas, which is causing so many Venezuelans now to face hunger and starvation. Already, there are 35,000 Chinese troops from the elite People’s Liberation Special Operation Forces and 46,000 Cuban troops to support and train Maduro’s 360,000-man army. However, of even greater concern is the Russian Air Force base on La Orchila Island with its extremely long runways for landing many giant air transports that can carry mobile launchers with several Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles armed with ThermonuclearWarheads capable of striking all regions of the continental United States from Nicaragua and Venezuela within minutes after landing atPunta Huete in Central America or on La Orchila Island in the Lesser Antilles located in the Caribbean Sea. Unfortunately, unlike your advisers, I can provide you with insight about the mindset of military strategists in Moscow and Beijing who are rather capable. However, you will not find an analyst in Washington who has ever reached my level of accomplishments, background, and experience with the required qualifications related to strategic intelligence related to the missile crises now occurring in North Korea,Nicaragua and Venezuela because without any Missile Defense in operation, we must identify and locate these threats by intelligence analysts who are able to act at a level that is well beyond the capacity of any personnel in Washington and time is running out! Sincerely, John W. Spring For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Most people would run, sprint, fly away from danger. Most people look for their safety in numbers. Most people look at the gravity of what mother nature can do to entire towns, buildings, and peoples’ homes. Most people would run from a hurricane. And yet, most people have also never heard of the Hurricane Hunters.In 1951, the deadliest tropical cyclone of that years’ Atlantic hurricane season, was barreling across the sea and heading right for Corpus Christi, Texas. Or at least that’s what everyone thought. Hurricane Charlie started from a tropical wave east of the Lesser Antilles. Had it hit Corpus Christi, Tx it most likely would have made the history books, and it would have been a topic of conversation that we still talk about today, because it surely would have destroyed a good majority of the lives that the people of Corpus Christi, Port Arthur, North Padre Island had at that time. Instead, the hurricane struck Jamaica with winds of 135 miles an hour, before then hurtling into the Mexican coast and the Yucatan Peninsula. Hurricane Charlie was responsible for 250 deaths. It is known as the deadliest natural disaster of the 20th century for Jamaica and has numbers ranging around $50,000,000 in damages and 152 dead. This hurricane was huge. However, back in 1951, we didn’t have the same technology we do today, and we would have never known some of the things we know now had it not been for the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, better known today as the Hurricane Hunters.

Soak up some sunset with this fresh mix featuring tracks from WALKIE TALKIE_, Paz, New Ghost Richey, and more!

Fallout from Trump's decision to end DACA. Trump statement (given by Jeff Sessions). Obama's statement about DACA. A brief history of DACA. How did we get here? What's next? And what can Congress do? Constitutional authority. Congressional leadership - or lack thereof. Hurricane Irma. Massive storm. Climate changers are blaming our activity for this storm. Shouldn't make political pawns of these victims. Most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic. Devastating hit to Lesser Antilles. On path to hit Florida?

Fallout from Trump's decision to end DACA. Trump statement (given by Jeff Sessions). Obama's statement about DACA. A brief history of DACA. How did we get here? What's next? And what can Congress do? Constitutional authority. Congressional leadership - or lack thereof. Hurricane Irma. Massive storm. Climate changers are blaming our activity for this storm. Shouldn't make political pawns of these victims. Most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic. Devastating hit to Lesser Antilles. On path to hit Florida?

Fallout from Trump's decision to end DACA. Trump statement (given by Jeff Sessions). Obama's statement about DACA. A brief history of DACA. How did we get here? What's next? And what can Congress do? Constitutional authority. Congressional leadership - or lack thereof. Hurricane Irma. Massive storm. Climate changers are blaming our activity for this storm. Shouldn't make political pawns of these victims. Most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic. Devastating hit to Lesser Antilles. On path to hit Florida?

Many people confuse the island of Dominica with the much larger Dominican Republic. But this gem of the Lesser Antilles is a unique paradise in the Caribbean Sea.

Hear about travel to the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean as the Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt about his journey to visit many of the islands in the Caribbean on a single trip. In this episode we talk about Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, and Trinidad. This episode is a continuation of episode 386 which talked about the Leeward Islands.

Hear about travel to the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean as the Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt about his journey to visit many of the islands in the Caribbean on a single trip. In this episode we talk about Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, and Trinidad. This episode is a continuation of episode 386 which talked about the Leeward Islands.

Hear about travel to the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean as the Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt about his journey to visit many of the islands in the Caribbean on a single trip. In this episode we talk about Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, and Trinidad. This episode is a continuation of episode 386 which talked about the Leeward Islands.

Hear about travel to the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean as the Amateur Traveler  talks again to Gary Arndt of Everything-Everyhwere.com. Gary just finished an island hopping tour that took him to most of the islands in the Caribbean. We will cover the islands of St. Martin, Anguilla, Saba, St. Barts, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, and Montserrat on this episode.

Hear about travel to the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean as the Amateur Traveler  talks again to Gary Arndt of Everything-Everyhwere.com. Gary just finished an island hopping tour that took him to most of the islands in the Caribbean. We will cover the islands of St. Martin, Anguilla, Saba, St. Barts, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, and Montserrat on this episode.

Hear about travel to the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean as the Amateur Traveler  talks again to Gary Arndt of Everything-Everyhwere.com. Gary just finished an island hopping tour that took him to most of the islands in the Caribbean. We will cover the islands of St. Martin, Anguilla, Saba, St. Barts, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, and Montserrat on this episode.

The Amateur Traveler talks to Matt Long from LandLopers.com about his recent trip to St. Kitts (officially part of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis) which is part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. Matt was on a press trip to the Marriott resort on the island.

The Amateur Traveler talks to Matt Long from LandLopers.com about his recent trip to St. Kitts (officially part of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis) which is part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. Matt was on a press trip to the Marriott resort on the island.

The Amateur Traveler talks to Matt Long from LandLopers.com about his recent trip to St. Kitts (officially part of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis) which is part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. Matt was on a press trip to the Marriott resort on the island.

The Amateur Traveler talks to Matt Long from LandLopers.com about his recent trip to St. Kitts (officially part of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis) which is part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. Matt was on a press trip to the Marriott resort on the island.