Monday, September 12, 2011

All-Subject Blog

There are so many things to blog about that I don't have the time to go into everything. So here's a multi-purpose blog of the current lowlights.

France's Marcoule nuke waste plant had an explosion. 4 people are reported injured and one was "carbonized". Nice new sanitary way of saying "incinerated":
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/12/french-nuclear-plant-rocked-explosion

The UK is insisting on bank reformation so that bailouts don't happen:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/sep/12/vickers-report-banks-given-until-2019

This footage was taken about 100 yards from my home, and shows why we aren't there still and won't be for another month:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxDxGJHTiGM

David Mitchell has a good idea in sustainable furniture:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syii9DKnb2M

A young man missing since the day Irene came to town is still missing:
http://www.ibrattleboro.com/article.php/20110906090715365#comments

Seven oil rig workers were rescued from a raft:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14878420

75 people were killed in an oil pipeline blast in Nairobi:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14879401

I have some business to take care of and will be back later with the latest on the stories I'd been following before we were so rudely interrupted by homelessness. :))

2 comments:

Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybe said...

Oh my, your flooding situation is horrendous. We have flooding here, but I think your area might win the prize.

Susan Flett Swiderski said...

Yipes. Wouldn't want to fall into that river.