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#1
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited Local Bands, sma...
Last post by Woolly Bugger - Today at 13:05:30 PMQuote from: troutboy_II on Today at 08:58:19 AMWhat a cool place! You're lucky to have it. I miss the Handlebar here in Greenville.
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The new owners turned the bar into a music listening venue — great sound system and about 50 new chairs that are wide and comfortable. I can't imagine how much they spent on those but I'm certain there weren't cheap
#2
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited Local Bands, sma...
Last post by troutboy_II - Today at 08:58:19 AMWhat a cool place! You're lucky to have it. I miss the Handlebar here in Greenville.
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#3
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited Nuclear Disaster...
Last post by Woolly Bugger - Today at 07:08:53 AMFirst Images Inside Fukushima's Nuclear Reactor Show "Icicle-Like" Structures
Many robots have ventured into the ruins of Fukushima, but few have returned.
A snake-like robot and mini drones have ventured deep inside the irradiated reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan. As shown in their new images, the clean-up operations still have some way to go 13 years after the catastrophic nuclear meltdown.
The decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has made progress. In 2023, they finally went ahead with their controversial plan to dump treated water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the Pacific Ocean, marking a significant milestone in its clean up.
However, there have been a considerable number of setbacks. In 2017, the ruins of Fukushima were dubbed a "robot graveyard" owing to the number of remote-controlled probes that had broken inside the irradiated facility.
TEPCO has said the full decommissioning of the plant will "require 30 to 40 years", but critics say this is naively optimistic.
https://www.iflscience.com/first-images-inside-fukushimas-nuclear-reactor-show-icicle-like-structures-73731
Many robots have ventured into the ruins of Fukushima, but few have returned.
A snake-like robot and mini drones have ventured deep inside the irradiated reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan. As shown in their new images, the clean-up operations still have some way to go 13 years after the catastrophic nuclear meltdown.
The decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has made progress. In 2023, they finally went ahead with their controversial plan to dump treated water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the Pacific Ocean, marking a significant milestone in its clean up.
However, there have been a considerable number of setbacks. In 2017, the ruins of Fukushima were dubbed a "robot graveyard" owing to the number of remote-controlled probes that had broken inside the irradiated facility.
TEPCO has said the full decommissioning of the plant will "require 30 to 40 years", but critics say this is naively optimistic.
https://www.iflscience.com/first-images-inside-fukushimas-nuclear-reactor-show-icicle-like-structures-73731
#4
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited bear news
Last post by Woolly Bugger - April 17, 2024, 18:26:03 PMIdiots
#5
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited Local Bands, sma...
Last post by Woolly Bugger - April 17, 2024, 14:16:51 PMThird Tuesday of the month brings us back to the Flat Iron in Greensboro for another Singer Songwriter session hosted by Abigail Down and featuring Martha Bassett, Jane Kramer and Jess Klein.
And Lynn Koontz and Abigail joined the trio to close out the set with Leaving on a Jet Plane
#6
The Gravel Bar / Win a trip to Belize!
Last post by Woolly Bugger - April 16, 2024, 10:34:17 AMHey, I found this giveaway and think you might want a chance to win too. Enter here: https://swee.ps/ckzDup_HPYObr
#7
The Gravel Bar / Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thr...
Last post by Dee-Vo - April 12, 2024, 22:16:54 PM A couple that I've finished recently.
Both were good. The Forstchen novel is the fourth in the series and was as good as the rest.
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#8
The Gravel Bar / Re: unlimited it's the water, ...
Last post by Woolly Bugger - April 12, 2024, 20:56:17 PM #9
The Gravel Bar / Re: Unlimited Salmon / Steelhe...
Last post by Woolly Bugger - April 12, 2024, 20:51:57 PMSalmon fishing to be banned off California coast for 2nd year in a row
The federal council that regulates fishing along the West Coast recommended Wednesday that the California ocean salmon season be canceled for the second year in a row. The renewed ban is a devastating blow to the state's commercial and recreational fishing industry, still reeling from a similar decision last year.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council based its decision on continued low water levels and high temperatures in rivers where salmon spawn. Scientists say these poor river and ocean conditions have resulted in historically low population numbers for the iconic species.
The Sacramento River watershed provides the greatest proportion of salmon on the West Coast. It used to support between 1 and 2 million fish every year, but in 2023, only about 134,000 adult fall-run Chinook, also known as king salmon, returned to that river to spawn.
The economics of the decision are crippling for communities that rely on revenue from commercial or recreational fishing activities. Estimates of financial losses stemming from last year's cancellation in California run from $45 million to $65 million.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/salmon-fishing-ban-california-coast-2024/
The federal council that regulates fishing along the West Coast recommended Wednesday that the California ocean salmon season be canceled for the second year in a row. The renewed ban is a devastating blow to the state's commercial and recreational fishing industry, still reeling from a similar decision last year.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council based its decision on continued low water levels and high temperatures in rivers where salmon spawn. Scientists say these poor river and ocean conditions have resulted in historically low population numbers for the iconic species.
The Sacramento River watershed provides the greatest proportion of salmon on the West Coast. It used to support between 1 and 2 million fish every year, but in 2023, only about 134,000 adult fall-run Chinook, also known as king salmon, returned to that river to spawn.
The economics of the decision are crippling for communities that rely on revenue from commercial or recreational fishing activities. Estimates of financial losses stemming from last year's cancellation in California run from $45 million to $65 million.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/salmon-fishing-ban-california-coast-2024/
#10
The Gravel Bar / Re: Climate change?
Last post by Onslow - April 11, 2024, 19:56:11 PMIt feels like August. Two morning lows of 68 thus far in 2024.
Heck, the sky looked like a pre hurricane situation today.
What does this all portend for 2024? We may not like it.
Heck, the sky looked like a pre hurricane situation today.
What does this all portend for 2024? We may not like it.