Recent content by Barbara Manatee

RIP to the brilliant Tom Lehrer.

All the services at the North Rim are clustered together. The gas station/camp store/campground and lodge/cabins/visitor center were all within about a mile and half of one another. Sadly, I think it is likely they're all gone.

Clearly it was a bad call not to put out the initial fire. But they absolutely tried to protect the lodge when the fire blew up. Unfortunately there was a chlorine gas leak when the water treatment plant caught fire, which meant they had to pull back the crews and couldn't air drop fire retardant.

No. National Park and Forest Service policy for many years now has been to let fires started by natural causes, like lightning, to burn when possible. This isn't the first time someone misjudged the risk or the weather changed unexpectedly and the fire got out of hand. Besides, the mineral...

The missing referred to in that video caption are from the Texas flooding. Fortunately the NM flood was far less deadly.

My niece's coworker lost her 8 year old daughter at Camp Mystic. She was found together with her best friend. They are grateful to have her back.

How awful. I hope all the missing will be found - what agony for their families. The blame game is going to get ugly. Local authorities are blaming the National Weather Service, but it did issue warnings - good thread here on Bluesky: and in Forbes. But according to the NY Times, many of the...

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I’m sorry @MLIS. Hoping for as much time as possible.

Don’t forget that Kate also had major abdominal surgery for another ailment only weeks before she started cancer treatment. I don’t think there can be any doubt she’s been through significant physical and mental trauma.

Chock and Bates have been around skating their entire lives. They know that abuse is widespread, and they know the power dynamics are wildly skewed towards the perpetrator and against the victim. They've seen the terrible consequences of staying quiet in their own friend group before. They must...

Wow. This is going to be fascinating. The Shibs are wonderful skaters but it has been a long time since they, and Marina, have been at the top. I'm excited to watch!

The poor woman suffered greatly - I hope she and her family will find peace now.

Prince Louis is 7 - he sure takes after Kate and her father!

I don't believe anyone here has reproached them, though. Only idly wished they'd passed on the event for their own sake as well as their team mates (and mine, as I'm bored by their programs).