I don’t want to see any of our troops die but I do feel any concession will not work. It never has.
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over9000
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I was watching a youtuber who lives in Kiev. He said Ukrainians and Russians have families on both sides of border and Putin does this to flex mostly, except for 2014 obviously. I doubt Putin invades, but it's always good for Ukraine to prepare in case. Better safe than sorry. Worth noting a comparable event would be Germany's invasion of Belgium to Conquer France in WWI. Entire families and cities were erased. This is why Germany is reluctant to interfere.
NCSNOW
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If/when we and Allies enforce sanctions as hard as possible. USSR threatens to unleash the cyber attack hounds of hell on us.
My question is our power grid. Weve talked or there's been chatter for ever about how arciac it is. They pulled this on ukraine several years ago shutting off the lights. With the recent colonial pipeline incident. Makes you wonder how capable they are and how prepared we are internally to handle such. Obviously we can hit right back. But you want to cause mayhem , let the power go out for a few consecutive days .
My question is our power grid. Weve talked or there's been chatter for ever about how arciac it is. They pulled this on ukraine several years ago shutting off the lights. With the recent colonial pipeline incident. Makes you wonder how capable they are and how prepared we are internally to handle such. Obviously we can hit right back. But you want to cause mayhem , let the power go out for a few consecutive days .
over9000
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As someone who has worked for the electric companies, it's going to be extremely hard to do that and almost impossible. Their systems are state of the art and locked down. I'm more worried about them launching EMP's in the US.
NCSNOW
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Thats good to hear. Usually when u see snippets in the news its negative toward our energy grid infastructure.
HSVweather
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Possible space debri?
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Our troops are safe Putin's an old KGB man his main weakness in my book is he puts himself in unnecessary high risk situations. If he attacks and no one really knows it will be after the Olympics. I personally think it's a bluff to beat his chest per se to look stronger than they are (recognition). Those 8500 troops will not see combat unless a NATO country is attacked there just there for support and logistics.
Exceptional article, looking at it militarily and strategic, not politically.
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WASHINGTON — In recent weeks, the Biden administration has detailed the movement of Russian special operation forces to Ukraine’s borders, exposed a Russian plan to create a video of a faked atrocity as a pretext for an invasion, outlined Moscow’s war plans, warned that an invasion would result in possibly thousands of deaths and hinted that Russian officers had doubts about President Vladimir V. Putin.
Then, on Friday, Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s national security adviser, told reporters at the White House that the United States was seeing signs of Russian escalation and that there was a “credible prospect” of immediate military action.
All told, the extraordinary series of disclosures — unfolding almost as quickly as information is collected and assessed — has amounted to one of the most aggressive releases of intelligence by the United States since the Cuban missile crisis, current and former officials say.
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WASHINGTON — In recent weeks, the Biden administration has detailed the movement of Russian special operation forces to Ukraine’s borders, exposed a Russian plan to create a video of a faked atrocity as a pretext for an invasion, outlined Moscow’s war plans, warned that an invasion would result in possibly thousands of deaths and hinted that Russian officers had doubts about President Vladimir V. Putin.
Then, on Friday, Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s national security adviser, told reporters at the White House that the United States was seeing signs of Russian escalation and that there was a “credible prospect” of immediate military action.
All told, the extraordinary series of disclosures — unfolding almost as quickly as information is collected and assessed — has amounted to one of the most aggressive releases of intelligence by the United States since the Cuban missile crisis, current and former officials say.
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1st Fighter Wing deploys to United Arab Emirates
A contingent of 27th Fighter Squadron F-22 Raptors, and Airmen assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, recently deployed to Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.
www.jble.af.mil
Note contingent of a squadron deployment, a squadron of F-22s is 12-16 aircraft. 6-8 are confirmed on the ground in UAE. It’s not because of Yemen rebels but a simbolic move to UAE on the pending 50-F35 sale and America’s front door at the S-400 site in Cremea, essentially air supremacy over that peninsula.
Intelligence and transport have squawked, a lot, C17s from Langley to the Baltic countries have been picked over the last week, my guess is those initial lifts are the other half of this squadron just not wheels yet.
Thor
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Pretty Cool
Massive Tonga Volcano Plume Reached the Mesosphere – 36 Miles Into the Atmosphere
The plume from Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai behaved like a mega-thunderstorm that rose 58 kilometers (36 miles) into the atmosphere. When an underwater volcano erupted near the small, uninhabited island of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai in January 2022, two weather satellites were uniquely positioned to
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Shaggy
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NASA scientists say the Tonga volcano eruption shot out the highest ash plume satellites have ever captured
The Tonga volcano shot a plume of ash 36 miles high, into the third layer of Earth's atmosphere. That's the biggest eruption captured by satellites.
HSVweather
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SpaceWeather
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HSVweather
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With Ukraine, must watch China and Taiwan.
HSVweather
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HSVweather
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Not gonna lie that's gonna suck when sunrise is after 8 am in December
Hate
ForsythSnow
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Same, if they're going to do this, I prefer being back an hour and staying there. Also means we have to wait an extra hour for weather models in the winter, who wants that?
I think we can all use an extra hour in the winter time in the evening... Maybe they could do an agreement take 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes and afternoon
No I want two more hours in the evening.
I wonder if we could slide the EST line a hundred miles west.
It is horrible in Alabama in the winter because it's on the edge of the time zone.
Not gonna bother me, it’s barely sunlight when I get to work, But this gives me an hour of daylight when I get home nearly all winter.
NoSnowATL
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Yes!!!
Yeah I get that and understand but I'm going to get work before sunrise and still not have any daylight when I get home. It's just those few weeks in Dec that's going to really suck
How long before someone says the extra hour of sun in the evening messes up snow accumulations
lexxnchloe
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I hate daylight savings time. Too much light at night.
DST:
“How are people going to feel at 7 o’clock in the morning in December, when they put their kids out on the street to catch the school bus, and it’s dead, flat dark?” Hoyer said.
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The last time there was year round DST was in 1974-5 and it failed largely due to increased danger to children waiting in the dark for school buses. Thus it soon got reversed:
www.washingtonian.com
“While 79 percent of Americans approved of the change in December 1973, approval had dropped to 42 percent three months later, the New York Times reported.”
Will the same concern later come into play? Or will it go differently this time. Assuming the House also passes it and it is signed into law, it wouldn’t happen til November of 2023 meaning one more winter on standard time, regardless. So, one last winter to enjoy the models coming out an hour earlier.
“How are people going to feel at 7 o’clock in the morning in December, when they put their kids out on the street to catch the school bus, and it’s dead, flat dark?” Hoyer said.
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The last time there was year round DST was in 1974-5 and it failed largely due to increased danger to children waiting in the dark for school buses. Thus it soon got reversed:
The US Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time in the ’70s. People Hated It - Washingtonian
The sun rose at 8:27 AM on January 7, 1974. Children in the Washington area had left for school in the dark that morning, thanks to a new national experiment during a wrenching energy crisis: most of the US went to year-round daylight saving time beginning on January 6. "It was jet black"...
www.washingtonian.com
“While 79 percent of Americans approved of the change in December 1973, approval had dropped to 42 percent three months later, the New York Times reported.”
Will the same concern later come into play? Or will it go differently this time. Assuming the House also passes it and it is signed into law, it wouldn’t happen til November of 2023 meaning one more winter on standard time, regardless. So, one last winter to enjoy the models coming out an hour earlier.
I remember getting on the bus when it was dark when I was in middle school. And I lived in the middle of nowhere.DST:
“How are people going to feel at 7 o’clock in the morning in December, when they put their kids out on the street to catch the school bus, and it’s dead, flat dark?” Hoyer said.
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The last time there was year round DST was in 1974-5 and it failed largely due to increased danger to children waiting in the dark for school buses. Thus it soon got reversed:
The US Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time in the ’70s. People Hated It - Washingtonian
The sun rose at 8:27 AM on January 7, 1974. Children in the Washington area had left for school in the dark that morning, thanks to a new national experiment during a wrenching energy crisis: most of the US went to year-round daylight saving time beginning on January 6. "It was jet black"...
“While 79 percent of Americans approved of the change in December 1973, approval had dropped to 42 percent three months later, the New York Times reported.”
Will the same concern later come into play? Or will it go differently this time. Assuming the House also passes it and it is signed into law, it wouldn’t happen til November of 2023 meaning one more winter on standard time, regardless. So, one last winter to enjoy the models coming out an hour earlier.
And that was without year round DST since it has been 48 years since it last was in place. With this, it would be worse for the kids obviously.
The outcry of parents was very loud due to this issue. As a kid then myself waiting in the dark, it didn’t bother me though. I do remember it making news headlines quite often. I don’t know if it will make a difference but there was of course no internet back then for people to discuss this. We’re in a very different time vs the 1970s, no pun intended. So, history may not repeat.
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I think a lot of parents take their kids to school now more so than when I was in school too.
NoSnowATL
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Somehow it will turn into a race thing… just watch.
You may get a kick out of this:
It's time to admit that Daylight Saving Time is an instrument of the patriarchy and inherently racist - NPC Daily
Ask yourself one simple question: Why is Daylight Saving Time (DST) not observed in most countries near the equator? Anyone with a modicum of social awareness will feel a keening sense of discomfort when contemplating the answer to the question posited above. The NPC Daily editorial staff is...
GeorgiaGirl
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All for standard time going away.
I don't think it going away would be a big issue in this era.
I don't think it going away would be a big issue in this era.
Shaggy
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My kids bus comes at 6:40 every morning
HSVweather
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