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| Location: | Ascension Island, S Atlantic Ocean |
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| Registered on: | 11/10/2009 |
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Speaking of the heavy snowfall in Tahoe. At least eight and a presumed ninth skier died in an avalanche near Castle Peak.
NY Times with live updates
Why would people go into the backcountry when a heavy storm is on the way?
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The bodies of eight of the nine skiers overcome by an avalanche on Tuesday near Lake Tahoe had been found, Nevada County officials said in a news conference on Wednesday. One member of the group remains missing and presumed dead, in what is already the deadliest avalanche in modern California history.
The skiers had been part of a group of 15, including four guides, on a three-day backcountry expedition in a rugged but popular recreational area near Castle Peak. Six others from their group were able to use a combination of emergency beacons and iPhone S.O.S. functions to contact rescuers, who braved treacherous conditions to reach them late Tuesday night.
She added that the group of 15 included nine women and six men. The survivors were four men and two women, ranging in age from 30 to 55 years old.
NY Times with live updates
Why would people go into the backcountry when a heavy storm is on the way?
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50 inches at tahoe in last 48 hours.
I was just coming to post this.
March 3rd can't come fast enough. I'll have 15 days to ski.
re: Need to park 50k for 10 years
Posted by Volt on 2/17/26 at 8:12 am to Fat Bastard
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HKRS
YAYO
Like clockwork..ha!
re: 2025-2026 Ski Thread
Posted by Volt on 2/3/26 at 9:26 am to hubertcumberdale
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hitting up Lake Tahoe the first week of March
I'll be there March 3-18. There's not much of a base now, but it seems to be holding. Small storms predicted for next week and I'll be hoping for a lot more before March 3.
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Pertaining to language, I have a tendency to use my fingers to count syllables in a sentence or a song lyric, and I repeat the count until I get an even five or ten at the finish.
I do too, but I always do the syllables count to ten.
re: Where were you 6 years ago tonight?
Posted by Volt on 1/14/26 at 5:46 am to Jack Crevalle
Up in the nose bleed section in the Superdome freezing my butt off, but well worth it.
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I did my graduate school research project paper on the effects of resistance training vs cardio training on lowering A1C.
The HART-D study done at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge had come out less than six months before when I chose this topic. It was the centerpiece for my paper.
The HART-D study done at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge had come out less than six months before when I chose this topic. It was the centerpiece for my paper.
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Key Findings from Pennington Research (HART-D Study)
Combination is King: The combined aerobic + resistance training group saw the most significant improvements in HbA1c, fitness, and fat mass reduction compared to control or single-modality groups.
Resistance Training Benefits: Resistance training alone was effective, leading to significant strength gains, increased lean muscle mass, and reduced fat mass, which are independent predictors of better HbA1c.
Strength vs. Aerobic: For normal-weight individuals with T2D, strength training (RT) was found to be superior to aerobic training (AT) alone in reducing HbA1c, with no significant difference between RT and combination training in some analyses.
Mechanism: Weightlifting builds muscle, which increases resting metabolism and helps burn fat long-term, while both types of exercise use up blood sugar, improving control.
re: HSA Blue Cross through Obamacare
Posted by Volt on 1/8/26 at 1:55 pm to coonasstiger
I have an individual HSA through Health Equity, but just this week I was reading that Fidelity is ranked as the best for HSA accounts. Tomorrow I am going to open an HSA with Fidelity, make my yearly contribution, and then move the funds over from Health Equity.
The PROs for Fidelity are no account fees and it appears that I can invest in a broader range of funds.
The PROs for Fidelity are no account fees and it appears that I can invest in a broader range of funds.
I've used YT videos to do work on so many things.
Two trucks
4-wheeler
Weed eater
Tractor
Plumbing
A/C unit
Chainsaw
and so on
No telling how much money I have saved over the years.
Two trucks
4-wheeler
Weed eater
Tractor
Plumbing
A/C unit
Chainsaw
and so on
No telling how much money I have saved over the years.
I was working at the LSU Vet bldg and this was my first season as a season ticket holder.
Faulk was living in a townhouse two doors down from me.
I never asked for an autograph.
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Faulk was living in a townhouse two doors down from me.
I never asked for an autograph.
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I would imagine that about 93% of their time before the age of 18 is also spent staring at a screen in some form or another.
re: More assholes gaming the system
Posted by Volt on 12/18/25 at 1:48 pm to Darth_Vader
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I’m noticing it’s becoming more and more common for people to park in handicap spots. No handicap tag, no handicap decal hanging from the mirror, just get out of their vehicle and move along with no issues.
This has been a plague in Tangipahoa Parish for about 20 years.
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A bunch of white people picked cotton too.... I guess I'm fricking offended now too!
My grandparents and their families picked cotton for extra money when they were growing up. This was in St. Helena and Tangipahoa Parish.
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One of the shooters id's as a Pakistani, the other is thought to be from Afghanistan.
The Australian government and news are calling it an antisemitic terrorist attack.
re: Look in the sky tonight. EPIC meteor shower viewing TONIGHT (Saturday night) worldwide.
Posted by Volt on 12/13/25 at 6:21 pm to Sassafrasology
I'm 7 degrees south of the equator in the S Atlantic Ocean.
Just walked out and saw two within five minutes.
Just walked out and saw two within five minutes.
re: Anyone Ever Been To The Falkland Islands?
Posted by Volt on 12/11/25 at 6:08 am to PotatoChip
Below refers to Ascension Island
We’ve had Starlink for about two years now. It’s been a blessing and a curse. Great for the obvious reasons, but a curse because everyone has become less active and, therefore, less activity after work and on the weekends. Way too many are gaining weight.
We have a softball field here and the surface is a clinker volcanic ash…don’t dare slide.
Same here for UK citizens, which includes the Saints and any foreign national that would get quicker/better care when compared to their home country (S. Africa, Kenya, India, Philippines, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Turkey).
There’s a small hospital here in Georgetown with two doctors, one of which is a general surgeon. We had a Saint baby born today. There are about 80 kids here. If you’re out of school and 18, you have to find a job here or leave. It’s a “working island”.
The hiking here is literally endless. There are over 60 known hikes that can be completed and stamped (you stamp your book) at the midpoints. The Letterbox Walks. Many are uncomfortable because you’re walking across various sizes of lava rocks for an hour or more. Some are dangerously and I’ll ever do them again.
There are wild sheep and donkeys here. The King’s donkeys. If you kill one with a car, it’s a £10,000 fine. The damn things will stand across road and dare you to hit them.
People are allowed to catch the sheep and eat them. I’ve eaten a few of them as lamb curry that some of the Indians have cooked.
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Starlink will provide cheaper high speed everyone in these places in the whole world within the next couple years.
We’ve had Starlink for about two years now. It’s been a blessing and a curse. Great for the obvious reasons, but a curse because everyone has become less active and, therefore, less activity after work and on the weekends. Way too many are gaining weight.
We have a softball field here and the surface is a clinker volcanic ash…don’t dare slide.
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On the Falkland Islands they said that in the event of a serious illness/condition like cancer, they would be flown to the UK to treat….is it the same where you are? I am summing y’all can take care of most types of emergencies in your clinic?
Same here for UK citizens, which includes the Saints and any foreign national that would get quicker/better care when compared to their home country (S. Africa, Kenya, India, Philippines, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Turkey).
There’s a small hospital here in Georgetown with two doctors, one of which is a general surgeon. We had a Saint baby born today. There are about 80 kids here. If you’re out of school and 18, you have to find a job here or leave. It’s a “working island”.
The hiking here is literally endless. There are over 60 known hikes that can be completed and stamped (you stamp your book) at the midpoints. The Letterbox Walks. Many are uncomfortable because you’re walking across various sizes of lava rocks for an hour or more. Some are dangerously and I’ll ever do them again.
There are wild sheep and donkeys here. The King’s donkeys. If you kill one with a car, it’s a £10,000 fine. The damn things will stand across road and dare you to hit them.
People are allowed to catch the sheep and eat them. I’ve eaten a few of them as lamb curry that some of the Indians have cooked.
re: Anyone Ever Been To The Falkland Islands?
Posted by Volt on 12/9/25 at 6:14 pm to Indefatigable
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In fairness, Volt is on Ascension Island 4,000+ miles away
It's actually right at 6000 miles
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have you went to any of the other islands "near" there?
St. Helena Island, where Napoleon was exiled to by the British, is the closest land to here and it is 700 miles away. Never been there. Population here on Ascension is about 800ish and about 50% are from SH. They're known as Saints.
re: Anyone Ever Been To The Falkland Islands?
Posted by Volt on 12/9/25 at 9:39 am to halleburton
I'm a nurse practitioner and I work in the US Space Force base clinic. There is a shared airfield here between the US and the UK.
One of the GPS ground antennas is located here on the base.
One of the GPS ground antennas is located here on the base.
This is where I’ve worked for 33 months since October 2021 and currently here now. Planes come through twice a week between the UK, here, the Falklands and vice versa.
For you guys that fish, 300# yellowfin tuna are caught less than a mile offshore and up to 150# from the shore.
Has nobody else noticed that at the 9:38 mark a rabbit just casually hops across the road when they're talking to the older lady?
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