In the real world news today Thurs, November 29 2018

[Bruce]

Except that they said it wasn't a large predator. I bet someone slashed them hoping it would be seen as a cougar attack. And the dog had no visible wounds? Cougar scared it to death? Not a cougar, probably blunt trauma to the head.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

I don’t trust news outlets. It’s hard telling what really happened.

 

[greybeard]

In the Real World News Today, Sept 17 2018, something from a different storm. Typhoon Mangkhut that hit Hong Kong over the weekend...winds up to 100mph and most of Hong Kong is built right on the water's edge.

I saw this 'After the storm' picture of Hong Kong today, and wondered what the deal was with all the bamboo in the middle of the streets.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/world/asia/typhoon-mangkhut-hong-kong.html

Had to look for the reason.
Seems bamboo scaffolding even on high rise buidings in Hong Kong is 'a thing', and sometimes they wrap it all in plastic sheeting....or, silk. And, tho it will support a lot of weight, it evidently can't survive 100mph wind.

https://www.featureshoot.com/2014/0...&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peter-steinhauer

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/749216087980557855/

anyway, as always, I found it interesting how they do things in the rest of the world...

 

[Mike CHS]

That is mind boggling and I can assume OSHA would not approve.

 

[Bruce]

Yeah, kinda scary looking.

 

[RollingAcres]

Definitely not OSHA approved...however bamboo is very strong

 

[Bruce]

Clearly. It isn't like they just decided to try this today.

 

[greybeard]

No, they've done things this way for thousands of years...just not as high.

 

[farmerjan]

Wow, just wow. I cannot having no fear of heights with so little under you. Give me TERRA FIRMA any day. I used to climb to the top of the 70 ft Harvestor silo on the dairy I worked on in CT but it did have a ladder with metal framing to give you some semblance of safety. Not anymore. Heights scare me now but some of that is from the accident I had that has thrown my depth perception off.
God Bless them.... but it was very interesting to see. And I have read that bamboo is very strong.
All what you are used to.

Looks like pick up stix in that picture....

 

[greybeard]

In the real world news today, Oct 22 2018, NASA has posted pictures of a big iceberg from Antarctic that looks to be precision cut in the form of a big rectangle, with perfect 90 degree corners.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevor...a-as-if-it-was-deliberately-cut/#6110c9f95b90

(This is an actual real photo, not photoshopped or "artist's rendition")

Why..how.......by who.......?