Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 02, 2021

I don’t live in California, for which I’m thankful (I think California feels the same way) but I know it’s that time of year when Forest Fire Season Steps aside for Mudslide Season. But as we’re still in the Cusp period, I present the following:

A photographer gets a call from his newspaper editor. “There’s a big forest fire just south of town; I want you to get some aerial pictures of it. But hurry! Our deadline is an hour from now.”

So he grabs his camera bag, jumps into his car, and speeds toward the town’s municipal airfield. He sees a smaller Cessna idling at the end of the runway. He rushes to it, throws in his camera bag, and jumps into the right seat. “Go! Go!” he yells, and the young man on his left takes off, albeit a bit shaky. “Head toward that forest fire!” he tells the pilot.

“Um, why?” the young man responds.

“I have to get pictures for tonight’s newspaper,” explains the photographer.

“Oh,” says the pilot. “You mean you’re not my flight instructor?”

You would think the greatest temperature fluctuation would be in about a 12-hour period, not 24-hour.

Cattle on toilets has got to be a ‘Not!’. Unless the version of toilet is totally different. There is bound to be controversy about the toilet paper hanging forwards or backwards too.

The temperature was –54 F at 9:00 a.m. on January 14, 1972, following a clear night (radiational cooling). This worried the locals, since stove oil congeals at –50. It stayed cold through the day, but in the evening the chinook winds came in, howling by midnight. At 8:00 a.m. on the 15th, the temperature was at +49 F, which was the high for the day.

ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/54387.pdf

I wonder if the same cow training techniques could work on homeless people in California? Yeah, probably not.

And Jorge has a nutritious breakfast on most days.

Take care, may leaf and dust counter Todd “My Lower Lip is Against Me But I Car Write For RBION!” Nuttord be with you, and gesundheit.

Somehow I don’t think the graphic of the cow story matches the reality.

Jorge needs a life.

Gotta love those Chinooks

Jorge Arias’ collection includes a look-alike of Larry the Cable Guy?

I experienced about a 50 degree swing a few years ago. The weather report said that the temps would be falling from about 70 during the day (but nothing like what happened), so I took a light jacket to work. When I went home, it was somewhere around 20 degrees out! One very cold car ride…

GO LIGHTENING GO!!!

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someday some researchers will do research on a group of researchers’ brains and figure out the reasons behind the research besides making money that is.

If it hit -54 in Montana, I’m surprised anyone survived to record that temperature swing!

After the potty training, the next thing those cows will learn is to walk to the slaughter house. Shame

Cow Potty Training – Article with photo and video: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/potty-training-cows-reduce-nitrogen-pollution

Ever say “Shut your pie hole” to a cow?

It was only a 57 degree swing in Celsius

Don’t want tge job cleaning those toilets.

Well, although Yogi Berra was conceptually correct when he said "It (meaning a baseball game) ain’t over til it’s over, with the Braves up 6 zip, I’m ready to put a fork in it.