2020 New Random Pics

[Steve Carlton]

[Steve Carlton]

[GH85Carrera]

Wild Hog damage

[Por_sha911]

My answer to people who bring their poopsy into wallyworld and claim the untrained mut is an "emotional support animal"? I want to carry this for "emotional support":

[GH85Carrera]

The Honda Point Disaster remains one of the most tragic peacetime accidents in U.S. Navy history. On the night of 8 September 1923, fourteen destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 11 were sailing from San Francisco to San Diego at about 20 knots in heavy fog. The lead ship, USS Delphy, made a wrong turn east, believing the squadron had reached the Santa Barbara Channel. In reality, they were several miles off-course. Within minutes, the lead ship struck the rocks at Honda Point (Point Pedernales), and six others followed her into the cliffs and reefs.
In total, seven destroyers were lost and 23 sailors killed. The primary cause was faulty navigation based on dead reckoning, compounded by the refusal to trust radio bearings. Ocean currents, altered by the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake in Japan, had shifted their actual position westward. Poor visibility, the high speed of the formation, and the dangerous coastline—known as the “Devil’s Jaw”—made escape impossible once the turn was made. A naval court of inquiry found squadron commander Commodore Edward H. Watson and navigator Lt Cmdr Donald T. Hunter guilty of negligence. The wrecks of ships such as USS Delphy, Young, Woodbury, and Chauncey still lie off the California coast near Point Pedernales, a somber memorial to the perils of overconfidence in navigation.

[A930Rocket]

That’s unusual dirt, with those round rocks. I would say it’s near or was near a river or similar?

Am I mistaken, or did they silicone the branch to seal it?😂

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

A Carolina sunset.

[GH85Carrera]

If Heinrich Hertz could witness today’s world, where billions of people carry mobile phones that rely on radio waves, he’d likely be astonished. His 19th-century experiments proved the existence of electromagnetic waves, but he saw no practical use for them. Now, those same waves power everything from smartphones and Wi-Fi to GPS and satellite communications.
In 1886, Hertz was focused purely on validating James Clerk Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism. He built devices to generate and detect radio waves, showing they could reflect, refract, and travel through space. When asked about the utility of his discovery, he famously replied, “Nothing, I guess.” His work was groundbreaking, but he didn’t foresee its technological revolution.
Ironically, Hertz’s name now lives on in every frequency we measure, megahertz, gigahertz, and beyond. His experiments laid the foundation for radio, television, radar, and mobile networks. Though he died young at 36, his legacy pulses through every wireless signal we use today. The man who saw “no use” would be surrounded by a world built on his invisible waves.

[GH85Carrera]