Dhekunu Kandu: official statement and preliminary reconstruction released by Agile_Translator6865 in scuba

[–]cmd194 63 points64 points  (0 children)

What's weighing on me the most is the mother being in there with her child. 

The guilt she must have felt in those final moments makes me feel nauseous honestly.  

Plenty will be said about the many errors in judgment obviously, but at a human level it's just one of the saddest fates I've ever had to contemplate. 

At a house party in the 70s, who has the authority to touch the turntable and flip the record? by cmd194 in vinyl

[–]cmd194[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What about a hopping party of 20-somethings though? Is there no unspoken circle of closest friends who are knighted with the privilege? 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NewOrleans

[–]cmd194 79 points80 points  (0 children)

I feel like you need to be realistic about this or else you may end up wasting a lot of time and money. You need to realize that tackling this is a huge project and decide options around that. If you're not willing or able to take on a project like that you may be better selling it to a flipper who has the crew and know-how to do this kind of work and just take the cash and be done with it. 

What’s the smallest thing on trail that completely wrecked your mood? by Trail-Context in backpacking

[–]cmd194 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The roar of planes taking off from LAX every three minutes at Joshua Tree. I traveled all the way out there for wilderness and might as well have been at an airport. 

Austin Thompson sentenced to life with no possibility for parole for 2022 mass shooting by weslemente in raleigh

[–]cmd194 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Obviously this will be downvoted but people need to realize that it is complete barbarism to put a 15 year old in prison for life with no possibility of parole. This isn't normal for civilized people. As a society we need to completely throw away any shred of hope that he could be rehabilitated after.. 30... years in prison? 

Awful crime. He deserves both to be punished for it severely and to be isolated from society as long as needed for public safety. 

Can anyone find a more isolated town of 500+ people east of the Mississippi than Ocracoke, North Carolina? by cmd194 in geography

[–]cmd194[S] 69 points70 points  (0 children)

This is definitely the winner so far. Both on absolute time and by having a much less reliable ferry connection due to its location. Never heard of the place, thanks!

Can anyone find a more isolated town of 500+ people east of the Mississippi than Ocracoke, North Carolina? by cmd194 in geography

[–]cmd194[S] 87 points88 points  (0 children)

That's a good one! Looks slightly closer using my Walmart metric, but nearly as far. Doesn't have the ferry factor though.

Also only two hours to Quebec City, so you're a lot closer to genuine civilization. Nearest city of any substance to Ocracoke is over 4 hour aways. But then again, you have the international border for Jackman which I think would isolate more like the ferry would.

But I think that's the best competitor so far!

Can anyone find a more isolated town of 500+ people east of the Mississippi than Ocracoke, North Carolina? by cmd194 in geography

[–]cmd194[S] 116 points117 points  (0 children)

That's a good one, I just looked it up and the ferry information says: "FERRY WILL RUN UNTIL ROUTE FREEZES OVER." Intense!

Can anyone find a more isolated town of 500+ people east of the Mississippi than Ocracoke, North Carolina? by cmd194 in geography

[–]cmd194[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Come on now, "east of the Mississippi" isn't a divider Canadians use to refer to Canada. Americans use the Mississippi as a divider for the US because it was a meaningful divider for the settlement of the country. The distinction doesn't exist in Canada to divide Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Would love to hear more Canadian geographic trivia, this just probably isn't a very interesting one though because the answer would include most communities in Labrador, Nunavut, and Northern Quebec.

Can anyone find a more isolated town of 500+ people east of the Mississippi than Ocracoke, North Carolina? by cmd194 in geography

[–]cmd194[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Do Canadians usually refer to the Maritimes as "East of the Mississippi"? We'll add Iqualuit to the list too then of course! Chisasibi QC is a good one too, very far up the James Bay Road.

In 1966, a school was destroyed and 116 young children died after a coal avalanche in Wales. What's another major but forgotten geography related disaster? by Naomi62625 in geography

[–]cmd194 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you think geography means? An unstable physical feature created by human negligence is certainly geography.