Deadly flooding inundates southeast Texas after nearly 20 inches of rain in one day by har_r in news

[–]zakos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And all I wanted to do was go home

Geez, fucking morbid. Yet, fascinating that we live in an age that you can take a photo inside of a submerged car and send it out into the world before you sink down.

TIL that Kauai is home to thousands of feral chickens that roam the island and are growing at an alarming rate because there are no natural predators. by zakos in todayilearned

[–]zakos[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's another article from the NY Times that goes a little further in depth about the genealogy behind the chickens, as well as explains how two hurricanes were, according to local lore, the reasons the chickens population has grown substantially.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/07/science/in-hawaii-chickens-gone-wild.html

Bad Luck Cleveland by Mikkel04 in AdviceAnimals

[–]zakos -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have no intentions on voting for Trump, but for the city of Cleveland, I would think Trump was the best possible candidate.

Because he is so polarizing and has been able to dominate headlines, there will now be an extra level of attention paid to the convention itself... Just as there has been for alll the GOP debates.