CANUCK IN SPACE The Canadian Space Agency and NASA will be sending a team of four astronauts to embark on a 10-day flight around the moon. Scheduled for November, 2024, the Artemis II crew will include three Americans and one Canadian. HURRICANE NAMES The World Meteorological Organization will no longer use Fiona and Ian in Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
Thursday, April 13th was the 280th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. Or was it? Jefferson’s personally designed tombstone states he was born April 2, 1743 O.S. Just what does that mean? Our third President was born before the United States began using the Gregorian calendar (first introduced in 1582), when we were still using the Julian calendar Read more about Time[…]
CONSUMER WARNINGS This month, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is warning residents about grandparent scams and tax-related identity theft. Grandparents are particularly vulnerable to this scam as most will do anything to help a grandchild who appears to be in distress. A con artist poses as a grandchild needing financial assistance through Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
SEAWEED While it may sound like something from a horror film, a 5,000-mile-wide blob of seaweed is makings its way to Florida’s Gulf coast. The sargassum seaweed bloomed in the Atlantic Ocean and is traveling through the Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico. The blob can potentially dump mounds of smelly seaweed along the Gulf Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
Periodically we like to close with a little-known Florida historical fact. While researching January events we came across the following. The firing on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, which began on April 12, 1861, is generally regarded as the beginning of the American Civil War. However, it was in Florida that the first actual shots between Union and Read more about Fort Pickens[…]