I was born on 6September1940. Am now on the Silversea Silver Whisper, heading towards three Pacific Ocean hurricanes. Met the captain of this ship last night, Julien Albiel to my right (your left) and hotel director Valentin Trif.
He was pleased to hear that we both thought the Silver Whisper was the best cruise ship we have ever been on, all things considered. Even better that the Ritz-Carlton Luminara. Here I am with Captain Tom Roth of that luxury yacht. Read the story of how he personally helped me on Day One of our cruise from Singapore less than a year ago
- Hurricane Karina is now a tropical storm at 60 MPH and continuing to mover westward, sufficiently north of the Hawaiian Islands. Will become a post-tropical gale as she heads away from Hawaii.
- Hurricane Lowell has weakened into a Category 3.
- Niihau and Kauai are now "only" under tropical storm warning.
- A lot of rain expected for all the islands.“
- A turn toward the north and north-northeast with an increase in forward speed is expected over the next couple of days, bringing the center of Lowell across portions of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, just west of the main Hawaiian Islands, Monday night,” forecasters said. “Lowell is forecast to turn toward the north-northwest and slow down by Tuesday night after passing the Hawaiian Islands.”
- On Monday night, the eye of Lowell should have a strength of 110 MPH and be moving north around 120 miles west of Niihau
- Hurricane Marie has weakend into a Category 1 at 80 MPH and is not expected to turn toward Hawaii.
- It is the 249th day of this year, so 116 days remain.
- On this day, in 1492, Christopher Columbus left the Canary islands to discover America.
A Magellan ship returned to Spain in 1522- In 1620, The Pilgrims also began their sail on the Mayflower from Plymouth, England.
- No famous people were born in 1940. The best I could find: John Hayes, American scientist (died in 2017), Elizabeth Murray, American painter (died in 2007) and Jackie Trent, Singer and actress (died 2015).
The Soviet Union shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 in 1983,- Leningrad changed back to Saint Petersburg in 1991.
- In 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. played his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking the record of Lou Gherig.
2.5 billion watched the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997.- The Russo-Ukraine War began in 2022.
- No country celebrates a holiday on September 6.
- Kind of a nothing day in history.
Two day ago started with a buffet. Again, outstanding.
Went to the Panorama Lounge for a music trivia competition. If your team comes in first, you get five points, Three for second and one for third. At the end of the trip, you can use these points to win things like shirts and other stuff. That lady from Southern California, who also happens to be a judge was really good at this. We ended up second.
This game was followed by Garth on the piano,
Met Executive Chef Jordan.
Our buffet lunch yesterday was no doubt our very best of any cruise we've taken. Ordered a plate of tuna sashimi and ramen. Plus items from the buffet, including salad, fried chicken and roast pork. With a glass of beer.
- He began to work on inertial confinement fusion at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in the 80s.
- I spent some time with the laser fusion program of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in the 70s but left the field 50 years ago because I then felt that the laser to accomplish commercial fusion was a half century away.
- He has kept up with latest developments involving industrial funding for fusion.
- He thinks we remain 20 years from commercialization.
- I think it will be more like 50 years.
- However, we both agree that scientists will someday achieve this goal and that this technology will be crucial to the future of Humanity,
- His upcoming talks will get into AI and other scientific matters.
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