The Lahaina Apocalypse death toll remained the same, which is good news, but the missing number has not changed, which is bad.  The Bidens are now in Reno, and arrive on Monday, which means Air Force One needs to leave before Tropical Storm Hilary gets close.  This not a political statement. But speaking of politics, I noticed that MSNBC and CNN are not covering the 9PM EDT First Republican Debate, which will be televised by the Fox channels.  I wondered why, and found a June 2023 article indicating that the  Republican National Committee asked for news companies to bid, and Fox won .  MSNBC and CNN, of course, will have their top panelists analyze for two hours the results from 11PM EDT. The other newsworthy item of the day has to do with natural disasters.  The more topical event is now  Tropical Storm Hilary .  The media makes Hilary sound like it will the first time ever for the Southern California to be so threatened.  Actually, while hardly frequent,  they do occur . The most rec

CBS News  reports that the Lahaina Apocalypse death toll is now up to 114.  Read a complete  NBC News  account of the tragedy. I'm now in my 9th year at 15 Craigside.  This was a typical week of my life here. We are managed by a church, so of course Sunday has services: Buddhist, United Church of Christ and Virtual, whatever that was.  There was also strength training and something called Balance for You.  Monday had more exercises, osteoporosis, advanced strength, strength and stability, a Bon Dance, advanced yoga, Ukulele Get Together and Aqua Fit in our pool. Tuesday was my day for Beginning Tai Chi.   Watch a video from the University of Hawaii .  And another,  lesson one for Tai Chi beginners . There was also more strength training, yoga, balance for you, hula class and an exercise machine demo, with Afternoon Tea.  My losing streak at poker continued.  This was tie dye Tuesday.  Like in kindergarten, they offer you the option of dressing alike, as for example in tie-dye attir

From  Worldometer , total world covid cases and deaths.  Nine waves?  Or ten? Three countries continue to dominate new covid cases/week, with South Korea still #1, by far:                                   This past week   Previous week World                     300,529              490,578 #1  South Korea     216,046              359,479 #2  USA                   56,391                85,783 #3  Brazil                   9,713                10,741 Of course, many countries don't do any reporting anymore. During the past week, South Korea had 72% of all covid cases, USA 19% and Brazil 3%, or these countries had 94% of all the world cases.  South Korea had 4211 new cases/million people, USA 168  and Brazil 45. The grand summary regarding percentage of citizens who were infected with covid, and mortality rate in the right column, which is deaths divided by total cases. S. Korea   66%   0.11% Australia  45%   0.19% Italy         43%   0.74% Taiwan     43%   0.19% USA         32%    1.