The  Lahaina wildfire lasted less than a day and killed 100 .  Watch a  video .  The Los Angeles County fires are now into Day 5, with 11 confirmed deaths.  However no doubt this number will increase once investigators can check on the results.  While winds have  since the worst diminished, gusts could rise to 70 MPH tonight through the weekend into Monday.   Summary of LAC wildfires: 39,000 acres covered. 12,000 structures destroyed. While 11 have been killed, an additional 13 are missing. Overall, containment is only 11%. At least 153,000 residents are still under evacuation orders. Check NBC News for updates . NASA previously determined that 2023 was the planet's warmest year on record, and this week confirmed that  2024 is now the hottest year  since at least 1880.   Why 1880?  That is when record-keeping began.   Further, Earth is now 2.65 F hotter than the average from 1850 to 1900.   Scarily...

I have stopped using the treadmill because falling would be catastrophic.  If I did anything on this device, this is what I would do.  Supposed to be a video, but, I guess not.   All these videos were sent to me by friends. This one below you absolutely must see.  And, by the way, there is interesting story about that Glass Gem Corn in the above compilation. There are four ocean storms, one in the Atlantic, one in the Gulf of Mexico and two in the West Pacific.   Hurricane Franklin  will veer away the USA, but attain Category 3 strength. Now Tropical Storm  Idalia  will become a hurricane and make landfall over a relatively unpopulated portion of Florida. In the West Pacific,  Damrey  today attained hurricane strength, but will make a right turn and miss Japan. Also in the West Pacific is the very dangerous  Typhoon Saola , now at 145 MPH.  Looks to maintain Category 4 status, with the eye passing just south of Taiwa...

                     From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):     DAY     USA    WORLD      Brazil      India      South Africa June     9     1093     4732         1185        246       82 July    22      1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12      1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9      1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21      1225      6849 ...