Speaking of climate change, the impacts of our Chicago weather for the next few days are certainly not caused by humans are they? Forest fires are natural bucolic cleansing events but we are grappling with the after effects of the wildfire smoke impacts here.

by | Jul 25, 2023 | Breaking News, Chicago centric content, Natural disasters

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OPINION on “Climate Change”….”WEATHER” or not you want to believe it but this article argues in lockstep with the rest of the bought and sold media about human impacted “climate change” being the cause of these EXTREME weather events. We do not deny that human activities may have had MAJOR LOCALIZED impacts in regards to air quality on our planet but…..

by | Jul 25, 2023 | Breaking News, General interest, Humanoid endeavors, Latest News, Natural disasters

The stark reality is that this earth we reside on has gone thru a myriad of “cycles” thruout it’s 4.567 BILLION year old history. To assign blame to humans for these recent dramatic weather changes to us seems misdirected when you consider humanoids...

The worst maritime disaster EVER in Chicago history happened on this day in 1915. Known as the Eastland disaster where 844 people drowned while boarding a ship to go to a company picnic in Michigan City Ind sponsored by Western Electric it ranks as a disaster of the highest order on so many levels. The funeral homes were overwhelmed as the hot July sun exacerbated the sickening stench of rotting flesh downtown as bodies were recovered from the ship. Many bodies were laid out in school gyms and anywhere available so family members could identify the dead and entire families were wiped out. Astoundingly, the owners of the ship and the captain escaped punishment due them by the Chicago way that was in place as authorities soft pedaled the charges and subsequent punishments that were avoided. It was a heinous travesty of justice that this disaster was not avenged by the courts to those responsible

by | Jul 24, 2023 | Chicago centric content, Natural disasters

#OTD in 1915: Western Electric employees gathered at the Chicago River on South Water Street (Wacker Drive) to board the SS Eastland soon would find themselves in an overturned ship. In minutes, 844 of the estimated 2,500 people on board would lose their lives:...