Today in the News:
– Meteor strike injures hundreds in central Russia
– That “zombie apocalypse” warning in Montana? It was fake
– Crippled Carnival cruise ship reaches land
A meteor crashing in Russia’s Ural mountains has injured at least 500 people, as the shockwave blew out windows and rocked buildings. Most of those hurt suffered minor cuts and bruises but some received head injuries. A fireball was seen streaking through the clear morning sky above the city of Yekaterinburg, followed by loud bangs. President Vladimir Putin said he thanked God no big fragments had fallen in populated areas. A large meteor fragment landed in a lake near Chebarkul, a town in the neighbouring Chelyabinsk region. Much of the impact was felt in the city of Chelyabinsk, some 125 miles south of Yekaterinburg. Holy crap so all those armageddon movies about meteors destroying earth suddenly don’t seem as far fetched as we thought!
And the apocalypse warnings just keep coming, only that the zombie one that we got to witness on TV, was luckily a fake! Hackers infiltrated the emergency broadcast system of local station KRTV in Great Falls, Montana, a CBS affiliate, and issued the zombie alert. Viewers were warned of a so-called zombie apocalypse and advised not to tangle with the monstrous creatures. The hoax caused several humorous-minded residents in Great Falls to call authorities to inquire if guns were an adequate defense against zombie hordes. Cyber experts say the prank is more serious than a mischievous hacker prank, who warn the incident exposes lax security practices in a critical public safety system. The fear is that hackers could prevent the government from sending out public warnings during an emergency or attackers could conduct a more damaging hoax than a warning of a zombie apocalypse. I guess that’s a good point, as entertaining as the zombie hoax was.
A crippled Carnival cruise ship pulled into Mobile, Ala., last night, finally reaching the shoreline that’d been so tantalizingly close all day for desperate passengers. More than 4,000 weary travelers and crew – with virtually no power or plumbing for 5 days after a fire in the engine room knocked out electricity – couldn’t wait to get off their dream vacation nightmare. Carnival CEO Gerry Cahill apologized for the brutal trip. Ya better. Despite this horrific experience, many travelers gave high marks to Triumph staffers who were stuck in the same awful boat. Cahill thanked those passengers. Carnival then chartered a caravan of buses to transport folks out of Mobile, Alabamaand at least one of those buses became stranded on the way to New Orleans. Now THAT ladies and Gentlemen is why I will never set foot on a cruise ship.
Today in the News:
– Meteor strike injures hundreds in central Russia
– That “zombie apocalypse” warning in Montana? It was fake
– Crippled Carnival cruise ship reaches land
A meteor crashing in Russia’s Ural mountains has injured at least 500 people, as the shockwave blew out windows and rocked buildings. Most of those hurt suffered minor cuts and bruises but some received head injuries. A fireball was seen streaking through the clear morning sky above the city of Yekaterinburg, followed by loud bangs. President Vladimir Putin said he thanked God no big fragments had fallen in populated areas. A large meteor fragment landed in a lake near Chebarkul, a town in the neighbouring Chelyabinsk region. Much of the impact was felt in the city of Chelyabinsk, some 125 miles south of Yekaterinburg. Holy crap so all those armageddon movies about meteors destroying earth suddenly don’t seem as far fetched as we thought!
And the apocalypse warnings just keep coming, only that the zombie one that we got to witness on TV, was luckily a fake! Hackers infiltrated the emergency broadcast system of local station KRTV in Great Falls, Montana, a CBS affiliate, and issued the zombie alert. Viewers were warned of a so-called zombie apocalypse and advised not to tangle with the monstrous creatures. The hoax caused several humorous-minded residents in Great Falls to call authorities to inquire if guns were an adequate defense against zombie hordes. Cyber experts say the prank is more serious than a mischievous hacker prank, who warn the incident exposes lax security practices in a critical public safety system. The fear is that hackers could prevent the government from sending out public warnings during an emergency or attackers could conduct a more damaging hoax than a warning of a zombie apocalypse. I guess that’s a good point, as entertaining as the zombie hoax was.
A crippled Carnival cruise ship pulled into Mobile, Ala., last night, finally reaching the shoreline that’d been so tantalizingly close all day for desperate passengers. More than 4,000 weary travelers and crew – with virtually no power or plumbing for 5 days after a fire in the engine room knocked out electricity – couldn’t wait to get off their dream vacation nightmare. Carnival CEO Gerry Cahill apologized for the brutal trip. Ya better. Despite this horrific experience, many travelers gave high marks to Triumph staffers who were stuck in the same awful boat. Cahill thanked those passengers. Carnival then chartered a caravan of buses to transport folks out of Mobile, Alabamaand at least one of those buses became stranded on the way to New Orleans. Now THAT ladies and Gentlemen is why I will never set foot on a cruise ship.