How hot is hot? Temperature alone doesn't tell the tale. The combination of heat and humidity can make temperatures feel hotter, and kill you quicker. That's bad news for the elderly, the very young and the sick, and the reason the U.S. National Weather Service has been listing heat indices factoring in humidity since the mid-1980s. The forecast for this weekend shows the heat index - the "feels like" number beloved of TV weathermen - reaching as high as 115 from Philadelphia to Raleigh-Durham, according to Rich Otto, a forecaster with the U.S. Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland. New York may hit 111. By now, people may be getting used to the heat. This past June was the world's all-time hottest June in records dating back to 1880, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information in Asheville, North Carolina. That means nine of the 10 warmest Junes on record have occurred since the decade began. Moving forward, "it is virtually certain 2019 will … [Read more...] about East Coast braces for deadly combination of heat and humidity
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Planning a new home, Milwaukee Public Museum dreams big while thinking smart
Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Photos: Milwaukee Public Museum through the years Fullscreen Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 2017: The updated "Streets of Old Milwaukee" exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum begins with a Rexnord streetcar. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Fullscreen 2014: The death mask of Samson, the Milwaukee Zoo's famed gorilla, hangs on the wall in Wendy Christensen's studio at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Fullscreen 2015: Milwaukee Public Museum president Dennis Kois discusses the shortage of space throughout he museum while standing in the anthropology storage facility in the basement. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Fullscreen 2015: A view down Chestnut Street during a sneak peek at the new "Streets of Old Milwaukee" exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Fullscreen 2017: European Village scene from the Streets of Old … [Read more...] about Planning a new home, Milwaukee Public Museum dreams big while thinking smart
Manitowoc County For the Record court and public meetings: Jan. 13, 2019
Manitowoc County Circuit Court Felonies Dreyonta Q. Lewis, 27, Waupun, deliver heroin on May 11, 2017, spend one year in state prison, followed by two years of extended supervision with: counseling, AODA assessment, submit to urine screens, pay costs and fees, maintain full-time employment or schooling, have no contact with any known drug users or dealers, submit DNA sample. Joshua J. Krueger, 25, Manitowoc, possession of narcotic drugs on July 13, 2017, sentence withheld, two years of probation with: continue treatment, submit to urine screens, counseling, maintain full-time employment or schooling, pay costs and fees. Joshua N. Huston, 30, Plymouth, possession of THC on July 4, sentence withheld, two years of probation with: AODA assessment, spend 30 days in county jail, maintain full-time employment or schooling, maintain sobriety, pay costs and fees, counseling, submit DNA sample. Damarius M. Cavitt, 21, Manitowoc, deliver THC on March 17, 2017, sentence withheld, two years of … [Read more...] about Manitowoc County For the Record court and public meetings: Jan. 13, 2019
2018 left its mark on the Space Coast
Another year has come and gone. And as obvious as the ever-spreading gray in my beard, it's clear that the more things change the more they stay the same. Brandy Hall is still missing, Gary Bennett and Crosley Green are still in prison and another Florida statewide election ended in a recount. There was even a recount in our very own Melbourne Beach. I know the school board doesn't hire a new superintendent every year, it only feels that way. Yep, we thanked our lucky stars when we dodged a major hurricane. But our good fortune was misery for thousands in the panhandle. We made it through the choking red tide, another contentious election season and the closing of Milliken's Reef restaurant (Gator's Dockside opened in its place). We debated whether a mural of exploding cartoon characters should stay in the Eau Gallie Arts District and expressed indignation at a McDonald's employee who refused to serve a Palm Bay police officer. William Woodward was sentenced … [Read more...] about 2018 left its mark on the Space Coast
How a ‘madman’ hopes to spark conversations about mental illness
Story highlights Zack McDermott's memoir, "Gorilla and the Bird," was released in September It details a psychotic break when he was a 26-year-old public defender in New York (CNN)The signs that he was spiraling downward were everywhere. They appeared in his scribbles in red marker all over his apartment walls. They materialized when he stripped down to his skivvies at a happy hour, after winning a court case while sporting a new mohawk. And they screamed out as he raced around New York City for 12 hours, darting through traffic, bounding through a dog park on all fours, assuming strangers were actors in his very own reality TV show. By the time police handcuffed Zack McDermott -- then crying, shoeless and shirtless on a subway platform -- it was clear he'd had a psychotic break. The 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender was in the midst of a severe manic episode. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he spent 10 days in the psychiatric ward. He was diagnosed with bipolar … [Read more...] about How a ‘madman’ hopes to spark conversations about mental illness