Subject: A good short story worth reading
Thanksgiving Day, 2025
“Winston, come into the dining room, it’s time to eat,” Julia yelled to her
husband.
“In a minute, honey, it’s a tie score,” he answered. Actually Winston wasn’t
very interested in the traditional holiday football game between Detroit and
Washington . Ever since the government passed the Civility in Sports
Statute of 2017, outlawing tackle football for its “unseemly violence” and
the “bad example it sets for the rest of the world,” Winston was far less of
a football fan than he used to be. Two-hand touch wasn’t nearly as
exciting.
Yet it wasn’t the game that Winston was uninterested in. It was more the
thought of eating another TofuTurkey. Even though it was the best type of
Veggie Meat available after the government revised the American Anti-Obesity
Act of 2018, adding fowl to the list of federally-forbidden foods, (which
already included potatoes, cranberry sauce and mince-meat pie), it wasn’t
anything like real turkey. And ever since the government officially changed
the name of “Thanksgiving Day” to “A National Day of Atonement” in 2020, to
officially acknowledge the Pilgrims’ historically brutal treatment of Native
Americans, the holiday had lost a lot of its luster.
Eating in the dining room was also a bit daunting. The unearthly gleam of
government-mandated fluorescent light bulbs made the Tofu Turkey look even
weirder than it actually was, and the room was always cold. Ever since
Congress passed the Power Conservation Act of 2016, mandating all
thermostats—which were monitored and controlled by the electric company — be
kept at 68 degrees, every room on the north side of the house was barely
tolerable throughout the entire winter.
Still, it was good getting together with family. Or at least most of the
family. Winston missed his mother, who passed on in October, when she had
used up her legal allotment of live-saving medical treatment. He had had
many heated conversations with the Regional Health Consortium, spawned when
the private insurance market finally went bankrupt, and everyone was forced
into the government health care program. And though he demanded she be kept
on her treatment, it was a futile effort. “The RHC’s resources are
limited,” explained the government bureaucrat Winston spoke with on the
phone. “Your mother received all the benefits to which she was entitled. I’m
sorry for your loss.”
Ed couldn’t make it either. He had forgotten to plug in his electric car
last night, the only kind available after the Anti-Fossil Fuel Bill of 2021
outlawed the use of the combustion engines — for everyone but government
officials. The fifty mile round trip was about ten miles too far, and Ed
didn’t want to spend a frosty night on the road somewhere between here and
there.
Thankfully, Winston’s brother, John, and his wife were flying in. Winston
made sure that the dining room chairs had extra cushions for the occasion.
No one complained more than John about the pain of sitting down so soon
after the government - mandated cavity searches at airports, which severely
aggravated his hemorrhoids.
Ever since a terrorist successfully smuggled a cavity bomb onto a jetliner,
the TSA told Americans the added “inconvenience” was an “absolute necessity”
in order to stay “one step ahead of the terrorists.” Winston’s own body had
grown accustomed to such probing ever since the government expanded their
scope to just about anywhere a crowd gathered, via Anti-Profiling Act of
2022. That law made it a crime to single out any group or individual for
“unequal scrutiny,” even when probable cause was involved. Thus, cavity
searches at malls, train stations, bus depots, etc., etc., had become almost
routine. Almost.
The Supreme Court is reviewing the statute, but most Americans expect a
Court composed of six progressives and three conservatives to leave the law
intact. “A living Constitution is extremely flexible,” said the Court’s
eldest member, Elena Kagan. “ Europe has had laws like this one for years.
We should learn from their example,” she added.
Winston’s thoughts turned to his own children. He got along fairly well
with his 12-year-old daughter, Brittany, mostly because she ignored him.
Winston had long ago surrendered to the idea that she could text anyone at
any time, even during Atonement Dinner. Their only real confrontation had
occurred when he limited her to 50,000 texts a month, explaining that was
all he could afford. She whined for a week, but got over it.
His 16-year-old son, Jason, was another matter altogether. Perhaps it was
the constant bombarding he got in public school that global warming, the
bird flu, terrorism or any of a number of other calamities were “just around
the corner,” but Jason had developed a kind of nihilistic attitude that
ranged between simmering surliness and outright hostility. It didn’t help
that Jason had reported his father to the police for smoking a cigarette in
the house, an act made criminal by the Smoking Control Statute of 2018,
which outlawed smoking anywhere within 500 feet of another human being.
Winston paid the $5,000 fine, which might have been considered excessive
before the American dollar became virtually worthless as a result of QE13.
The latest round of quantitative easing the federal government initiated
was, once again, to “spur economic growth.” This time they promised to push
unemployment below its years-long rate of 18%, but Winston was not
particularly hopeful.
Yet the family had a lot for which to be thankful, Winston thought, before
remembering it was a Day of Atonement.. At least he had his memories. He
felt a twinge of sadness when he realized his children would never know what
life was like in the Good Old Days, long before government promises to make
life “fair for everyone” realized their full potential. Winston, like so
many of his fellow Americans, never realized how much things could change
when they didn’t happen all at once, but little by little, so people could
get used to them.
He wondered what might have happened if the public had stood up while there
was still time, maybe back around 2009, when all the real nonsense began.
“Maybe we wouldn’t be where we are today if we’d just said ‘enough is enough’
when we had the chance,”
Maybe so Winston...Maybe so.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The new idiots list... Thanks Sarah DuPuy Rapp!
Thanks Sarah DuPuy Rapp!
THE NEW IDIOTS LIST!
Number One Idiot
I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the
ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the emergency room right away. Here's your sign, lady. Wear it with pride.
Number Two Idiot
Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming toward them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer employed at Boeing. Here's your sign, guys. Don't get it wet; the paint might run.
Number Three Idiot
A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the Branch and wrote this, "Put all your muny in this bag." While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller's window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to the Wells Fargo Bank. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, "OK" and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at
Bank of America. Don't bother with this guy's sign. He probably couldn't read it anyway.
Number Four Idiot
A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph of $40. Several days later, he received a letter from the police that contained another picture, this time of handcuffs. He immediately mailed in his $40. Wise guy ... But you still get a sign.
Number Five Idiot
A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said, "Because I don't believe you are over 21." The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to him because she didn't believe him. At this point, the robber took his driver's license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk. The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and she put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with his loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the robber two hours later. This guy definitely needs a sign.
Number Six Idiot
A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him. This guy doesn't even deserve a sign.
Number Seven Idiot
Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass. The whole event was caught on videotape. Yep, here's your sign.
Number Eight Idiot
I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road. The reason: "Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore." Take the sign - Please!
Stay Alert! They walk among us, they reproduce, they vote and I'm sure that many of them hold elected office!
THE NEW IDIOTS LIST!
Number One Idiot
I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the
ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the emergency room right away. Here's your sign, lady. Wear it with pride.
Number Two Idiot
Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming toward them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer employed at Boeing. Here's your sign, guys. Don't get it wet; the paint might run.
Number Three Idiot
A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the Branch and wrote this, "Put all your muny in this bag." While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller's window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to the Wells Fargo Bank. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, "OK" and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at
Bank of America. Don't bother with this guy's sign. He probably couldn't read it anyway.
Number Four Idiot
A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph of $40. Several days later, he received a letter from the police that contained another picture, this time of handcuffs. He immediately mailed in his $40. Wise guy ... But you still get a sign.
Number Five Idiot
A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said, "Because I don't believe you are over 21." The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to him because she didn't believe him. At this point, the robber took his driver's license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk. The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and she put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with his loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the robber two hours later. This guy definitely needs a sign.
Number Six Idiot
A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him. This guy doesn't even deserve a sign.
Number Seven Idiot
Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass. The whole event was caught on videotape. Yep, here's your sign.
Number Eight Idiot
I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road. The reason: "Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore." Take the sign - Please!
Stay Alert! They walk among us, they reproduce, they vote and I'm sure that many of them hold elected office!
Thanks for the weather warning Sam! Juanita Elliott
My brother, Jim, mentioned knowing you to me at our Thanksgiving gathering, Nita. He thinks you are a beautiful girl. We Kegleys are observant!
The snow is also happening here as predicted. I hope this is the last of the winter hits. Jeanie and I want to drive to Lexington for the UK-LSU basketball game, Saturday.
Let us have a moment of silence to think of Jack H Plymale sweating down there in his Costa Rica flower garden. He is probably wearing red and blue Trojan bikini shorts. I am sure that he wouldn't mind chasing you around in his 400 square foot mansion. Even Mr. Plymale, the "dumb old lineman" could probably catch you in there, eventually, if the famed punter Lemon Elliott doesn't visit the place at the same time.
Uh-Oh, I had better quit before JHP returns from the tropics and thaws us all out- you too Sarah Rapp!
By the way, were you reading my SamKat blog or an email, Nita?
I never know who hits on my blog. No Comments- no responses except for my own and I have ten per cent of the hits with my posts. www.skegley.blogspot.com . Thanks to Clay Vice's advertising though, there have been 11,619 hits as of today. Theat's a lot for me, but the Kentucky fans of the old www.wildcatfaithful.com used to give it nearly that many hits in an hour. WCF has been essentially replaced by www.wildcatnation.net. Kentucky fans love their bounceyball.
Shawnee Chief JHPlymale always says: Ball should not be round, dribble or swidh. Ball shouod have points, and lift into the sky end over end or in a smooth spiral for sixty to eighty teepees. The chief learned under the tutelage of Bert Leach, one of P'Town's very smarttest indians.
SamKat
----- Original Message -----
SamKat
From: Nita Elliott
To: Sam Kegley
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 13:28
Subject: Re: Emergency Weather 1-11-2011 3:38 AM
Thanks for the weather warning, Sam.
I cancelled my dentist appointment...good. Nita
--- On Tue, 1/11/11, Sam Kegley wrote:
From: Sam Kegley
Subject: Emergency Weather 1-11-2011 3:38 AM
To: Undisclosed-Recipient@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 4:20 AM
The snow is also happening here as predicted. I hope this is the last of the winter hits. Jeanie and I want to drive to Lexington for the UK-LSU basketball game, Saturday.
Let us have a moment of silence to think of Jack H Plymale sweating down there in his Costa Rica flower garden. He is probably wearing red and blue Trojan bikini shorts. I am sure that he wouldn't mind chasing you around in his 400 square foot mansion. Even Mr. Plymale, the "dumb old lineman" could probably catch you in there, eventually, if the famed punter Lemon Elliott doesn't visit the place at the same time.
Uh-Oh, I had better quit before JHP returns from the tropics and thaws us all out- you too Sarah Rapp!
By the way, were you reading my SamKat blog or an email, Nita?
I never know who hits on my blog. No Comments- no responses except for my own and I have ten per cent of the hits with my posts. www.skegley.blogspot.com . Thanks to Clay Vice's advertising though, there have been 11,619 hits as of today. Theat's a lot for me, but the Kentucky fans of the old www.wildcatfaithful.com used to give it nearly that many hits in an hour. WCF has been essentially replaced by www.wildcatnation.net. Kentucky fans love their bounceyball.
Shawnee Chief JHPlymale always says: Ball should not be round, dribble or swidh. Ball shouod have points, and lift into the sky end over end or in a smooth spiral for sixty to eighty teepees. The chief learned under the tutelage of Bert Leach, one of P'Town's very smarttest indians.
SamKat
----- Original Message -----
SamKat
From: Nita Elliott
To: Sam Kegley
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 13:28
Subject: Re: Emergency Weather 1-11-2011 3:38 AM
Thanks for the weather warning, Sam.
I cancelled my dentist appointment...good. Nita
--- On Tue, 1/11/11, Sam Kegley
From: Sam Kegley
Subject: Emergency Weather 1-11-2011 3:38 AM
To: Undisclosed-Recipient@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 4:20 AM
Economic stimulus the o way... Thanks Doug Brooke!
Sometime This year, we taxpayers will again receive another 'Economic
Stimulus' payment.
This is indeed a very exciting program, and I'll explain it by
using a Q & A format:
Q. What is an 'Economic Stimulus' payment ?
A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.
Q.. Where will the government get this money ?
A. From taxpayers.
Q. So the government is giving me back my own money ?
A. Only a smidgen of it.
Q. What is the purpose of this payment ?
A. The plan is for you to use the money to purchase a
high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.
Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China ?
A. Shut up.
Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the U.S. economy by
spending your stimulus check wisely:
* If you spend the stimulus money at Wal-Mart, the money will
go to China or Sri Lanka .
* If you spend it on gasoline, your money will go to the
Arabs.
* If you purchase a computer, it will go to India , Taiwan or
China .
* If you purchase fruit and vegetables, it will go to Mexico ,
Honduras and Guatemala ..
* If you buy an efficient car, it will go to Japan or Korea .
* If you purchase useless stuff, it will go to Taiwan .
* If you pay your credit cards off, or buy stock, it will go
to management bonuses and they will hide it offshore.
Instead, keep the money in America by:
1) Spending it at yard sales, or
2) Going to ball games, or
3) Spending it on prostitutes, or
4) Beer or
5) Tattoos.
(These are the only American businesses still operating in the U.S. )
Conclusion:
Go to a ball game with a tattooed prostitute that you met at a yard
sale and drink beer all day !
No kidding, Jeanie won't allow me to do some of these things with the money and I don't drink beer.
For my PHS fifty classmate, Ted Truitt: This explains why the warning appears before entering my blog. Occasionally these little funnies sneak through from my wild side.
No need to thank me, I'm just glad I could be of help.
Stimulus' payment.
This is indeed a very exciting program, and I'll explain it by
using a Q & A format:
Q. What is an 'Economic Stimulus' payment ?
A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.
Q.. Where will the government get this money ?
A. From taxpayers.
Q. So the government is giving me back my own money ?
A. Only a smidgen of it.
Q. What is the purpose of this payment ?
A. The plan is for you to use the money to purchase a
high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.
Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China ?
A. Shut up.
Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the U.S. economy by
spending your stimulus check wisely:
* If you spend the stimulus money at Wal-Mart, the money will
go to China or Sri Lanka .
* If you spend it on gasoline, your money will go to the
Arabs.
* If you purchase a computer, it will go to India , Taiwan or
China .
* If you purchase fruit and vegetables, it will go to Mexico ,
Honduras and Guatemala ..
* If you buy an efficient car, it will go to Japan or Korea .
* If you purchase useless stuff, it will go to Taiwan .
* If you pay your credit cards off, or buy stock, it will go
to management bonuses and they will hide it offshore.
Instead, keep the money in America by:
1) Spending it at yard sales, or
2) Going to ball games, or
3) Spending it on prostitutes, or
4) Beer or
5) Tattoos.
(These are the only American businesses still operating in the U.S. )
Conclusion:
Go to a ball game with a tattooed prostitute that you met at a yard
sale and drink beer all day !
No kidding, Jeanie won't allow me to do some of these things with the money and I don't drink beer.
For my PHS fifty classmate, Ted Truitt: This explains why the warning appears before entering my blog. Occasionally these little funnies sneak through from my wild side.
No need to thank me, I'm just glad I could be of help.
Onions... Thanks Tom & Carolyn Lynch!
Thanks Tom & Carolyn Lynch!
Learn something everyday. We have kept onions and used them the next day and never got sick, so far, but who knows.
Thought this info was interesting and could keep you from getting sick.
Subject: FW: Onions
Subject: FWD: Onions
ONIONS
In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people, there was a Doctor who visited many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu. Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it, and many died.
The doctor came upon one farmer, and to his surprise, everyone in the household was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different, the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She gave him one, and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy.
Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ. She said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work... (And no, she is not in the onion business.)
The moral of the story is, buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home. If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office or under your desk or even on top somewhere.. Try it and see what happens. We did it last year, and we never got the flu.
If this helps you and your loved ones from getting sick, all the better. If you do get the flu, it just might be a mild case...Whatever, what have you to lose? Just a few bucks on onions!!!
Now there is a P.S. to this, for I sent it to a friend in Oregon who regularly contributes material to me on health issues. She replied with this most interesting experience about onions:
"Thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the farmer's story...but I do know that I contracted pneumonia, and needless to say I was very ill. I came across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion. Put one end on a fork, and then place the forked end into an empty jar...placing the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the onion would be black in the morning from the germs. Sure enough, it happened just like that...the onion was a mess, and I began to feel better".
"Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around the room saved many from the black plague years ago. They have powerful antibacterial, antiseptic properties".
This is the other note: LEFTOVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS! I have used an onion which has been left in the fridge. Sometimes I don't use a whole one at one time, so I save the other half for later. Now with this info, I have changed my mind. I will buy smaller onions in the future.
I had the wonderful privilege of touring Mullins Food Products, makers of mayonnaise. Mullins is huge, and is owned by 11 brothers and sisters in the Mullins family. My friend, Jeanne, is the CEO. Questions about food poisoning came up, and I wanted to share what I learned from a chemist. The guy who gave us our tour is named Ed. He's one of the brothers. Ed is a chemistry expert and is involved in developing most of the sauce formula. He's even developed sauce formula for McDonald's. Keep in mind that Ed is a food chemistry whiz.
During the tour, someone asked if we really needed to worry about mayonnaise. People are always worried that mayonnaise will spoil. Ed's answer will surprise you. Ed said that all commercially-made mayo is completely safe. "It doesn't even have to be refrigerated. No harm in refrigerating it, but it's not really necessary."
He explained that the pH in mayonnaise is set at a point that bacteria could not survive in that environment. He then talked about the quintessential picnic, with the bowl of potato salad sitting on the table and how everyone blames the mayonnaise when someone gets sick.
Ed says that when food poisoning is reported, the first thing the officials look for is when the 'victim' last ate ONIONS and where those onions came from (in the potato salad?).
Ed says it's not the mayonnaise (as long as it's not homemade mayo) that spoils in the outdoors. It's probably the onions, and if not the onions, it's the POTATOES.
He explained, onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked onions.
You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion. He says it's not even safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your refrigerator.
It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit, that it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you put on your hotdogs at the baseball park!)
Ed says if you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put it on your sandwich, you're asking for trouble. Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato salad will attract and grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down.
So, how's that for news? Take it for what you will. I (the author) am going to be very careful about my onions from now on. For some reason, I see a lot of credibility coming from a chemist and a company that produces millions of pounds of mayonnaise every year.
Also, dogs should never eat onions.. Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions.
Please remember it is dangerous to cut onions and try to use it to cook the next day. It becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse stomach infections because of excess bile secretions and even food poisoning.
Please pass this on to all you love and care about.
Brian Voges
Hostess Brands
International Sales
Sacramento,CA
Learn something everyday. We have kept onions and used them the next day and never got sick, so far, but who knows.
Thought this info was interesting and could keep you from getting sick.
Subject: FW: Onions
Subject: FWD: Onions
ONIONS
In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people, there was a Doctor who visited many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu. Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it, and many died.
The doctor came upon one farmer, and to his surprise, everyone in the household was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different, the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She gave him one, and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy.
Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ. She said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work... (And no, she is not in the onion business.)
The moral of the story is, buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home. If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office or under your desk or even on top somewhere.. Try it and see what happens. We did it last year, and we never got the flu.
If this helps you and your loved ones from getting sick, all the better. If you do get the flu, it just might be a mild case...Whatever, what have you to lose? Just a few bucks on onions!!!
Now there is a P.S. to this, for I sent it to a friend in Oregon who regularly contributes material to me on health issues. She replied with this most interesting experience about onions:
"Thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the farmer's story...but I do know that I contracted pneumonia, and needless to say I was very ill. I came across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion. Put one end on a fork, and then place the forked end into an empty jar...placing the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the onion would be black in the morning from the germs. Sure enough, it happened just like that...the onion was a mess, and I began to feel better".
"Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around the room saved many from the black plague years ago. They have powerful antibacterial, antiseptic properties".
This is the other note: LEFTOVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS! I have used an onion which has been left in the fridge. Sometimes I don't use a whole one at one time, so I save the other half for later. Now with this info, I have changed my mind. I will buy smaller onions in the future.
I had the wonderful privilege of touring Mullins Food Products, makers of mayonnaise. Mullins is huge, and is owned by 11 brothers and sisters in the Mullins family. My friend, Jeanne, is the CEO. Questions about food poisoning came up, and I wanted to share what I learned from a chemist. The guy who gave us our tour is named Ed. He's one of the brothers. Ed is a chemistry expert and is involved in developing most of the sauce formula. He's even developed sauce formula for McDonald's. Keep in mind that Ed is a food chemistry whiz.
During the tour, someone asked if we really needed to worry about mayonnaise. People are always worried that mayonnaise will spoil. Ed's answer will surprise you. Ed said that all commercially-made mayo is completely safe. "It doesn't even have to be refrigerated. No harm in refrigerating it, but it's not really necessary."
He explained that the pH in mayonnaise is set at a point that bacteria could not survive in that environment. He then talked about the quintessential picnic, with the bowl of potato salad sitting on the table and how everyone blames the mayonnaise when someone gets sick.
Ed says that when food poisoning is reported, the first thing the officials look for is when the 'victim' last ate ONIONS and where those onions came from (in the potato salad?).
Ed says it's not the mayonnaise (as long as it's not homemade mayo) that spoils in the outdoors. It's probably the onions, and if not the onions, it's the POTATOES.
He explained, onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked onions.
You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion. He says it's not even safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your refrigerator.
It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit, that it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you put on your hotdogs at the baseball park!)
Ed says if you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put it on your sandwich, you're asking for trouble. Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato salad will attract and grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down.
So, how's that for news? Take it for what you will. I (the author) am going to be very careful about my onions from now on. For some reason, I see a lot of credibility coming from a chemist and a company that produces millions of pounds of mayonnaise every year.
Also, dogs should never eat onions.. Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions.
Please remember it is dangerous to cut onions and try to use it to cook the next day. It becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse stomach infections because of excess bile secretions and even food poisoning.
Please pass this on to all you love and care about.
Brian Voges
Hostess Brands
International Sales
Sacramento,CA
Emergency Weather Ohio Valley
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WILLIAMSTOWN.FALMOUTH.BROOKSVILLE.MOUNT OLIVET.
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KENTON.CELINA.WAPAKONETA.GREENVILLE.SIDNEY.
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SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO 3 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THIS
EVENING.WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS WEST CNTL OH.
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.LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LWR OH VALLEY WILL LIFT NORTHEAST
INTO CNTL OH BY MIDDAY.& INTO WESTERN PA BY
THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE LOW.SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION
FROM THE WEST THIS MORNING & CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE
DAY.BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM SW TO NE THIS
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LAWRENCEBURG.RISING SUN.VEVAY.BURLINGTON.INDEPENDENCE.
ALEXANDRIA.WA COURT HOUSE.CIRCLEVILLE.LANCASTER.
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OFF BY EARLY THIS EVENING.THOUGH SCATTERED SHOW SHOWERS WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW.NORTHWEST
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EVENING & OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES.PRIMARILY
DURING THE DAYLIGHT HRS. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT WILL
PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF ACCUMULATION BEFORE
ENDING.
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LEWIS-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
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WILLIAMSTOWN.FALMOUTH.BROOKSVILLE.MOUNT OLIVET.
MAYSVILLE.VANCEBURG.WEST UNION.PIKETON.PORTSMOUTH
336 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011
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TONIGHT.
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TONIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM THE SW THIS
MORNING.& WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE & INTENSITY THROUGH MID
MORNING & EARLY AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF
BY EARLY THIS EVENING.THOUGH SCATTERED SHOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW.NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO BETWEEN 20 & 30 MPH THIS
EVENING & OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO 1 TO 3 INCHES.PRIMARILY
DURING THE DAYLIGHT HRS. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT
WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION BEFORE
ENDING.
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LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-
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KENTON.CELINA.WAPAKONETA.GREENVILLE.SIDNEY.
BELLEFONTAINE.MARYSVILLE.DE.PIQUA.URBANA.
SPRINGFIELD.LONDON.COLUMBUS.NEWARK.EATON.DAYTON.XENIA
336 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011
.WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM THE SW THIS
MORNING.& WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE & INTENSITY THROUGH MID
MORNING & EARLY AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF
BY EARLY THIS EVENING.THOUGH SCATTERED SHOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW.NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO BETWEEN 20 & 25 MPH THIS
EVENING & OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO 3 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THIS
EVENING.WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS WEST CNTL OH.
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL HALF
INCH TO INCH OF ACCUMULATION BEFORE ENDING.
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German view of islam
Thanks good friend, Doug Brooke- Ex compatriot at Denison
A very good rational and non-political article! Should be labeled World View and not just German view!
German View of Islam
This is by far the best explanation of the Muslim terrorist situation I have ever read.
His references to past history are accurate and clear.
Not long, easy to understand, and well worth the read.
The author of this email is said to be Dr. Emanuel Tanay, a well-known and well-respected psychiatrist.
A German's View on Islam
A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism.
'Very few people were true Nazis,' he said, 'but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care.
I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.'
We are told again and again by 'experts' and 'talking heads' that Islam is the religion of peace and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectre of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.
The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honour-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.
The hard, quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the 'silent majority,' is cowed and extraneous.
Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 40 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.
The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet.
And who can forget Rwanda , which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were 'peace loving'?
History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason, we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points:
Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence.
Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany , they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun.
Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late. As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts--the fanatics who threaten our way of life.
Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this email without sending it on, is contributing to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand. So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on! Let us hope that thousands, world-wide, read this and think about it, and send it on - before it's too late.
A very good rational and non-political article! Should be labeled World View and not just German view!
German View of Islam
This is by far the best explanation of the Muslim terrorist situation I have ever read.
His references to past history are accurate and clear.
Not long, easy to understand, and well worth the read.
The author of this email is said to be Dr. Emanuel Tanay, a well-known and well-respected psychiatrist.
A German's View on Islam
A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism.
'Very few people were true Nazis,' he said, 'but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care.
I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.'
We are told again and again by 'experts' and 'talking heads' that Islam is the religion of peace and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectre of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.
The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honour-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.
The hard, quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the 'silent majority,' is cowed and extraneous.
Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 40 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.
The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet.
And who can forget Rwanda , which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were 'peace loving'?
History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason, we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points:
Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence.
Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany , they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun.
Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late. As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts--the fanatics who threaten our way of life.
Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this email without sending it on, is contributing to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand. So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on! Let us hope that thousands, world-wide, read this and think about it, and send it on - before it's too late.
Budweiser story about 911 Thanks Tom & Carolyn Lynch
Thanks Tom & Carolyn Lynch (Portsmouth OH)
The Budweiser Story
(not a joke)
This is TRUE!
How Budweiser handled those who laughed at those
who died on the 11th of September,
2001...
Thought you might like to know what happened
in a little town north of Bakersfield , California
After you finish reading this,
please forward this story on to others
so that our nation and people around the world
will know about those who laughed
when they found out about the tragic events
in New York , Pennsylvania , and the Pentagon.
On September 11th,
A Budweiser employee was making a delivery
to a convenience store in a California town
named McFarland..
He knew of the tragedy that had occurred
in New York when he entered the business
to find the two Arabs, who owned the business, whooping and hollering to show their approval
and support of this treacherous attack.
The Budweiser employee went to his truck,
called his boss and told him
of the very upsetting event!
He didn't feel he could be in that store with those
horrible people. His boss asked him,
'Do you think you could go in there long enough
to pull every Budweiser product and item
our beverage company sells there?
We'll never deliver to them again.'
The employee walked in,
proceeded to pull every single product his
beverage company provided and left
with an incredible grin on his face.
He told them never to bother to call for
a delivery again.
Budweiser happens to be the beer of choice
for that community.
Just letting you know how Kern County
handled this situation. And Now
The Rest Of The Story:
It seems that the Bud driver and the Pepsi man
are neighbors. Bud called Pepsi and told him.
Pepsi called his boss who told him to
pull all Pepsi products as well!!!
That would include Frito Lay, etc.
Furthermore, word spread and
all vendors followed suit! At last report, on June 26, 2009,
Fareed Katib closed the store and filed bankruptcy!
Good old American
Passive-Aggressive A$$ Whoopin!
Pass this along, America needs to know
that we're all working together!
If you can read this.
Thank a teacher...
If you are reading it in English....
THANK A SOLDIER!!!
If you do not send this
you have no soul !!!!
The Budweiser Story
(not a joke)
This is TRUE!
How Budweiser handled those who laughed at those
who died on the 11th of September,
2001...
Thought you might like to know what happened
in a little town north of Bakersfield , California
After you finish reading this,
please forward this story on to others
so that our nation and people around the world
will know about those who laughed
when they found out about the tragic events
in New York , Pennsylvania , and the Pentagon.
On September 11th,
A Budweiser employee was making a delivery
to a convenience store in a California town
named McFarland..
He knew of the tragedy that had occurred
in New York when he entered the business
to find the two Arabs, who owned the business, whooping and hollering to show their approval
and support of this treacherous attack.
The Budweiser employee went to his truck,
called his boss and told him
of the very upsetting event!
He didn't feel he could be in that store with those
horrible people. His boss asked him,
'Do you think you could go in there long enough
to pull every Budweiser product and item
our beverage company sells there?
We'll never deliver to them again.'
The employee walked in,
proceeded to pull every single product his
beverage company provided and left
with an incredible grin on his face.
He told them never to bother to call for
a delivery again.
Budweiser happens to be the beer of choice
for that community.
Just letting you know how Kern County
handled this situation. And Now
The Rest Of The Story:
It seems that the Bud driver and the Pepsi man
are neighbors. Bud called Pepsi and told him.
Pepsi called his boss who told him to
pull all Pepsi products as well!!!
That would include Frito Lay, etc.
Furthermore, word spread and
all vendors followed suit! At last report, on June 26, 2009,
Fareed Katib closed the store and filed bankruptcy!
Good old American
Passive-Aggressive A$$ Whoopin!
Pass this along, America needs to know
that we're all working together!
If you can read this.
Thank a teacher...
If you are reading it in English....
THANK A SOLDIER!!!
If you do not send this
you have no soul !!!!
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KENTON.CELINA.WAPAKONETA.GREENVILLE.SIDNEY.
BELLEFONTAINE.MARYSVILLE.DE.PIQUA.URBANA.
SPRINGFIELD.LONDON.COLUMBUS.NEWARK.EATON.DAYTON.XENIA
1010 PM EST MON JAN 10 2011
.WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUES TO
MIDNIGHT EST TUES NIGHT.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUES TO
MIDNIGHT EST TUES NIGHT.
SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE
DAY & THEN TAPER OFF IN THE EVENING.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT TUES WILL PROVIDE AN
ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION BEFORE ENDING.
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/O.EXT.KILN.WW.Y.0001.110111T1000Z-110112T0500Z/
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-
LOGAN-UNION OH-DE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-
LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.RICHMOND.CONNERSVILLE.LIBERTY.
KENTON.CELINA.WAPAKONETA.GREENVILLE.SIDNEY.
BELLEFONTAINE.MARYSVILLE.DE.PIQUA.URBANA.
SPRINGFIELD.LONDON.COLUMBUS.NEWARK.EATON.DAYTON.XENIA
1010 PM EST MON JAN 10 2011
.WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUES TO
MIDNIGHT EST TUES NIGHT.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUES TO
MIDNIGHT EST TUES NIGHT.
SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE
DAY & THEN TAPER OFF IN THE EVENING.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT TUES WILL PROVIDE AN
ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION BEFORE ENDING.
www.emergencyemail.org OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILN.
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