Monday, September 14, 2026
one of the coolest scenes from a movie, Tomb Raider (reboot) had this WW2 Japanese bomber that had been crashed and swept down a river to the edge of the water fall
By the way, Walter Goggins was the bad guy in the movie, and the treasure he was after was a deadly virus some mummy was buried to contain
the Apr 22, 1967 Oak Lawn (Illinois) tornado claimed 33 lives and destroyed the bus yard of Suburban Transit System
OAK LAWN, IL -- By the time an EF-4 tornado tore down Southwest Highway in Oak Lawn on April 21, 1967, ten tornadoes would strike northeastern Illinois on what would be the worst tornado outbreak in state history.
Chicagoland residents were already hearing grim reports out of Belvidere, where an EF-4 tornado struck at 3:50 p.m., killing 24 people, 13 of them children who were boarding buses at Belvidere High School. An hour or so later, another EF-4 tornado slammed Lake Zurich, destroying 75 homes, an elementary school and damaging hundreds more structures. One person died.
But the worst of the swarm was yet to come. The precise moment the tornado hit the epicenter at 95th Street and Southwest Highway was 5:32 p.m., as recorded on a stopped clock inside Oak Lawn Community High School. Although the funnel cloud had touched down for only a few seconds, the largest death toll occurred at the intersection. Eighteen lives would be lost. Three people died at Fairway Super Mart, one at Sherwood Restaurant, three at Shoot’s Lynwood Tavern, two at the Suburban Bus terminal garage, and nine in cars waiting at a red light in heavy Friday afternoon traffic.
Chicagoland residents were already hearing grim reports out of Belvidere, where an EF-4 tornado struck at 3:50 p.m., killing 24 people, 13 of them children who were boarding buses at Belvidere High School. An hour or so later, another EF-4 tornado slammed Lake Zurich, destroying 75 homes, an elementary school and damaging hundreds more structures. One person died.
But the worst of the swarm was yet to come. The precise moment the tornado hit the epicenter at 95th Street and Southwest Highway was 5:32 p.m., as recorded on a stopped clock inside Oak Lawn Community High School. Although the funnel cloud had touched down for only a few seconds, the largest death toll occurred at the intersection. Eighteen lives would be lost. Three people died at Fairway Super Mart, one at Sherwood Restaurant, three at Shoot’s Lynwood Tavern, two at the Suburban Bus terminal garage, and nine in cars waiting at a red light in heavy Friday afternoon traffic.
Walter Sobut owned Fairway Super Mart with his brother, John, at 5951 W. 95th St. The afternoon of April 21, 1967, Walter had been collecting carts from the parking lot when cars began flying across Southwest Highway and down the street. Walter ran back into the store and told his cashiers to take cover. He grabbed onto the cart pole inside the store and hung on for dear life. The wind spun him around.
“He said he prayed to God that instead of breaking his back to take his life,” his daughter later said. “It was the second time he cheated death. He was the last guy off the U.S.S. Arizona in Pearl Harbor.” (Sailor Lauren Bruner was the second-to-last person)
Fairway’s roof fell in when the walls collapsed, killing three shoppers inside the store: Charles McNeill, along with 30-year-old Joan Casey and her 18-month-old daughter Christine. All lived in Oak Lawn.
“The roof on that place was humongous,” Rita recalled.
She said the customers’ deaths haunted her father until the day he died in 1996.
Sunday, September 13, 2026
the California Coastal Commission unanimously approved a coastal development permit for Humboldt County, to shut down Centerville Beach vehicle access, one of the only places in the state where vehicles were allowed to access the beach.
Southern California has no legal beach driving areas (unless you include Fiesta Island). Central California is lucky enough to have just one area at Pismo Beach, and Northern California has the rest. Outside of the locals who drive these northern beaches regularly, most people don’t know about them.
The complete list of beaches you can drive on is shown at https://www.californiabeaches.com/california-beaches-you-can-drive-on/
https://www.sfgate.com/northcoast/article/humboldt-beach-vehicles-22426505.php
https://www.times-standard.com/2026/09/08/california-coastal-commission-meeting-in-eureka-to-consider-centerville-beach-closure/
https://www.times-standard.com/2026/09/08/california-coastal-commission-meeting-in-eureka-to-consider-centerville-beach-closure/
https://www.times-standard.com/2026/09/08/california-coastal-commission-meeting-in-eureka-to-consider-centerville-beach-closure/
https://www.times-standard.com/2026/09/08/california-coastal-commission-meeting-in-eureka-to-consider-centerville-beach-closure/
It seems in nearly every way that they can, the govt will take what it can, as elected officials do not seem to share the same financial limits the rest of us have, we have to earn what we have.
California has officially concluded production on its 46-year-old standard license plate sequence, and is now moving from the 1AAA000 format to a reversed 000AAA0 setup.
just like every other major data base, ID Scan has been hacked, and hackers stole the driver’s licenses, passports, people’s full names,and identity numbers from other government-issued documents of 150 million Americans
Just like Target, the VA, the National Voter ID, Equifax, etc. None of our digital info hasn't been hacked.
Saturday, September 12, 2026
The Ariens Company was officially born on this date in 1933, the year that Henry Ariens and his three sons developed America’s first rotary tiller in Henry's garage in Brillion, Wisconsin.
Many commercial tiller models followed, all aimed at improving output for vegetable growers around the country. AriensCo introduced the more compact Model B Tiller, the Roller-Tiller, the Multi-Tiller Tractor Tiller, the Jitterbug single-row front rotary tiller and the Tillivator RC for celery growers in Florida.
It's still family owned, and family run!
What you might not have learned about the Union Pacific in the mid 1800s - The Crédit Mobilier scandal
the directors of the Union Pacific owned a lot of construction companies, and those were the companies that got more than 1/2 of the govt contracts to build the cross continent railroad... at exorbitant rates, were 94 million dollars worth, by 1869.
Those construction companies for the Eastern portion of the transcontinental railroad were in a front company created by the UP directors, called Credit Mobiler, whose stock profits they used to buy senators, congressmen, cabinet officers, a future president, and two vise presidents.
The railroad cost only $50 million to build (equal to $1.2B today), Crédit Mobilier billed $94 million and Union Pacific executives pocketed the excess $44 million. (1.1B)
The ballooned costs swindled millions of dollars in taxpayer-backed funds, which went straight to the company's investors and directors
Within 3 years, those who owned shares of Credit Mobiler shared profits of 33 and 50 million dollars... in 1870s dollars
Congressman Oakes Ames sold discounted Crédit Mobilier stock to powerful Washington politicians to prevent a congressional investigation
When news of this reached the public in 1872, it resulted in the impeachment of two congressmen and a financial panic that brought on a nationwide depression
A congressional inquiry implicated high-ranking officials, including Vice President Schuyler Colfax. The event became a defining symbol of Gilded Age political corruption
The depression of 1873 as well as the one in 1882 and the one after that in 1893, resulted in layoffs and wage reductions that, in the railroad industry, were invariably challenged by workers, who formed unions and went on strike. Whenever possible the railroads broke up these strikes by hiring desperate men from from among the the most recently arrived group of immigrants.
Though Part of the excess cash and $9 million in discounted stock was then used to bribe several Washington politicians for laws, funding, and regulatory rulings favorable to the Union Pacific.
Train and Durant aimed to present to both the government and to the public the appearance that an independent corporate enterprise had been impartially chosen as the principal contractor and construction management firm for the project.
In fact, Crédit Mobilier was created to shield the company's shareholders and management from the common charge that they were using the construction phase of the project, as opposed to the operating phase, to generate profit.
Because the conspirators believed they could not expect conventional profits from the operation of the railroad, they created the sham company so they could charge the U.S. government extortionate fees and expenses during the construction phase.
In 1867, Crédit Mobilier replaced Thomas Durant with Oakes Ames, a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Ames, being a member of Congress, distributed bribes in the form of cash and discounted shares of Crédit Mobilier stock to fellow congressmen and other politicians in exchange for votes and actions favorable to the Union Pacific
As I mentioned when commenting on a post last week, you can't tell when or where you might stumble across the little bit of info that results in an interesting research post, this came from the forward of a book about photography that I finally found cheap on Ebay, that I'd mentioned years ago when I learned of Angel Rizzuto's photography https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2022/02/im-guessing-one-kid-lost-bet-coin-toss.html
Friday, September 11, 2026
1963 Corvette Rondine Concept Pininfarina, a unique design by Tom Tjaarda
dichotomy
a Datsun Cherry 120A Coupé prepared for Group 5 touring car racing, sponsored by Aannemersbedrijf J.G. Winter Zandvoort and driven in Dutch national races at Circuit Zandvoort
good idea for a low budget camera car
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1969289213782606&set=gm.2366001157260425&idorvanity=804065043454052
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