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Liquid Nitrogen Leak At Foundation Food Group Plant Kills 6 In Gainesville, Ga. : NPR

A liquid nitrogen leak at a poultry plant northeast of Atlanta killed six workers and sent 11 more to the hospital Thursday. At least three of the people hospitalized are in critical condition, officials said.

Local, state, and federal police and health and safety investigators are looking for what may have caused the leak at the Gainesville, Ga., Foundation Food Group plant. They cautioned Thursday it may be some time before they find out what happened.

I was reading about the Climate Emergency, and was thinking I have no real idea what an emergency is

I was reading about the Climate Emergency, and was thinking I have no real idea what an emergency is. Sure, I’ve heard the word emergency used in various contexts, but I’ve never heard it actually defined.

An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation, although in some situations, mitigation may not be possible and agencies may only be able to offer palliative care for the aftermath.

While some emergencies are self-evident (such as a natural disaster that threatens many lives), many smaller incidents require that an observer (or affected party) decide whether it qualifies as an emergency. The precise definition of an emergency, the agencies involved and the procedures used, vary by jurisdiction, and this is usually set by the government, whose agencies (emergency services) are responsible for emergency planning and management.

In other words, an emergency is a politically-defined situation. Emergencies aren’t self-evident, they are defined substantially in the context of the problem, seen through a lens of personal and community values.

A related term would be crisis, which by definition are negative situations that require action to avoid things getting worse. I feel like I have a better idea of what a crisis is, but a definition is worthwhile to review.

A crisis (plural: “crises”; adjectival form: “critical”) is any event or period that will lead, or may lead, to an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, or all of society. Crises are negative changes in the human or environmental affairs, especially when they occur abruptly, with little or no warning. More loosely, a crisis is a testing time or an emergency.

Predator 2000 VS Honda 2000i watt generator Test Weight sound and load Test! Is it Worth $1000!!!

Predator and Honda 2000 watt generators go head to head on weight, sound and load. Impressive results for sure, and is it worth the $1000 price tag for Honda VS $450 for the Predator.

While I'm not in the immediate market for a generator, it's interesting to learn about the technology. Most off-gridders have generators, they have many capacities -- like running a heavy load like power tools or a glow plug -- and back up for cloudy winter days when solar doesn't put out enough energy to keep the battery bank fully charged. Interesting video for sure about the different technologies and why sometimes it's worthwhile to pay for quality.

Ten Ideas That Have Shaped My Life | Scott H Young

Ten Ideas That Have Shaped My Life | Scott H Young

Ideas are powerful. Arriving at the right time, they can alter the entire direction of your life.

But ideas also hide in the background, acting as assumptions. Quietly influencing your decisions, whether they’re true or false.

Looking back, I can think of a number of ideas that shaped my life. Some are only obvious in retrospect. Others I took great pains to learn. Below are the ten that had the greatest impact on me.