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[A Friend of Charlie]

Special News Report for Tony:

3rd earthquake in a month shakes Mexico as rescuers search for life in capital

A strong earthquake shook southern Mexico on Saturday morning, the third temblor to hit the country this month.

The latest quake sent shock waves hundreds of miles out from its epicenter to Mexico City, causing buildings to sway and raising alarm in the capital still reeling from Tuesday's 7.1 magnitude earthquake that Mexican officials say has killed at least 300 People.

The earthquake on Saturday morning occurred around around 7:53 a.m. CT and had a 6.1 magnitude, according to the United States Geological Survey. It was centered about 11 miles south-southeast of Matias Romero in Oaxaca state, a region worst hit by the first earthquake this month -- an 8.1 magnitude temblor on Sept. 7 that killed at least 90 people.

Sheesh. They can't catch a break.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Good morning, Dean and Dave.

[A Friend of Charlie]

On a separate note, let me just say that people suck. Nothing further.

[A Friend of Charlie]

That last comment had nothing to do with y'all but with the folks I'm working with. I swear they're keeping me in the dark on purpose. I constantly have to chase them down to get a damn status. Rant over.

[South Carolina Redfish]

...NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER FINDS THAT MARIA IS SLIGHTLY WEAKER... ...INTERESTS ALONG THE CAROLINA AND MID-ATLANTIC COASTS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF MARIA...

What kind of impact do you think she'll have on you?

High surf waves and rip currents with some beach erosion should be about it for us.  Surf is running 4-6 feet now and no swimming due to strong rip currents.  I am going to take a ride over there today and check it out.

Outer Banks of NC are at more risk of some damage.

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT MONDAY...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and Northeastern South Carolina.

SURF HEIGHT...AT THE PENDER AND NEW HANOVER BEACHES BREAKERS WILL
  BE 6 TO 9 FEET. AT THE BEACHES FROM BRUNSWICK COUNTY SOUTH TO
  HORRY AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES THE SURF WILL BE 5 TO 8 FEET.

* TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME BUT WILL BE
  ESPECIALLY STRONG A FEW HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE
  WILL OCCUR AROUND 5:00 PM TO 5:30 PM. BREAKERS WILL INCREASE TODAY
  BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST MONDAY.

[South Carolina Redfish]

Good morning, Dean and Dave.

Morning Mayor of People Sux!

[South Carolina Redfish]

That last comment had nothing to do with y'all but with the folks I'm working with. I swear they're keeping me in the dark on purpose. I constantly have to chase them down to get a damn status. Rant over.

No disagreement from me!

[Travellin Dave]

good morning guys. going to be moving stuff ti the new place today.

I thought you were sick

I am, so what what? stuff needs to get done.

There is that silly little theory of taking care of yourself being a wise thing to do.

I will be careful dad, I promise.

History defies that promise.

Indeed!      

[Travellin Dave]

Morning CarolinaDave, MovinOnUpDean and MayorOfTheSuck.

[South Carolina Redfish]

Morning CarolinaDave, MovinOnUpDean and MayorOfTheSuck.

Morning Dave

[Travellin Dave]

Today is Sunday, Sept. 24, the 267th day of 2017.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On September 24, 1717, English author Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, was born in London.

On this date:

In 1789, President George Washington signed a Judiciary Act establishing America’s federal court system and creating the post of attorney general.

In 1869, thousands of businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic known as “Black Friday” after financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempted to corner the gold market.

In 1890, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wilford Woodruff, wrote a manifesto renouncing the practice of plural marriage, or polygamy.

In 1929, Lt. James H. Doolittle guided a Consolidated NY-2 Biplane over Mitchel Field in New York in the first all-instrument flight.

In 1934, Babe Ruth made his farewell appearance as a player with the New York Yankees in a game against the Boston Red Sox. (The Sox won, 5-0.)

In 1948, Mildred Gillars, accused of being Nazi wartime radio propagandist “Axis Sally,” pleaded not guilty in Washington D.C. to charges of treason. (Gillars, later convicted, ended up serving 12 years in prison.)

In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver.

In 1957, the Los Angeles-bound Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0.

In 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Virginia. “The Howdy Doody Show” ended a nearly 13-year run with its final telecast on NBC.

In 1976, former hostage Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery in San Francisco carried out by the Symbionese Liberation Army. (Hearst was released after 22 months after receiving clemency from President Jimmy Carter.)

In 1988, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won the men’s 100-meter dash at the Seoul (sohl) Summer Olympics — but he was disqualified three days later for using anabolic steroids. Members of the eastern Massachusetts Episcopal diocese elected Barbara C. Harris the first female bishop in the church’s history.

In 1996, the United States and 70 other countries became the first to sign a treaty at the United Nations to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons. (The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty has yet to enter into force because of the refusal so far of eight nations — including the United States — to ratify it.)

[Travellin Dave]

Ten years ago: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE’-neh-zhahd) questioned the official version of the 9/11 attacks and defended the right to cast doubt on the Holocaust in a tense appearance at Columbia University in New York. United Auto Workers walked off the job at General Motors plants in the first nationwide strike during auto contract negotiations since 1976; a tentative pact ended the walkout two days later. The situation comedy “The Big Bang Theory” premiered on CBS.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama told the ABC talk show “The View” there was “no doubt” that the assault of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador, “wasn’t just a mob action” but a sign of extremism in nations lacking stability. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused Obama of minimizing the Benghazi attack as a mere “bump in the road.”

One year ago: The new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture opened its doors in Washington, D.C. Police arrested a suspect in a shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, a day earlier that left five people dead. Musician Buckwheat Zydeco, 68, died in Lafayette, Louisiana.

[South Carolina Redfish]

Sure nice being back close to family, enjoyed a couple of cigars, a few beers and a shrimp boil watching football  at the boys house yesterday afternoon and evening.

[South Carolina Redfish]

And here come the hackers to provide me some entertainment

[Travellin Dave]

1725 Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1803)
1829 Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (d. 1885)
1893 Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson, American blues singer and guitarist, born in Coutchman, Texas (d. 1929)
1896 F. Scott Fitzgerald, American author (Great Gatsby, Zelda), born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 1940)
1921 Jim McKay, sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1930 John Watts Young, astronaut (Gem 3 10, Apol 10 16, STS 1 9), born in San Francisco, California
1936 Jim Henson, muppeteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show), born in Greenville, Mississippi (d. 1990)
1945 Lou Dobbs, American journalist
1946 "Mean" Joe Greene, NFL tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers), Coke spokesman
1946 Carson Van Osten, rocker
1946 Jacqueline Courtney, NJ, actress (Another World, One Life to Live)
1946 Jerry Donahue, rocker (Fairport Convention)
1948 Gordon Clapp, actor (Greg Medavoy-NYPD Blue), born in North Conway, New Hampshire
1948 Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor (SNL, Peewee's Playhouse), born in Brantford, Ontario (d. 1998)
1951 Terry Metcalf, NFL, CFL running back (St Louis, Toronto), born in Seattle, Washington
1951 Douglas Kmiec, American legal scholar
1952 Joseph P Kennedy II, (Rep-D-Massachusetts)
1952 Mark Sandman, American musician (Morphine), (d. 1999)
1956 Ilona Briesenick-Slupianek, German DR, shot-putter (Olympic-gold-1980)
1957 Brad Bird, American director (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles), born in Kalispell, Montana
1958 Kevin Sorbo, actor (Hercules Legendary Journeys, Kull The Conquerer)
1959 Steve Whitmire, American voice actor and puppeteer (Kermit the Frog 1990-2016), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1959 Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-born British businessman (Dragon's Den, Millwall Football Club), born in Limassol, Cyprus
1961 Dillard Pruitt, PGA golfer (1991 Chattanooga Classic), born in Greenville, South Carolina
1961 Allen Bestwick, Nascar broadcaster
1961 John Logan, American screenwriter
1962 Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress
1964 Gene Watkins, Waco Texas, American actor (James Walsh-As the World Turns)
1964 Rafael Palmeiro, 1st baseman (Baltimore Orioles), born in Havana, Cuba
1965 Sean McNabb, American bassist (Quiet Riot, Great White, Rough Cutt, House of Lords)
1966 Atul Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman 1994- )
1966 Bernard Gilkey, outfielder (NY Mets), born in St Louis, Missouri
1966 Kevin Koslofski, Decatur Ill, outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
1966 Paul Michael Valley, actor (Ryan Harrison-Another World)
1966 Michael J. Varhola, American author
1967 Chris Swan, rower (Olympics-1996)
1967 Frank Cornish, NFL center/guard (Jacksonville Jaguars, Philadelphia Eagles)
1967 Roland Jansen, soccer player (Willem II)
1969 Andrew Greene, NFL guard (Miami Dolphins, Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1969 Gene Hunt, R&B musician (Acid Man)
1969 John Morton, WLAF WR (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 Lisa Matthews, Peoria Ill, playmate (Apr, 1990)
1969 Megan Ward, actress (Kimberly Sayers-Dark Skies), born in Los Angeles, California
1969 Shawn "Clown" Crahan, American musician (Slipknot)
1970 Paul Spoljaric, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
1970 Winfred Tubbs, NFL linebacker (New Orleans Saints)
1971 Shane Conrad, actress (Cody-High Mountain Rangers)
1971 Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve)
1972 Jeff Hill, NFL wide receiver (Cin Bengals)
1973 Rodrick Rhodes, NBA forward (Houston Rockets)
1973 Eddie George, American football player
1974 Kiwane Garris, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets)
1974 Matt McKeon, Florissant MO, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1981 Ryan Briscoe, Australian racing driver
1982 Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
1982 Paul Hamm, American gymnast
1982 Jeff Karstens, American baseball player
1983 Randy Foye, American basketball player
1987 Spencer Treat Clark, American actor
1988 Kyle Sullivan, American actor
1988 Lisa Wang, American gymnast
1993 Ben Platt, American actor (Pitch Perfect), born in Los Angeles County, California