Diary (November 25, 2020)

Online diary of Karl Jones for Tuesday November 25, 2020.

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On This Day in Earthquakes

• 1343 – A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.

• 1667 – A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.

• 1759 – An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.

• 1833 – A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7 and 9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.

• 2000 – The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.

On This Day in Earthquakes.

Beau Brummagem

Beau Brummagem

Florida dark money candidate

CNN (23 Nov 2020) — A dark money mystery in Florida centers on the campaign of a spoiler candidate who appeared to help a Republican win by 32 votes

• 2020 Florida dark money candidate scandal

Helicopter crash survival

It’s completely possible to survive a helo crash. My pops - a 20-year Marine Corps pilot - survived two with only a couple of scrapes.

Helo crashes look really violent, and they’re definitely no carnival ride, but if the crew is properly strapped in and ready, they can certainly be survived in many, perhaps most, cases. With all of the debris flying around, they’re usually more dangerous to people outside than the crew.

—Andy Burns, Flight Officer / Aviator at United States Navy (1995-present)

• Comment @ Quora (November 22, 2019)

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles