Thanks S.I. I will check out his Monkey Minutes .... I used to follow him for the aviation updates. That makes sense if all the volcano go off at the same time ... the ash would darken the sun/moon and stars. :yes: Does anybody bake homemade bread? I’m wondering how much flour is needed ... 12 bags/per year enough? :mail: Oh and the yeast packages too. I gave away my mom’s bread machine thinking I would never need it ... that machine did everything ... even baked the bread. If we are still here in June ... I think I will be looking into a cheap bread machine ... it might be worth having around after all. :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn Israel says it strikes targets in Syria after missile attack The Washington Post JERUSALEM — A missile launched from Syria was fired into southern Israel early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor, the Israeli military said. In response, it said it attacked the missile launcher and air-defense systems in neighboring Syria. The incident, marking the most serious violence between Israel and Syria in years, pointed to likely Iranian involvement. Iran, which maintains troops and proxies in Syria, has accused Israel of a series of attacks on its nuclear facilities, including sabatoge at its Natanz nuclear facility on April 11, and vowed revenge. It also threatened to complicate U.S.-led attempts to revive the international nuclear deal with Iran. The Israeli army said it had deployed a missile-defense system but could not confirm if the incoming missile was intercepted, though it said there had been no damage. The air raid sirens were sounded in Abu Krinat, a village just a few kilometers (miles) from Dimona, the Negev desert town where Israel’s nuclear reactor is located. Explosions heard across Israel might have been the air-defense systems. The Israeli military initially described the weapon fired as a surface-to-air missile, which is usually used for air defense against warplanes or other missiles. That could suggest the Syrian missile had targeted Israeli warplanes but missed and flown off errantly. However, Dimona is some 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of Damascus, a long range for an errantly fired surface-to-air missile. Syria’s state-run SANA news agency said four soldiers had been wounded in an Israeli strike near Damascus, which also caused some damage. The agency did not elaborate other than to claim its air defense intercepted “most of the enemy missiles,” which it said were fired from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the missile strike or comment from Iran. But on Saturday, Iran’s hard-line Kayhan newspaper published an opinion piece by Iranian analyst Sadollah Zarei suggesting Israel’s Dimona facility be targeted after the attack on Natanz. Zarei cited the idea of “an eye for an eye” in his remarks. Action should be taken “against the nuclear facility in Dimona,” he wrote. “This is because no other action is at the same level as the Natanz incident.” - Fair Use - Over 70 million people are under freeze warnings as snow and severe storms track into Northeast By Jackson Dill and Judson Jones, CNN Updated 2:47 PM ET, Wed April 21, 2021 April deep freeze from Texas to New England Freeze warnings are currently in effect for over 70 million people from the Plains through the Northeast for Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Current freeze and frost alerts issued by the National Weather Service Temperatures will be 10 to 20 degrees below average across much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation. In some areas, highs could be 30 degrees cooler than the typical high temperature for this time of the year. And while in a city like New York, the high temperature could touch 70 degrees on Wednesday, after a high on Tuesday of 76 degrees, the warmest day so far this April, a dramatic change is coming. - Fair Use - Its in the 20’s in my area ... record high today will be a sizzling 38 degrees 🙁 and then in 6 more days it will reach 80 degrees B-) The poor hummingbirds have got to be so confused. Thank you Yohanan!!!! A chart is worth a thousand words. Monkey Werx has some interesting aviation updates. I only listen to about 15 minutes of it but it is intriguing what is going on in the air and his speculation. He doesn't say much, but it does make you question some of the activity. Things are definitely heating up in the middle east and cooling down in the Northeast! Glad I didn't plant those flowers yet that I bought last weekend. In Pennsylvania our planting season has always been after May 12th when we are pretty safe from freezing. Geri, most of my bread recipes call for between 2-4 cups of flour and 1-2 packages yeast which makes two loaves. I have a wonderful recipe for a yellow raisin bread that uses 6 cups of flour and three packages of yeast. It makes three loaves. It is a little sweet and is so good toasted!
By Josef Federman | AP
April 21, 2021 at 9:26 p.m.
The Dimona reactor is widely believed to be the centerpiece of an undeclared nuclear weapons program. Israel neither confirms nor denies having a nuclear arsenal.
(CNN)Even if the calendar says "spring," a wintry storm will be bringing a late round of snow, record low temperatures and severe storms to the Northeast on Wednesday, in a sign that Old Man Winter isn't loosening his freezing grip on millions of people just yet. 🙁
"Ironically, today is considered the start date for the growing season across this area," said the National Weather Service (NWS) office in New York. These warnings mean freezing temperatures are likely and could kill crops and sensitive plants while also possibly damaging outdoor plumbing, according to the National Weather Service. 🙁
