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Hurricane Ida Damages Whitney Plantation, Only Louisiana Museum to Focus on the Enslaved

Two original slave cabins, as well as the 1790 Big House, 1790 barn and 19th-century kitchen, survived the storm. But Ida destroyed at least several structures on the historic plantation. Amber N. Mitchell / Whitney Plantation via Twitter The historic site will remain closed indefinitely as staff assess the destruction and make repairs Hurricane Ida’s deadlyContinue reading “Hurricane Ida Damages Whitney Plantation, Only Louisiana Museum to Focus on the Enslaved”

The U.S. Ran Its First Space Weather Preparedness Drill—Here’s How It Went

Ironically, the exercise last May was interrupted by a real scenario, when Earth was hit by the strongest solar storm in two decades NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of extreme solar activity on May 10, 2024. NASA SDO In May last year, the United States government hosted its first-ever “Space Weather Tabletop Exercise,”Continue reading “The U.S. Ran Its First Space Weather Preparedness Drill—Here’s How It Went”