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Unbelievable Video of Derecho Hitting Iowa One Year Ago

Post author By Falcon
Post date August 13, 2021

This is the 2020 Aug. 10, 2020 Iowa Derecho as it happened in real time. Follow along with KGAN-TV meteorologists, area storm chasers, police officers and citizens caught up in the most devastating thunderstorm in US history.

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Ted Nugent tests positive for COVID-19 after calling pandemic a ‘scam’

Post author By Falcon
Post date April 20, 2021

“I have had flu symptoms for the last 10 days and I thought I was dying…” said the 72-year old Ted Nugent.

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Why Are Utilities So Expensive?

Post author By Falcon
Post date February 2, 2021

The cost of producing electricity has dropped significantly in the last decade. So why haven’t we seen those price drops reflected in our electricity bills? Charles McConnell, former Assistant Secretary of Energy in the Obama Administration, answers this riddle.

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Earth spinning faster? Scientists think so

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 6, 2021

CLICK HERE: Scientists believe each day is a slightly shorter than 24 hours because the planet is rotating faster than it has in 50 years.

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What Is Big Green? It’s Larger than Big Oil and Big Tech

Post author By Falcon
Post date December 29, 2020

You hear lots of dire predictions these days — the planet is burning, the seas are rising, and so on. But what is the real purpose of all this doom and gloom? Is it to protect the environment? Or is there a different motive? Rogan O’Handley, aka DC Draino, gets to the bottom of these questions in this important video.

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COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective, says Pfizer

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 9, 2020

CLICK HERE: Dr. Anthony Fauci, said the results suggesting 90% effectiveness are “just extraordinary,” “Not very many people expected it would be as high as that.” “It’s going to have a major impact on everything we do with respect to COVID.”

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Why is the Covid-19 Death Rate So Low?

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 2, 2020

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Just One Percent of U.S. Counties Account for Bulk of COVID-19 Deaths

Post author By Falcon
Post date September 28, 2020

Click here: Through September 26, there have been 202,807 deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19, but a significant proportion of those have occurred in just a handful of counties. In fact, the 30 counties with the most deaths represent 1 percent of all counties, 19 percent of the total U.S. population, and 39 percent of all U.S. deaths.

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What’s Wrong with Wind and Solar?

Post author By Falcon
Post date September 15, 2020

Are wind, solar, and batteries the magical solutions to all our energy needs? Or do they come with too high a price? Mark Mills, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, analyzes the true cost — both economic and environmental

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Derecho Storm clouds rolled into area Monday afternoon

Post author By Falcon
Post date August 12, 2020