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    Climate change: World's hottest day since records began

    Are July and August going to be worse?
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    Deadly back-to-back earthquakes strike Venezuela

    The first 12 hours were mostly night time, making conditions difficult. It takes a long time to dig up the rubble of collapsed buildings. It also takes time to get facts from outlying areas where infrastructure and communications are damaged. Venezuela already had difficulties due to sanctions...
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    Rain and storm for Cpt pt 2

    You forgot to tell us about flash flooding in the Fish River canyon: https://www.namibian.com.na/all-96-fish-river-canyon-hikers-rescued-safe-and-uninjured/
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    Rain and storm for Cpt pt 2

    The model runs are quite fickle, showing rapid intensification before landfall, but hard to pinpoint the specifics. Either way it is likely to be wet, windy, and cold on Sun 28th into Mon 29th.
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    The data scientist at a top South African retailer who beat elite athletes at the 2026 Comrades race

    This is Daily Investor, a master of weird takes and cryptic headlines... P.S. The typical view of an actuary is someone who sits behind a desk all day, not an elite athlete...
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    Afriforum approaches courts to review Eskom's R54.7 billion settlement

    The organisation Accountability Now tries to do this. However they are not a political party, and can't hand out goodies to their supporters, so this is an uphill struggle. See: https://accountabilitynow.org.za/ Edit: The OP mentions Afriforum. OUTA are also active.
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    How the Neutrino’s Tiny Mass Could Help Solve Big Mysteries

    Quanta Magazine puts me to sleep. Yesterday I was listening to an interesting podcast about neutrinos. The Supermassive Podcast. Royal Astronomical Society. Not sure if this link works: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/what-the-heck-are-neutrinos/id1495324190?i=1000773950717
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    The data scientist at a top South African retailer who beat elite athletes at the 2026 Comrades race

    Technically he has a long history in shorter distance races. Wikipedia page (in Afrikaans). https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kusche
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    Afriforum approaches courts to review Eskom's R54.7 billion settlement

    Part of the facade:
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    Deadly back-to-back earthquakes strike Venezuela

    Loads of technical details from various sources summarised on this site: https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/23132212/info.html The epicentre was outside the capital, so damage and casualty reports will take time to emerge: Edit: Due to the close proximity in time and...
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    NASA plans to retire the International Space Station by 2031 by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean

    TL;DR Ridiculous article by a fringe group. What goes up, must come down. Doing environmental impact assessments on space debris is the most hilarious thing I have heard in a long time...
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    Rain and storm for Cpt pt 2

    We had a monster storm in May when exceptional rainfall in the catchment areas lifted dam levels by 19% in one week. Average rainfall away from the mountains has been much lower than average. Talking about that deluge, footage from the Breede River show incredible volumes of water, and...
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    Is it time, am I calling the insurance in the morning...

    It's only an insurance hit if there is consequential damage (like your whole house gets flooded). IMO the risks are too high to take a chance on a cheap geyser. I'm the caretaker in a block of 36 apartments, and seen exactly what water damage can do.
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    Cape Town to triple the number of annual flights of thermal-imaging drones

    I didn't read the older article which mentions fixed wing drone testing. Not sure if any of that was successful. See: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/126322-city-of-cape-towns-crime-fighting-drones-in-action.html
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    Cape Town to triple the number of annual flights of thermal-imaging drones

    What are the wind speed limits for this kind of drone operation? Cape Town is notorious for strong winds, both in summer and in winter.
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