Good morning.
Whitewater’s Wednesday will be sunny and hot, with a high of ninety-one.
The Tech Park Board meets at 8 AM this morning.
From LiveScience.com, for the Olympic Games, here’s a video on the physics of diving:
On this day in 1832,
Black Hawk’s Escape Across Mississippi Blocked
On this date the armed steamboat the Warrior reached the British Band on the Mississippi where they hoped to cross the river and escape the American troops. After being guided by a Sioux Indian, the ship which held an artillery piece, dropped anchor, making the Sauk escape virtually impossible. Black Hawk attempted to surrender to the Warrior, waving a white cloth, but the crew either did not understand or did not accept the message. The ship and its men opened fire, killing a number of unprepared Indians. [Source: Along the Black Hawk Trail by William F. Stark, p. 140-141]
Google’s daily puzzle asks about a place and the consequences of being there: “Your friend from the Rooftop of the World has more of what vasodilator than you do?”