Good morning, Whitewater
There are no public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater today.
The National Weather Service predicts that today will bring flurries with a high of 31 degrees. The Farmers’ Almanac predicts “rain and west snow.”
Yesterday’s better prediction: Again, the same between the NWS and FA, but cloudier than the FA predicted.
In our schools today, this evening, at the high school there will be the fall production of Lucky Stiff. Enjoy.
In American history on this date, from 1820, comes a story about the revenge of one righteously angry whale. The story, from recounts, how
the whaling ship Essex is rammed and sunk by a sperm whale 2,000 miles off the west coast of South America. The ordeal of the crew inspires Herman Melville’s classic, Moby Dick. The Essex was an aging vessel from Nantucket, which at the time possessed the largest whaling fleet in the world. The three-masted ship was 87 feet long and weighed 238 tons. She was captained by George Pollard Jr., at 28 already an experienced whaler.
Much more effective than Greenpeace — If one wants to hunt whales, one should be prepared for those times when whales hunt back.