Jan Thompson

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FLORIDA FULL MOON! 🌕 Incredible shots of the October "Hunter's Moon" rising this evening and shining bright across the state. Feel free to share your pics too! Credit: Salty Bebe Florida & Scallywag Photography @stormhour

Coast Guard rescue swimmer rescues 16 people 140 miles off the coast of Baja California in pitch-black darkness while getting tossed by 8-foot waves. 24-year-old Josh Law is credited with the heroic rescue. At 1 a.m., a call came in at the US Coast Guard Air Station in Ventura, California, from a boat sinking in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ensenada, Mexico. The Coast Guard crew geared up and jumped into the helicopter before making the long trek to the boat. The boat had capsized about 140 miles off the coast and threw more than two dozen people into cold water. When the crew finally located the wreckage, they lowered Law by cable from the helicopter into the water. He was the only rescuer in the cold water for 2 hours. Law was in pitch darkness with no moonlight, in 6- to 8-foot waves, rotor spray and turbulence, and hypothermic water. "I was experiencing exhaustion at that point... what I was experiencing was nothing compared to what they were at that point," Law said. "With one hand, I’m holding the survivor. With the other, I am signaling to the helicopter and working with the device," he said. He did this to rescue 16 survivors, placing them in the basket one by one before hoisting them up to the helicopter. With fuel running low, the crew raced to the Coast Guard station in San Diego, California, which is about 160 miles south of the Ventura station. Law said he treated the survivors during the flight. Some had injuries consistent with shark bites. All 16 were Mexicans, and the ones with injuries were treated when they got to shore. About half have since returned to Mexico. Eleven people on the boat were never found, but thanks to Law and the rest of the crew, 16 lives were saved. Beast.

October via @writers_hq

Our boss called an emergency meeting about "the Tennessee situation." Background: my coworker spent a year in Tennessee. He came back saying "y'all," holding doors for the entire floor, and telling people he's proud of them. Then hundreds of Tennesseans replied to my post about him. He read every single reply. Out loud. At lunch. It got worse. He now asks our boss, "How's your mama and 'em?" Every morning. Our boss's mother is 89. She has started sending him rice crackers. He learned "bless your heart" can mean two things. He decided to only ever mean the nice one. He made sweet tea in the office kettle. Accounting calls it "the syrup." Accounting drinks the syrup. So. The meeting. Our boss stood up. Nobody breathed. We were sure "y'all" was about to be banned. He said, "I have one question." "How do I tell my team I'm proud of them… without anyone crying?" My coworker thought about it. "You can't, sir. That's how you know it worked." Our boss was quiet for a long time. Then he said it. To every one of us. By name. Three people cried. One of them was him. Tennessee, y'all said it was contagious. You were right. Please don't send a cure.

80 years ago today, the first images of Earth from space were taken. A 35mm camera mounted on a captured V-2 rocket launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This photo is a frame from the rocket's journey to 65 miles (105 km) above Earth's surface.

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