Posted on 08/07/2026 5:10:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
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The blue Danube is showing its secrets.
We have been reporting on Europe’s summer from hell, where they are battling high temperatures, wildfires, and droughts.
One of the most dramatic cases if the mythical Danube river that is so low that the Nuclear Power Plants in Hungary and Romania had to be shut.
Now the situation has worsened even more to the point where remnants of the past are arising from the bottom of the river: dozens of WW2 ships and boats – and a mystery from a 1,000 years ago.
CBS News reported:
“Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German battleships — and even the remains of an ancient woolly mammoth — are emerging into view.
They are a curious distraction from the summer heat crisis. The Danube’s record-low water levels have also forced power plants to the brink of shutting down, and governments across Central and Eastern Europe are taking steps to conserve electricity.
[…] The ships, some still laden with weapons, belonged to Nazi Germany’s Black Sea fleet that the Germans deliberately sank as they retreated from Romania and as Soviet forces advanced deeper into Europe near the end of the war.”
Reuters reported:
“The remains of what is believed to be an ancient mammoth have been revealed in northern Bulgaria, after Danube River water levels receded to a record low level, the BTA news agency reported on Wednesday, citing historians.
The animal’s remains were found on Wednesday by a local resident of the Ryahovo village, who noticed the unusual find on the river bed. Villagers then alerted specialists in the Regional History Museum in the nearby town of Ruse.”
Museum Director Nikolay Nenov: “’I would not call it a sensation, but any discovery of such ancient remains is very important for science’, Nenov said, adding it has been long believed that the site was a swamp where the animal probably died thousands of years ago.”
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I guess.
Yes, all to pass more regulations and taxes on citizens.
I read that there were some smaller varieties of Mammoth that lived on a small North American Arctic island as recently as 4,000 years ago. A last remainder of the species that had been likely mostly killed off by meteor strike(s) around 13,000 years ago, with the few remainders killed by hungry human and animal survivors. This remainder no doubt evolved from a few survivors of the meteor by being isolated from large predators and smaller offspring surviving better given the limited food supply. I wonder if polar bears got the last survivors, or if wandering Esquimoes finally killed them.
I think I saw reports that Flores also had small elephants at one time. A lot changed when all that water stored in Ice Age glaciers melted raising world sea levels by 400 feet, and shrinking many land areas. I am glad scientists are finally recognizing that there may be hidden human settlements now lying undiscovered below our current sea levels.
Cave divers in Florida have found remnants of mammoth bones in some our numerous limestone caves.......
See my comment #63. I went to Google, and AI gave me this summery whose listed sources did not transfer when I copied and then printed here.
AI Overview: “The last woolly mammoths on Earth died out on Wrangel Island—a remote Arctic island off Siberia—about 4,000 years ago (circa 2000 BCE). Regarding Flores Island, true mammoths never lived there; instead, it was home to distinct species of dwarf elephant relatives called Stegodon (Stegodon florensis insularis), which went extinct roughly 17,000 years ago.
—Northern Arctic Islands: Wrangel Island (Siberia): Last woolly mammoths died 4,000 years ago.
—St. Paul Island (Alaska): An isolated population died of thirst 5,600 years ago due to shrinking freshwater.
—Flores Island (Indonesia) False Premise Correction: No mammoths (Mammuthus) lived on Flores Island. [I said elephants in my comment.]
—Stegodon Extinction: Dwarf Stegodon florensis insularis (island-dwarfed elephant relatives) died out around 17,000 years ago, preceding modern human arrival.
If you want, I can share more details on: The cause of the Wrangel Island mammoth collapse, How island dwarfism affected the creatures on Flores”
On the Google page that provided this information, sources were also listed at the end of these varied statements, but did not carry over when I copied and printed here.
No need i can look it up.
According to recent news reports, some funny business was reported pertaining to public water sources in your area of the country. Fortunately no water was contaminated. Unfortunately, search efforts in multiple places were being made by unknowns 3 months BEFORE Trump bombed Iran this past February. So, sorry, they already have the ideas. I guess bombing their nuclear sites a year ago sparked that idea, and after a few months they were invading our air spaces.
In this day and age anyone who does not keep at least 3 gallons of water stored for every person at their home is a fool. I use old milk gallons, and empty them and refill once a year. If you live in a hot area you should store more water. Ordinarilly 1/2 gallon is enough drinking water a day, with a half gallon for face washing and minor cleaning, but in really hot weather??? There has been at least one water scare in my region when a major pipe broke somewhere, affecting several thousand people with a boil water warning. We also had some electrical outages. If both incidents were to occur at the same time, how would people with electric stoves boil their water? And those were just minor emergencies. Fortunately I also had some candles when my electricity went out at night.
I wonder if those mammoth bones in Florida were dated before or after Clovis. If these were found by cave diving explorers then they certainly could have been deposited around the time Clovis and many large animals were killed around 13,000 years ago. Or perhaps later from a remnant few wandering around.
My wife and I have some friends that just returned from a cruise on the Danube that was booked last year. Several places, they had to exit the boat and take a bus to the next spot on the river where it was safe to navigate. They got a bunch of money refunded to them.
BRAVE AI:
Florida is a prolific site for Ice Age mammoth fossils, primarily Columbian mammoths (Mammuthus columbi) that roamed the region between 2.6 million and 10,000 years ago. These bones are frequently recovered from underwater sites in rivers and springs, most notably the Peace River, Silver River, and Aucilla River, which act as natural fossil concentrators.
Notable discoveries include a 50-pound, 4-foot femur found by divers in the Peace River in 2021 and a 60-pound jawbone uncovered in the same river in 2023. Additionally, the Vero Beach site yielded a 13,000-year-old bone fragment with an incised mammoth engraving, recognized as the oldest known Ice Age art depicting a proboscidean in the Americas. Other significant finds include juvenile skeletons with butcher marks at the Silver River site, indicating early human interaction.
Moundsville, WV, has a little museum with a mammoth skeleton on display. Those creatures were huge.
We are looking into additional outdoor rain storage systems as I really get a LOT of use from my 35 gallon rain barrel. Even just a 1/2” of rain overfills that, channeled by a gutter system off the metal roof. In dire times that water could be boiled for cooking or drinking. I also keep gallon jugs of water on hand for us. As long as I can ‘flush & brush’ I’m a lot easier to get along with! Also, I have Army Training, so I have no problems digging either a Field Latrine or a cat hole just for me, LOL!
A similar system set up to catch rainwater off the greenhouse, located nearer the garden, would be ideal, too!
I’ve walked around The Manse and there are at least two spots where a system like this could be set up and you couldn’t see it from the front of the house:
https://modernnomadgear.com/diy-rainwater-harvesting-systems-off-grid-homes/
We do have a crystal clear 385 foot water well. And Beau keeps his plumbing license up to date. ;)
However, Priority One is a better generator. We lose power at least 3x a year and it’s usually something stupid - like a squirrel committing suicide. Plus, we are the LAST farm on the power line - we are at the end of a dead end road, so we’re never a priority to anyone - which is kind of the way we like it. ;) We also pester the power company quite often about the age and fading strength of our power poles. Again, we are LOW on their ‘replacement list’ and we live in a relatively poor county, so unless we want to pay for them ourselves...which they are MORE than happy to suggest...
You know, I thought this ‘Homesteading’ was going to be a heck of a lot easier, LOL!
VR: I wonder how far Moundsville is from the little piece of land I own in WV?
Red: My grandson is interested in Scuba Diving and undersea exploration. He is about to begin college studying Nature Studies (Ecology?). I wonder if this kind of exploration in Florida would interest him. My son has friends in Florida, where were these fossils found?
Diana: Living in the city is no fun either sometimes. Most recently early April I submitted my 2022 local business tax forms so as not to miss any refunds. Last month I received a letter saying I had to resubmit my 2022 form on actual barcoded 2022 paper, not the 2023 forms, with 23 crossed out and 22 hand written because I could not find the 2022 forms on line. I phoned July 14, and the lady said she would send forms “today”. I returned from a business trip Aug. 2, and found her envelope postmarked July 27. On Aug. 5 I sat down to rewrite the 4 page form. I then saw the 30 day deadline was Aug. 6, so 8/6, at age 88, I walked 6 blocks in 96 degree temp to find the post office closed at 3 pm. I also had to do business at the nearby bank, and was too tired to walk to more distant POs. Next day I phoned nearby UPS store which also has postal services. Asked if they had the forms for certified mail. They said yes and I walked only 2 blocks to mail. When they had attached the forms to envelope I owed $18, and they had not told me they charged double the PO rate. Also I had to hold the letter because next day PO would come to affix the tracking number and pick up my envelope. I am staying at a different property supervising repair work, and being at my return address was not possible, so I dropped envelope in nearest post box on street. I pray it gets there and I don’t have to do it all over again. This city is going to kill this old lady.
Cave Diving in Florida is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS thing! Certainly not for a novice and even an experienced diver should think twice.
BRAVE AI:
Recent fatal incidents in Florida cave diving include a March 2025 tragedy at Twin Caves (Jackson Blue Springs) where one diver died and two others were rescued, and a June 2022 incident at Buford Springs Cave where two men, Todd Richard McKenna and Stephen Roderick Gambrell, drowned after reportedly discussing air leaks.
Historically, the Eagle’s Nest cave system in Hernando County has seen 10 deaths since 1981, including notable cases such as:
2016: Experienced divers Patrick Peacock and Chris Rittenmeyer were found dead at a depth of 260 feet.
2013: A father and son died while testing new equipment on Christmas.
1990: Multiple fatalities occurred at Eagle’s Nest and other sites due to depth-related nitrogen narcosis and silt-outs.
Other notable deaths include the 1995 drowning of uncertified divers in Lake Apopka and the unresolved disappearance of Ben McDaniel at Vortex Spring in 2005, whose body has never been recovered despite extensive searches.
Moundsville is on the Ohio River just a bit south of Wheeling. There is an Indian mound there.
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