The conversation revolves around the Great Outage of 2026, where Verizon customers experienced significant service disruptions. Matt describes the inconvenience of not being able to use their phone for calls or internet, even with bars showing, and having to revert to traditional navigation methods. They mention that their wife and son’s phones went into SOS mode, while theirs did not. The outage affected major cities like Boston, New York, and Los Angeles, but not everywhere. There was little media coverage, and Verizon’s only statement was that engineering teams were addressing the issue. The conversation also touches on the topic of headlight regulations and brightness.
Tropical Storms Karina and Lowell formed Thursday in the Pacific Ocean, both of which were expected to become hurricanes in the next few days, the National Hurricane Center said.
A new study suggests that El Ninos — the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures — are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change.
Two unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents have died after being infected with measles, the first U.S. deaths this year related to the contagious virus. State health officials announced the deaths Tuesday. They did not reveal any details about the people who died, other than that they lived in Lancaster County, west of Philadelphia.
