Vinnie the Pigeon's NYC Weekly Absurdities — Episode 8
Episode 8 of Vinnie the Pigeon's NYC Weekly Absurdities covers the city's July 13-20 weirdness report: wildfire smoke turning the skyline orange, a cyclospora spike, a Hudson helicopter bird-strike docket, Queens flood rescues, and one Brooklyn teacher's tinfoil-hat podcast problem.
This week's street-level damage report:
- Canadian wildfire smoke pushed New York City into unhealthy-air territory, with ABC7 reporting an AQI of 162 Thursday morning and warnings that it could climb to 200.
- City health officials reported 381 cyclospora cases so far this year, roughly triple the same point last year, with no single culprit identified.
- New NTSB materials in the Hudson helicopter crash investigation described goose remains and a mixed flock of brant and Canada geese striking rotor blades and a stabilizer.
- Saturday storms turned parts of Queens into a rescue scene, including drivers climbing out of windows near the BQE and Queens Boulevard while one man waited on top of a box truck with a cigarette.
- A Brooklyn public school social studies teacher was identified by a Yahoo-hosted Post report as the host of a conspiracy podcast, complete with a homemade tinfoil hat; the Department of Education referred the matter for investigation.
Sources
- ABC7 New York: Hazy skies, unhealthy air - wildfire smoke blankets NYC region
- ABC7 New York: NYC parasitic infections triple compared to last year
- ABC7 New York: NYC helicopter that crashed and killed 6 last year shows signs of bird strike, NTSB says
- ABC7 New York: Drivers seen climbing out windows as floodwaters rise in Queens
- Yahoo News: NYC school teacher ID'd as host of antisemitic, bizarre conspiracy podcast - while wearing tinfoil hat
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