Interesting Global [email protected]English • 8 months ago

Seven dead after 'super fog' causes huge pile-up in New Orleans

82

Seven dead after 'super fog' causes huge pile-up in New Orleans

Interesting Global [email protected]English • 8 months ago

A dense fog caused a pile-up of more than 150 vehicles near New Orleans, killing seven and wounding 25.

Chat

verysoft
link
fedilink
11•8 months ago
Oh fog? I cant see anything? Let me keep driving at full speed. I mean the US driving tests aren’t exactly hard compared to others in the world, but you shouldn’t need to be told to drive slow in fog, it should be common sense.
- @[email protected]
  link
  fedilink
  English
  6•8 months ago
  
  but if I slow down, then it will be my fault when the guy behind me crashes into me!!
  
  check mate, atheist

Interesting Global [email protected]

[email protected]

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

What is global news?

Something that happened or was uncovered recently anywhere in the world. It doesn’t have to have global implications. Just has to be informative in some way.

Post guidelines

Title format

Post title should mirror the news source title.

URL format

Post URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.

[Opinion] prefix

Opinion (op-ed) articles must use [Opinion] prefix before the title.

Rules

1. English only

Title and associated content has to be in English.

2. No social media posts

Avoid all social media posts. Try searching for a source that has a written article or transcription on the subject.

3. Respectful communication

All communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.

4. Inclusivity

Everyone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

5. Ad hominem attacks

Any kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can’t argue your position without attacking a person’s character, you already lost the argument.

6. Off-topic tangents

Stay on topic. Keep it relevant.

7. Instance rules may apply

If something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.

Companion communities

[email protected] - International and local legal news.
[email protected] - Technology, social media platforms, informational technologies and tech policy.
[email protected] - Interesting articles, projects, and research that doesn’t fit the definition of news.

Icon attribution | Banner attribution

189 users / day
779 users / week
2.74K users / month
10.3K users / 6 months
2.23K subscribers
3.8K Posts
9.75K Comments
Modlog