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The Monday Flyover Replay : New Jersey Earthquake, Multiple Full-Time Jobs, and Happy Orcas
Presented by Russell Sherrard.
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Monday, August 4, 2025.
Good Morning. New Jersey Earthquake, Multiple Full-Time Jobs, and Happy Orcas.
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TAKEOFF.
Flood, Smoke Blanket Eastern US.
Huge swaths of the U.S. were under flood and air quality alerts Sunday as drenching rain hit the Southeast, and Canadian wildfires continued pushing smoke into the Midwest.
Flood risks in the Southeast and the Plains were elevated throughout the day, as a massive rain system stalled over parts of Alabama, Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle, dropping three to five inches of rain in some areas.
Meanwhile, air quality advisories blanketed the Midwest as smoke from over 700 wildfires in remote areas of Canada continued traveling south. In most affected areas, the advisories were aimed at people with heart or lung disease and asthma.
In the Atlantic, experts are eyeing a tropical depression heading toward the Southeast that could become Tropical Storm Dexter.
Earthquake Delivers Loud Boom in NYC.
A 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook parts of New Jersey and New York Saturday night, with tremors felt from the epicenter in Bergen County, N.J., up to Upper Manhattan and Staten Island.
No injuries or structural damage has been reported, but officials are asking residents to be alert for aftershocks, which can sometimes register higher magnitudes than the initial quake.
Despite its relatively small magnitude, the earthquake delivered a loud boom, followed by a few seconds of swaying. “I have experienced two earthquakes in New York and New Jersey, and this was the most violent—I never heard an earthquake before that sounded like a thud,” one resident stated.
The quake follows six small tremors over the course of 17 hours last week in the area.
World’s Top 50 Private Companies.
The U.S. dominates the list of the world’s 50 most valuable private companies in 2025, with 31 entries led by SpaceX ($350 billion) and OpenAI ($300 billion), according to new data.
China follows with eight firms, including TikTok parent ByteDance ($300 billion). AI is the clear frontrunner in valuation growth, with Anthropic, xAI, and Safe Superintelligence joining OpenAI among the top ranks.
The list highlights how private firms, especially in AI and fintech, drive innovation and attract billions before ever going public.
POLITICS.
National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said Sunday that job data coming from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) became “very unreliable,” responding to news of President Trump firing BLS head Erika McEntarfer on Friday.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia on Saturday, making her the capital’s top prosecutor.
Newly released documents show the Biden White House coordinated with the National School Boards Association on a controversial 2021 letter that labeled some protesting parents as potential “domestic terrorists.”
A GoFundMe campaign for Lee Vogler, the Virginia city councilman severely burned in a targeted attack last week, surpassed $69,000 on Sunday, with a goal of $100,000 to assist with medical expenses.
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Now, back to the News.
SPORTS.
English golfer Mimi Rhodes made a hole-in-one at the AIG Women’s Open on Sunday after her tee shot bounced off her playing partner’s ball and dropped in.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones instructed fans to “not lose sleep” over Micah Parsons’ trade request, indicating he believes the team will get an extension done with the star pass rusher.
NFL legends Sterling Sharpe, Eric Allen, Antonio Gates, and Jared Allen have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
FINANCE.
Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs saw nearly $1 billion in combined outflows Friday—their worst day of 2025—as institutional investors dumped crypto holdings on the day Trump’s new tariffs took effect.
Delta Air Lines got called out by U.S. senators over fears it might use AI to set ticket prices based on personal data like income or location, but the airline insists it has never used, tested, or planned personalized pricing.
Some remote workers are secretly pulling in up to $1 million a year by juggling multiple full-time jobs and by using AI tools to stay under the radar, all within a standard 40-hour work week.
SCIENCE AND TECH.
Researchers at Penn State have solved a 273-year-old mystery first sparked by Ben Franklin’s kite: how lightning actually forms inside thunderclouds.
A viral rumor claimed a massive solar eclipse would darken skies this past weekend, but the so-called “eclipse of the century” isn’t actually happening until Aug. 2, 2027, and it’ll be visible mostly in parts of Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, not the U.S.
Multiple sclerosis may begin affecting the body up to 15 years before traditional symptoms appear, according to new research that reveals early warning signs like fatigue, pain, and mental health issues long before diagnosis.
THE ROTATOR.
BEYOND OUR BORDERS.
A Ukrainian drone strike hit an oil depot in the Russian resort city of Sochi Sunday morning, igniting a huge fire and causing the nearby airport to shut down temporarily.
President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet “over the next number of days” to potentially reduce the 35% U.S. tariff imposed Friday, a Canadian official announced Sunday.
Ukrainians fleeing to Poland have founded over 100,000 companies there since the start of the war with Russia, according to new data.
ET CETERA.
For the first time in centuries, Russia’s Krasheninnikov volcano erupted Sunday, just days after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked the Kamchatka Peninsula. The eruption sent ash nearly four miles into the air and triggered a brief tsunami warning after a 7.0 aftershock.
Researchers in Brazil are using rubber car mats to collect jaguar hair. Trail cameras captured the big cats rubbing and lounging on them like oversized house pets.
A pod of orcas stunned boaters by gliding past in the crystal-clear water of New Zealand, their full bodies visible just below the surface.
More than 10,000 people in St. Petersburg, Russia, took to the city’s rivers and canals Saturday for the annual Fontanka SUP festival, steering stand-up paddle boards in full costume through the historic waterways.
Daily Quote.
“It almost sounded like a car hit the side of the house. The house was swaying.”
— Evan Ferrer, South Beach resident, describing the 3.0 magnitude earthquake that struck New Jersey and New York.
Inspirational Verse of the Day.
Proverbs Chapter 3 Verse 3. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: KJV
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