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Through much of spring and summer, the jet stream was stuck further north in a 'blocked' pattern which often kept rain-bearing weather fronts away.

"By the time he got there, his appendix was completely burst, he had a blocked bowel, it was twisted. He was in a real mess," she said.

Burton routinely blocked legislation that increased the length of prison sentences but was a favorite of the California Correctional Peace Officers Assn., which represents prison guards.

Not even the FBI's spy planes could keep eyes on their target as San Francisco's infamous fog blocked their view as Mr San Diego slipped the net.

Ten years later, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the government blocked popular social media sites, such as Facebook, Instagram and X, and most independent media, leaving them accessible only through VPNs.