In the old days castor oil was mixed with zinc oxide and used for skin problems and to prevent bed sores for those confined to bed. It was excellent. I would be concerned about using it on the delicate facial skin though - castor oil plant is toxic, ricin is the agent extracted from it.
20 things to know about the 2010 Nashville flood. Six years ago, Nashville was brought to its knees by a flood the likes of which it had never known. Lives were lost and homes were ruined, but Nashville rose above the tragedy. Whether you were a victim or volunteer then or are new to Nashville now, here are 20 things to know about the 2010 flood. Six years ago, Nashville was brought to its knees by a flood the likes of which it had never known. Lives were lost and homes were ruined, but Nashville rose above the tragedy.
With Hurricane Harvey causing catastrophic flooding in parts of Houston and southeast Texas, it is a little hard to get a full grasp on how much water really fell. Ryan Maue with WeatherBell Analytics calculated that around 20 trillion (20,000,000,000,000) gallons of water fell across east Texas during Harvey. To compare, around 6.5 trillion gallons fell during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Rain totals at the time of Maue's tweet was calculated around 15 trillion.