Any pilot nerds out there? Is this a normal situation to use “mayday” for? I know that plane can fly with one engine (though not sure if that’s the case during ascent at only 5000 ft), but it seems like ATC would give them priority as soon as they asked for it.

I sort of thought mayday was only for extremely dire circumstances.

Whitman’s is such a sad story. I wonder if this will turn out to be similarly awful.

Username checks out.

Global like if the US experiences staggering water shortages, the rest of the world is going to get pulled into the excitement.