This did not happen in my neighborhood. Nor this. Both did happen in yesterday’s predicted monster storm. But such damage was sporadic, not widespread. I’m still hoping to hear good news from blog readers to the north of Seattle, especially from the couple I know of who enjoy waterfront living. Which may not have been all that enjoyable yesterday. But for a lot of us the storm was … meh. And that’s a good thing. Where I am, it arrived about four hours later than forecast. Unusual, because whatever else does or doesn’t happen, you can often set your watch…
Month: October 2016
Wild, wild morning. Awoke in the dark to flashes of lightning. A tornado warning had just been issued and, that quickly, canceled. Soon, the phone buzzed with texts from Furrydoc making sure I was okay and all prepped up for what’s to come. (She always worries about me. She actually lives in a more exposed and vulnerable spot than I do, but she has Boy Scouts in the family and a ready bug-out plan.) Both of us have our storm preps pretty much covered. She mentioned filling the empty space in her freezer and fridge with jugs of water; a…
Mostly good news, analysis, or “lite” stuff today.
- She’s yours, women, says Scott Adams. And you can damn well have her.
- You probably heard about Minnesota’s very Dem governor proclaiming ObamaCare no longer affordable. Here’s a bit of analysis on the backstory and why MN may be the first domino to fall.
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A long-time supporter of the blog died on Thursday, October 6.
But it’s okay. He’s alive and well now.
Sigh. It’s that time of year in the coastal NorthWET. Summer wasn’t sterling. Late August brought early foreshadowings of the rainy season. But on October 1, somebody flipped the rain switch. We actually got a little break from 24-hour-a-day rain this week. Sun yesterday, even. Not until Thursday was the deluge due back — and due in a big, big way. But now Wunderground says forget today. That big solid blue band? That’s something well beyond a few days of unpleasant dog-walking.: For this area, these are big, big rain totals. Unlike what you guys in the semi-tropics or the…
Historian has another of his remarkably philosophical blogs, new today. This one is on who are the guilty in the present mess we’re in. Historian’s writing is powerful and true and just a little bit poetic. As it tells a truth this piece carries a drumbeat of both terror and triumph. Absolutely be sure to read it; it isn’t long, but it’s packed full. It made me think of something related. We, you and me, out here on this blog in the early winter of liberty, are not responsible. We may have been at some time in some miniscule scale…
This is a thing of beauty — other than being a Trump commercial. You know, I’ve never heard anybody explain why they actually believe Trump — on anything, but especially on the Second Amendment. I absolutely see why people would want to v*te against Hillary, even if it meant casting their v*te for Lex Luthor in a King Kong suit. I sympathize. Totally. But why believe that a rich, super-authoritarian Manhattanite who has not only contributed to the Clintons (which, of course as a businessman he might have done just in self defense) but socially hobnobbed with them … sincerely…
From Cracked and Venezuela: Five apocalyptic realities in a country that’s out of food. Mangos. They’re nearly to the point of killing each other over mango trees. And it came to this so quickly.