An off-duty cop in Miami went to check out the damage Hurricane Irma brought to a local neighborhood when he encountered a nun cutting up trees to clear the roadways…with a chainsaw. Sister Margaret Ann wanted to help clean up damages after witnessing an almost car accident as a result of the storm. She took … Read moreTHE CHAINSAW NUN AFTER IRMA
As the Earth Changes.. This is reporting from the WASHINGTON POST (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/after-irma-a-once-lush-gem-in-the-us-virgin-islands-reduced-to-battered-wasteland/2017/09/12/b49532e0-9736-11e7-af6a-6555caaeb8dc_story.html?utm_term=.4b43fb7b69f2) along with a must-read article about the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Irma and the destruction being seen in the islands: CRUZ BAY, U.S. Virgin Islands — The Asolare restaurant is gone, practically blown off its cliff, along with its world-famous carrot ginger soup. … Read moreTHE US VIRGIN ISLANDS IN CRISIS AFTER IRMA
Hurricane Irma has ventured on a remarkable 5,000 mile plus journey from the African coast all the way through the island nations of the Caribbean..Florida.. the Southeast United States. And now TEXAS!? Seriously.. Check out this current national satellite composite .. The low pressure that was once Irma is now slowly expanding enough that a … Read moreIrma making one last stop–in Texas!?
I have a few ‘floating’ observations to make about this past weekend. Initially I fell victim to the hype..the overkill..the horror–from the news media! I have been in touch with some family and friends–a few haven’t responded yet–who live in the hurricane zone in Florida.. So far fine. Power is out for them, about over … Read moreHURRICANE PENNYWISE AT BOX OFFICES
Harvey rammed into Texas last week, unleashing a torrent of rainfall, clogging streets into rivers, and leaving residents stranded in their flood-stricken homes — but the storm’s havoc is still not over. Harvey could dump up 15 inches of rain for portions of eastern Texas and western Louisiana, including the Houston area. This would deal … Read moreHarvey Danger
Cecilia Wessels snapped the picture of her husband, Theunis, on Friday evening as the twister passed near their home in Three Hills. She says cutting the grass was on her husband’s to-do list, and as he started the task, she went for a nap. Wessels says she was woken by her nine-year-old daughter who was … Read moreIGNORE THE WORLD! CUT THE LAWN!
There a wildflower superbloom in the desert of the great American Southwest! A wildflower superbloom is underway in the desert Southwest in March after seven inches of winter rain. Anza-Borrego State Park in California hasn’t experienced a bloom so prolific since at least 1999 according to park officials. “This is shaping up to be a … Read moreThere a wildflower superbloom in the desert of the great…
The hazy shade of winter indeed… This has been a very strange set of weeks. High temperatures in my backyard ranged from 15 to 80 –all in the span of just hours!! The unlikely story from the year: A lack of snow and a set of hazy, strange, and cloudy days. The atmosphere was lonely.. … Read moreThe hazy shade of winter indeed… This has been a very…
Forecasters with the National Weather Service offered a stark warning Sunday for just about everyone living in the soggy, soaked Central Valley. “Pretty much anybody needs to be prepared for the possibility that they may have to evacuate quickly,” said Sacramento meteorologist Brooke Bingaman. Though most of the valley avoided further flooding Saturday night, the … Read moreALL EYES ON OROVILLE! NEW STORM STRIKES
WE ALL MAY NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK.. Everyone. Weather forecasters.. News media folks.. Bloggers and Tweets and even the social justice warriors among us. The whole lot. While Fox News’ Shepard Smith was covering Hurricane Matthew, he went far.. Very far. He not only warned that people in the affected area would die, … Read moreThe you’re all gonna die hurricane