Category Archives: History

Hurricane Ida So Strong It Briefly Changed The Direction Of The Mississippi River — A Preview Of Storms To Come

August 29, 2021

Another heavy-air scorcher this late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley, though, skies today were a little less rusty-brown with the onset of some decent winds which kept the sunshine fairly-bright and a sharper yellow.…

Hurricane Ida Heading For New Orleans — Bad-ass Hurricanes ‘I’ Named

August 28, 2021

Hot, heavy air this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley as the temperatures spiral upward — it’s 104-degrees with the view still a rusty-brown submerged in way-faded-yellow sunshine. Any length of time outside is…

Wildfire Smoke Aids Spread Of COVID — What Next?

August 27, 2021

A faded-thin Mars ambiance to our environment again this mid-day Friday here in California’s Central Valley, an unwelcome aspect after a few days of near-normal weather of bright sunshine and clear-blue skies — now life…

Biden Blowback On Terror — ‘We Will Not Forgive. We Will Not Forget. We Will Hunt You Down And Make You Pay’

August 26, 2021

Joe Biden is handling a shocker this afternoon, usually in his normal, low-key stand-out approach on the bombings in Afghanistan (death toll has risen, now 13 in total of American military fatalities, with 14 wounded),…

Afghan Agony: Suicide Bombers Kill 12 US Military Servicemen — Worse Shit To Hit The Future Fan

August 26, 2021

Terrible bomb explosions outside Kabul airport this morning, a nasty incident to most-likely change the timbre of this whole Afghan ugly: Quick nutshell via CNN: Twelve members of the US military were killed and 15…

Floriduh! — ‘A Sort Of Theater Of The Absurd’

August 25, 2021

Warm but pleasant this late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — supposedly below normal temperatures the last few days (and felt it, too!), but back to triple-digits by the weekend as summer quickly drags…

Republicans Dying Of COVID — A Death Cult Of Imbeciles

August 24, 2021

As a nation, we’re stuck between a rock and  a hard place — the rock is the COVID Delta variant, and the hard place are Republicans — even with a vaccine receiving FDA approval, the…

Climate-Change Flooding — Tennessee, Europe, All Over

August 23, 2021

Warm and near-comfortable this Monday afternoon here in California’s Central Valley as climate’s weather plays games. The dry-red air present the last few days from the state’s wildfires has lessened a good bit and the…