The Sun Shines!
The Midwest US has had rain recently. A lot of rain. Two to four inches
yesterday, an inch or two Sunday, and God only knows how much in the previous
two weeks. Our water table is high. Our lawns are green and our shrubbery and
trees verdant. Also growing are our streams, creeks, rivulets, and rivers.
Detention ponds are overflowing. Streets are full and closed. Area road
construction projects are awash and delayed.
Tornado warnings were present through much of yesterday
afternoon and last night. That seems to have passed without tragedy in the
region. But flooding will persist as the water shed sheds! Streams, rivers and
flood basins will fill and roads will continue to be closed. At least our area
is not dealing with a drought! That’s a good thing and we know our blessings
when they come our way.
Putin – again! So
NATO expresses a concern over Putin’s war rumbles on his western borders and in
eastern Ukraine .
NATO is laying plans to install some war materiel in abutting areas to support
5000 troops if the call becomes necessary to move them in. This is all
defensive moves to protect Ukraine ,
Poland , Eastern
Germany and the Stans of yesteryear’s Soviet Bloc. These are
peoples who do not want Putin’s presence. And they ask the world community for
help.
NATO is there. Not the USA but NATO. Stop the propaganda,
Putin. This is not about America .
This is all about you and your bellicose manners. And poor they are. Shame on
you. You rattle your swords to get a reaction and then raise the stakes when we
say boo! Pardon me? Where exactly did your parents fail you in your upbringing?
Manners, Vladimir .
Manners. They still count.
While we are at it, FIFA scandals are not international
politics. You and other nations ‘won’ world cup rights for future years but
FIFA sold those ‘rights’ to you. You didn’t win them. So don’t count on hosting
yet another propaganda event. Those days are well over for you. FIFA is dirty
and needs cleaning up. America
really doesn’t care. Others do and asked for legal assistance. Last time we
checked, that wasn’t a political issue!
Global Warming and…: The
globe is encircled by jet streams, air movements, atmospheric pressure zones
and resulting oceanic currents, temperature water massing and the resultant
coastal wind patterns. These movements above land and sea, and under sea as
well, make weather patterns throughout the globe. Normally these patterns are
just that – patterns – and they behave somewhat predictably. However, warming
trends at the poles have shifted air and ocean current movements enough to
change all of the usual patterns. Resulting upsets are droughts, floods, hot
weather, cold weather, in season and non seasonal. The upsets themselves are
evidence of global warming. The length of the patterns is another piece of
evidence. Even more evidence is shown in rising ocean levels and coastal
flooding. Whether this will persist is anyone’s guess at this point. But a
trend of global warming is well and properly documented.
This is not a political statement. It is a statement of fact
based on science. If we residents of the planet can do something to ease the
situation, then we need to do that. Such actions will save lives and maintain
healthy living conditions for tens of millions of people at the very least. If
the warming pattern persists, a billion lives will be affected.
We need to collaborate for the good of us all, not debate
endless political dribble. Enough!
Ah, Respite: As I
gaze out the window at a green world lit by a rising sun in a pastel blue
morning sky, I sigh! Many days that view has been gloom, rain, wind, mist, and
yuck. Days and days of this affects mood. The body slows and slogs through each
day. Wonderment yawns toward future days and perceives nothing but clouds and
rain.
But the storms are past for this day. And we have respite
from nature’s fury. All we need do is avoid puddles and watch for rising rivers
and washed out roadways. But that too will pass. We take our rest and peace
when we can these days.
Ah, respite is a golden prize at this moment!
June 16, 2015
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