We'll See You, September

Likely to set records for heat & drought

September is done, heading out

With a 6.8 quake offshore Chile

But, no warning for a tsunami

Here it's a cool & cloudy day

Will any rain slide down our way?

Before the front gets pushed away

And record heat extends summer's stay

Leaves are turning but not orange & red

With drought, yellow & brown instead

Downstream creek pools mostly dry

More tiny critters are gonna die

Before we get any help from rain

As the drought spreads its pain

Over 90 quakes so far today

Chilean aftershocks continue that way

But, Puerto Rico still rules the list

Subduction shifts giving rocks a twist

Rest of Ring usual day of quakes

While outside another leaf takes

Its final tumble to the Earth

Far from the twig that gave it birth

They will certainly continue to fall

Kinda fitting for the season, y'all

But, the temps ain't falling soon

As 90+ heat will tomorrow balloon

Forecasted coolness by week's end

Will then Fall truly begin?

It's always wait and see

On Earth, let the chaos be

If you got cool, get out, enjoy

Me, got to go find my big brown boy

Time for the morning wander

Likely too, I'll continue to ponder

Today

On

Earth

Summer Rolls On, Philippine Quake

Mag. 6.2 quake today offshore Philippines

Big ole shake but no tsunami seen

Still lots of aftershocks off Puerto Rico

Caribbean plate still going freak-o

Kansas & OK still got fracking blues

Gotta keep the oil & gas flowing thru

Another day of summer-like heat

With a smack in face humidity greet

In the northwest it's dumpin' snow

Hard to say how weather's gonna go

On a planet that we don't think

Can change quickly, in a blink

So many fools believe we don't matter

But what really does; facebook chatter

Just remember, Earth still in charge

And, into our lives it will barge

Are you ready to every day adapt?

Or is migration a little more apt?

Only options we all share

And, for each other we can care

Cuz we're all on this ride together

With many more bad storms to weather

Worst, another year of Punk'n Head

Prez saying traitors should be dead

I agree, firing squad for treason

And, he's given us another reason

To impeach & stand him against a wall

End our nightmare once & for all

Crescent moon will be hidden today

But, close to Jupiter by Thursday

If you like the summer heat

This week will be mighty sweet

Record will continue to tumble

As onward summer does rumble

If you go outside today

Quickly sweat will come your way

Who knows, we could just bypass Fall

And, jump right to a winter squall

Hang on, it's a wild ride

Every time you step outside

Especially, Today On Earth

I continue the "are you a republican quiz?"

If you school your 6 kids at home

And, from bible verses you don’t roam

You don’t believe life starts at birth

You don’t care if we trash the Earth

Believe vaccines not part of god’s plan

Believe a good wife obeys her man

So, I’d like to say once again

I believe you vote Republican

Summer Muggies Linger

A little sprinkle late this morning

Just elevated the mugginess warning

Heat and humidity like mid-July

On warming Earth, summer won't die

Forecast calling for another week

Of temps leading to an AC seek

Off Puerto Rico lots of aftershocks

After midweek mag. 6 big slip of rocks

Sun, moon & Earth align in about an hour

New moon increasing tidal range & power

Our natural satellite is also really close

Will give coastal cities extra flooding dose

And with sea levels continued rise

Coastal flooding shouldn't be a surprise

More changes coming every day

Earth don't care what humans say

Certainly not Today

On Earth

How about a verse from  a new song

Who thinks white folks are great

Who hates when blacks congregate

Who hasn’t had a new idea in years

And, can only play on our fears

If you take no blame and got no plan

Then you are a Republican

Hints Of Fall, Ring O Fire A'Shakin'

NE High pressure cooling us with wedge

While just to south, monster heat sledge

Is smashing records with late summer bake

Yet leafy paths show signs of needing rake

The Va. Creeper starting to show red

Others turning to dead yellow instead

Summer heat back to VA on the morrow

Yesterday's storms just missed, ahh, sorrow

So, drought rolls on, creek pools shrink

And, I've had more rain than most, I think

September, drought & heat, more records fall

Heat wants out but hitting CO2 wall

Still we don't get it

Little late for regret

Pacific Rim is all shook up today

Entire plate edge in a shaky way

From 6.0 north of New Zealand

Around to Chile, subducting ocean land

Lava oozing from East Pacific rise

Forming ridge, giving plate a pries

Oklahoma & Missouri shaking, too

Billion year old rift, shining through!

So cool geologists "saw" plate  tectonics

With drilling, rock dating & seafloor sonics

Science: testing, retesting, it's how we know

So much about our wild planet's show

Too bad 60+ years of climate prediction

Ignored with our oil & greed affliction

Will we get to quake & volcano forecasting

Or just cling to survival; everlasting

We can change & do better

If not, no one will need a sweater...

🌚 Moon is New tomorrow afternoon

Again, closest approach to Earth, perigee

So, a waxing crescent coming soon 🌒

But, first massive tidal range we'll see

Check crescent in the evening next week

As up on Jupiter it will sneak

It's all still spinning, flying around

Oblivious to our bleating sound

Solar system, universe & our galaxy🌌

Amazing! What we have grown to see!

With all our knowledge & understanding

Still insanity keeps expanding

Do any republicans have a spine?

Do they think Donny's treason is fine?

😱"Lock him up" we should all be chanting

But, still fools believe his tweety ranting

Mind boggling...

Today On Earth

Heat Back, So Are The Quakes

60 straight days of Holladay's TOE
WOOOOO!

Earth is all shook up today

Heat has oozed back our way

Another front coming without rain

Ain't no reason to complain

Earth ain't worried 'bout our pain

But, reason easy to explain

Atmosphere is trapping more heat

Burning oil, not using our feet

Methane released as tundra thaws

Warnings abound, take an oil pause

Sadly, most scientist think we're too late

And, even with change we'll have to wait

100's of years for CO2 to dissipate

Ice mostly gone, oceans will inflate

Because Earth time is long & deep

Temps & sea levels will continue to creep

Every upward, slowly but steady

We don't know it, but we ain't ready

Kid's get it, will be back in the street

You go Greta, keep on the heat

Cuz Earth is...

6.5 Indonesian quake today

But, no tsunami, USGS say

5.7 busting things up in Turkey

Magma making ocean ridges jerky

Cali shaky, off Puerto Rico, too

Argentina & aftershocks in Pakistan

Earth got patterns, but no plan

Current pattern, record breaking heat

Monster High domes, rain in retreat

We're staying rain free another week

By then, I'll have a very dry creek

Pools shrink more every day

Trees hunkering, leaf fall underway

19 volcanoes on list this week

Only Semisopochnoi looking meek

That's the only US volcano show

Other 18, continue to blow

Ash, tephra, scoria and lava

Indonesia has 3, just on Java

lt's Etna and the Ring of Fire

Big wild planet, I ain't no liar

Unlike clueless, Punk'n Head prez

Can't believe a word he says

But, more on him in a bit

Now, my dog, I must go get

Today On Earth

As a friend once said

"I hate it when you're right"

After election I

Predicted Punk'n Head wouldn't serve term

And, after wrecking world he would squirm

Off to hang with dictator/mafia slime

And, in US prisons would serve no time

Just can't wait 'til he says seeeeya

And, joins buddy Putin in Crimea

Bet he won't take his lawyer Rudy

Or Rudy's wife/cousin, woo, that is fruity!!

A minor advantage of a warming world
On the garden does unfurl
Today's pickings
35 Habaneros
15 Jalepenos
2 cucs, 2 'maters

Record Heat, More Punk'n Head Treason

Virginia basked in a lovely fall day

Deep South blew temp records away

Punk'n Head prez, more mafia-like treasons

Impeachment, Duh? How many more reasons

Caribbean plate still slipping & sliding

Mid-Ocean ridges, more magma up-riding

Storms in Atlantic, far away from land

But, big warming planet still in command

Monster heat dome pushing storms away

But, allowing no rain to head our way

Record heat forecast well into October

Daylight fading but summer not over

Just checked weekly volcano list

19 mountains seemingly pissed

Exploding, blasting, oozing & shaking

Krakatoa & Etna, long past waking

Earth just spinning, doin' it's thing

While greed-heads demand newer bling

Old Chinese men want more rhino horn

Another creature with a future forlorn

But, is it really we humans in trouble

Lost diversity another prick in our bubble

Late blog today, futon recycling project

Re-made to a table, new useful object

And, didn't spend any money today

To slow madness, shoppers go away

Creates problems, too, but can force change

Anyway I can help rearrange

The status quo

Greedy oil & war show

13-ish months to big vote for relief

To get past & over Punk'n Head grief

Started day with crescent moon sighting

Tiny waning sliver, eye delighting

Dark out now, soon dinner time

Try & ignore Punk'n Head slime

And have a lovely evening

Tonight On Earth

Puerto Rico: Storm & Quakes

Puerto Rico our 51st "state"

Doesn't have long to wait

For the arrival of Trop Storm Karen

Rain & wind she'll be sharin'

While off the island's north shore

A 6.0 quake, subduction on their door

Followed quickly by 5.1 quake

And, now dozens of after shakes

At least no tsunami waves a'coming

Karen be plenty of bad news drumming

On an island still in Maria recovery

Punk'n Head prez happy in their misery

Instead of lab to showcase sustainability

Spews blame, denies current reality

Island perfect for solar & rain collection

Still we look back in oil direction

After islands, Karen's path is unclear

May stall and then get pushed here..

Lorenzo growing quickly off Africa

Earth & ocean warming, more storms, duh

Quakes in N. Utah & in North Sea

5.6 in Pakistan, major damage they'll see

Hard to believe all the Earth craziness

Sitting here in early Fall bliss

Cool & breezy with low humidity

Azure skies and no clouds I see

Yet, around Earth, human greed rages

And, poachers stuff animals in cages

Cut off tusks, remove swim bladder

So, Chinese slime can climb social ladder

Extinction, who cares, got money to make

But there all consequences for all we take

Soon we'll have what we deserve

Just a few rare species in reserve

GMO chickens, coyotes, pigeons & rats

Mosquitoes, flies, fleas & feral cats

A world with no turtles, bees or frogs

And, certainly no water filtering bogs

Only plants: kudzu & loblolly pine

Watered lawns with chemical shine

GMO soy, wheat, corn & potatoes

Bleached white bread & tasteless tomatoes

No rice, won't grown in poisoned water

Maybe we should pay attention..sorta

Sad; leadership coming from young kids

That see we need to put on the skids

Wait and plan way before parenting

Vote down Republichump ranting

And, reduce, reuse, recycle

Fewer cars, more bicycles

Back to my current reuse projects

Do what you can to lessen effects

We all are part of..

Today On Earth

Autumnal Equinox But Sure Feels Like Summer

Yearly orbit continues, north tilts away

But, tilt don't matter on Equinox day

Sun rose due East, will set due West

Beam straight down on equator with zest

12 hours of light & dark everywhere!

Well, not quite, with our atmosphere

That distorts the sun for our eyes

Delays the set and the rise

Just a wee little bit

Still 3 days 'till we get

12 hours light & 12 hours dark

So, why still summer's bite and bark

I may have mentioned..once before

All our CO2 has shut the door

Atmosphere just won't let heat out

So, summer's hanging, ain't no doubt

Hurricanes trying to move heat to cool

Yet, we still ignore warnings & rules

Adapt we have, migrate we do

Death avoidance, can do that, too

But, can't ignore populations boom & bust

Or that on science, we should trust

Research & truth really do matter

Still on we breed, growing ever fatter

Thinking faith & miracles will

Keep away realities chill

Still not seeing any signs of that

With greed & war still where we're at

Strengthen economy with xmas shopping!

And, fossil fuels, we ain't stopping!

So..who will slow massive human birth

Will it be us, or will it be Earth?

Pretty slow earthquake day

But, little 2.5 shake in westend of RVA

Yes, Virginia, still in earthquake zone

Surprise VA, we're not alone

Quakes in Nevada, Utah & Arizona

And, the fracking plague, Oklahoma

Chile, Albania & Indonesia

Shaking along with Micronesia

Never know when planet will sieze ya

Soon more coming, can I get a, duh!!

Front coming through later today

A little fall coolness headed our way

But, summer heat will be back soon

This weekend, with the New Moon

That is once again close, at perigee

Major King tidal surges we'll see

Another reminder, Earth is warming

Kids keep on skipping & swarming

Heat melts ice, oceans will rise

Can't understand peoples surprise

"Didn't think it could happen in a million years"

Welcome to Earth folks, Cheers!!

Get out and battle greed & stupidity

Change is coming with rapidity

Today On Earth

🎃

Da Punk'n Head Prez

Continues to spin the truth

Still fools believe him

💀

Summer Finishes Strong

On a toasty Earth, summer rolls on

Big High dome, refuses to move along

Forcing storms to ride High's western edge

Hammering plains with flash flood sledge

Didn't they have flooding earlier this year?

Wonder if like Houston, surprise is clear?

"Just can't believe it happened again"

Refuse to believe? The planet will win!

Deny you "believe" science, Earth don't care

Say, Human's can't change it, Earth don't care

We better soon pop our heads out of there

Kids see the issue, that is quite clear

Skipping school & work every Friday

For a Future, that's here today

Go Greta!!

🎃

Our Punk'n Head Prez at it again

Delaying military aid, to help him win

Bet he checked with Putin first

Treasonous acts grow, he's the worst

Then more bluster from pussy ass bitch

Back down again, mouth all a'twitch

Deny, deflect & continue to lie

While he snuggles up to Saudi bad guy

Kills reporters, but stays at Chump tower

Punk'n Head happy to waste US power

Created issue walking from nuclear deal

Now living small, in his brain so surreal

In 2020 election he should be easy to crush

Yet, Dems seem so willing to rush

To give-aways make most Americans balk

Instead of fixing issues, more logical talk

Seems little real leadership anywhere

We need it to come, Earth don't care..

'Bout no Punk'n Head

🎃

Oklahoma & Mediterranean quaking

Around Pacific rim, the usual shaking

Took dog for a drive, to check out sky

Dark at 8:15, a treat for the eye

Jupiter pulling away from Scorpio

Saturn making nice Sagittarius glow

Milky Way slashing Summer Triangle

Dipper & Arcturus low western dangle

Last day of summer, so warm and dry

Will be nice evening, check our your sky

Get used to heat, ain't going away

With planet temps rising EVERY DAY

Sad we have to listen to kids

Before we think to put on the skids

Change our ways before it's too late

Remember, Earth ain't gonna wait

Slow & fast, it will change

How soon will we rearrange

Our priorities, until we see

On dead planet, ain't no economy

Do what you can

Today on Earth!!

Warm & Dry

A gigantic high pressure dome

Is keeping moisture from my home

Entire East coast is dry, dry, dry

With temps to summertime high

This last weekend of summer season

Atmospheric heat trapping the reason

Millions of kids in the streets

Stop sucking oil industry teats

Skipping school, keeping pressure on

So our problem is gone when we're gone

Change is hard but better come soon

We ain't movin' & living on the moon

This is it, only place we've got

And we are making it unbearably hot

Why not skip, no need for schools

On planet run for greedy fools

Hope schools soon empty on Friday

Fill the streets, blocking the way

Of the problem, gas sucking cars

Insanity sign: washing sand for tars!

Big quake trouble in Albania today

Bet they had some major building sway

Usual SW Pacific & Chilean quakes

Kansas & OK with freakin' frackin' shakes

Little quakes on Hawaii; volcano land

But, still no lava attention demand

Moon at Last Quarter later today

Neap tides will lessen ocean sway

Jupiter & Saturn set earlier each day

As from the two gas giants we pull away

Get out and enjoy last weekend of summer

Try and forget the prez a lying bummer

Caught again pulling vindictive slime

Come on Nancy, it's impeachment time!

Get him out before his decisions kill us all

Way past time, he needs to fall

And, on that happy note, I'm done

Retrieve a dog from his neighbor run

So, take a walk and not a drive

Dine at home, not some corporate jive

Chat with a friend, share a smile

Slow down, let it all take awhile

Past sage advice, keeps shining through

"Slow down and let it all catch up to you"

Give it a try

Today On Earth

Yo Earthlings, Are We Prepared For Visitors?

Fellow Earthlings..

Actually released to the news

By the Navy, UFO views

With actual jet pilot commentary

Perhaps we should be a bit more wary

With 1000's of stars within 100 light years

And, science fiction fueling our fears

We've been sending signals into space

For 100 years with an increasing pace

Radio shows out 1/2 a quadrillion miles

(500,000,000,000,000 miles or

156 parsecs)

Wonder if we're creating alien smiles

Or just giving them a way to hone in

On our location; current protections thin

100 years, from first flights to visiting Pluto

We really think we're in the know

Still our knowledge is quite small

But, we continue to broadcast to all

Any being more advanced than we

Knows from our signals, where we be

And, while we think light is it for speed

Our knowledge limit, we should concede

Me thinks there's so much to discover

 If from our current mess we can recover

Let's hope youth climate strikes lead the way

And, get lots of media coverage today

 Cuz, actual issues are well understood

First, let's stop unplanned parenthood

Stop tossing plastic & burning oil

Trade & pay fairly for honest toil

Now realize it makes a lot more sense

To work together for Earth's defense

Cause, seems like someone's noticed us here

By their presence it should be clear

It/they are much smarter than we are

If they really came here from afar

 And, if they live like us, "eat or be eaten

How quickly could Earthlings be beaten?

Not sure video games, facebook or twitter

Can keep us from becoming space glitter

I know pussy ass bitch, bone-spur liar

Prez'd run like a baby, pants a-fire

Earthlings need to get it together

Lots of coming storms to weather

Still grow & pollute with cancerous zeal

While ignoring threats so very real

On such an amazingly gorgeous day

Hard to see the problems at play

But they are there

Everywhere

Be nice, try and help out

And, hope our planet is not a new route

For a hyper-spatial express route bypass

Never know, but seems we are not alone.

👽

Look up

Today On Earth

A Fall Preview + Lotta Hurricanes

Cool, dry, high pressure air

Has it feeling chilly out there

Brrrr, might need to add a layer

'Til the sun is little more of a player

But, while cool has gotten way down south

Tropics still roaring with a stormy mouth

Imeda is stalled, cranking out the rain

So, SE Texas & Louisiana remain

Mostly flooded & under duress

It's not Harvey but still a mess

Humberto's headed to the UK

Jerry's still growing but forecast to stay

Out in Atlantic, big ole fish storm

While in E. Pacific, 3 cyclones swarm

Lorena, Mario & Kiko slurping up heat

Lorena headed for Baja meet & greet

Kiko may be headed Hawaii's way

Least no eruptions blasting there today

But, 19 others on volcano list

Want volcanoes? Indonesia; can't miss

6 this week on that archipelago

To see 3, central Chile you could go

Etna still blasting rocks in Italy

Pacaya leaving Guatemalans uneasy

4, the usual for Kamchatka, Japan: two

Ubinas still blasting in southern Peru

Aleutian's Shishaldin spewing out the lava

But, week's winner, as usual: JAVA

Also two 6+ quakes north of there today

But, seems no tsunami headed their way

4.5 in Dominican Republic, just offshore

Damage? Waves? I'm am unsure

Just more shifting and shaking

On a chunky planet, inside still baking

And, that heat just wants to get out

Be more quakes & volcanoes: No Doubt!

And, hurricanes as the season goes on

Got to keep moving excess heat along

And, hey kids, go on & skip school

Soon enough this planet you'll rule

And, it's a nightmare we're leaving you

So, resist, protest, battle on through!!

Waning moon nearing Aldebaran

To check it out, get up before dawn

Jupiter & Saturn still rule evening sky

With Scorpio's red giant Antares nearby

Summer Triangle in NE, high overhead

Milky Way, too.. perhaps a check before bed

Major problems & idiots we need to replace

But, Earth is still an amazing place

Get out and enjoy the loveliness

Today On Earth

How about a little haiku..

Every time prez

Speaks, we are all more aware

He just ain't quite right

Youth Climate Strikes!!

Friday starts a week of skipping school

Youth taking a stand, as politicians drool

These kids are smart and they realize

We keep adding poison to their skies

We'll be dead, but they'll still be here

With planetary conditions most severe

Oil polluted water no one can drink

Countless species on extinction's brink

Driven by greed & more oil extraction

Corporate lies, distortions & distraction

Our moron prez, orange head up their ass

Changing laws so cars use more gas

Inspectors gone, more refinery explosions

Government's job: protection; mega-erosions 

Think of Bush's damage in 8 years time

Way worse in only 4, with current slime

Few quakes today, Indonesia & PNG

Most of Earth processes science can see

Atmospheric CO2 just hit all time high

Only kids seem to see reality passing us by

While in Texas Imelda dumps massive rain

Wasn't Harvey's warning pretty plain

Meanwhile, Jerry grows out in Atlantic

New climate world should have us frantic

To change, reduce, recycle & agree

On our new human fueled reality

Still fools say I don't "believe"

Prayer & superstition will relieve

All our troubles, all our pain

In 2019, can only see that as insane!

And, as I mention in most every blog

Earth don't care if we live in mental fog

Current atmosphere traps more heat

Hurricanes move it, pretty neat

When temperatures rise, ice gonna melt

Earth just playing the hand we dealt

Kids stepping up to deal with our mess

But, to fix root issue, need to breed less

Women need to demand contraception

Stable couples only, move to conception

Plan & have only one or two great kids

Will Earth or humans apply population lids

We can do it, or the Earth will

Like it or not, that is the reality pill

We've evolved on an amazing place

Still we breed like it's some kind of race

Don't need to multiply

Simple addition will get us by

Here's a closing scary thought

Our economy runs on stuff that's bought

In xmas shopping season, so help us out

Buy, buy, buy & ease recession doubt

Or don't, and let corporations suffer

Work to create a bigger buffer

Between reality and greed

Ponder what you really need

Bet it could be less not more

Gotta slam the corporate door

Give it a thought, do what you can

Vote for the woman, not the man!

And, get outside, it's gorgeous

Today On Earth

Requiem For A Curmudgeon!

Denny Ray McElyea

Gently passed away today

No more reason to complain

No more suffering, no more pain

A curmudgeon, he certainly was

Often cantankerous without pause

He'd go to Cuckoo, not to Bumpass

To fix your stove, electric or gas

Come to your house, calm you down

If there was an appliance crisis around

Four years my neighbor, he was the best

His house, The Pub, always a beer fest

If I needed calming after school

His wise words would settle this fool

When I had to move from Baker Branch

He found my new home, Anderson's "ranch"

And, when my water level fell

He shared the water from his well

For years, used his water at my tire home

Was great, gave me a reason to roam

Back to the Pub, to hang with Ray

Never knew what he'd have to say

Never knew what new music I'd hear

But, knew I'd get both sarcasm & cheer

Cuz he was a curmudgeon, indeed

Liked his Budweiser, Kools & weed

He'd always share but never his cold Bud's

Bring your own if you wanted suds

And, he grumble about "them kids today"

Yet, never forgot those kid's birthday

With little presents he'd surprise

Then with his camera he would pry

Just the right look, with his magic eye

Love to shoot and share his pictures

At the right moment, your best features

It's all about the lighting, he would say

He worked his magic everyday

Touched so many, changed us all

So, many memories, both big & small

So, many good times, so much fun

Sitting on his porch in the setting sun

Know my life would be so different today

If I hadn't known, Denny Ray!

On this cool, cloudy, stalled front day

Hurricane Humberto has been steered away

And, a few quakes but no big sway

Feels rainy, now a few drops falling this way

Thinking of Denny & our buddy Jay

Life is short, better enjoy everyday

Never know how many spins you'll get

Not the did's, but the didn't's we regret

So, share a smile, a laugh, a hug

Battle & resist gravity's tug

Cuz in the end, gravity wins

Until then, fewer frowns, more grins

And, remember the sweetness of Denny Ray

Today On Earth!

Why Timmons Group?

Here's the poem I shared with board of supervisors last night. Today's blog after coffee and morning dog stroll..

For over a year, all we’ve heard you say

Ain’t no how, ain’t no way

Residential growth don’t pay

Still, y’all approve more everyday!

Then we’ll need new schools, then we’ll need new roads

Get more cars and more traffic, get more trucks with bigger loads

But, you don’t want that, we keep hearing you say

Just want industry to come our way

But, seems to be none soon coming

And, no James River water, Zion bumming

So, who chose Timmons, we still don’t know

Just who picked that bad way to go

And, why are we still paying them our money

Their water line research, claimed all was sunny

Wrong at James, why choose for Shannon Hill

Bet they won’t help pay on our law suit bill

Such bad research, really bad design

And, we’re out 40 mill on a dry water line..

But, then..

NO to “government” help on cell tower installation

But, YES, to tax money for industrial land speculation

You say you listen when we share

But, there’s still bad cell service everywhere

Keep dodging the questions, shifting the blame

Weather, contractors, not our fault, you claim

But, it is your fault cause you are in charge

Again, I thank you, your tasks, they are large

Yet, every meeting the protests grow

And, here’s what voters all want to know

Are you listening, are we heard?

With so few protested plans differed

When you went back on your word

With the Shannon Hill purchase, so absurd!

I’ll always remember what I was told

In these words, so plain and cold

“We can do what ever we want”

Is what Supervisor Williams said to me

That made it all pretty clear to see

Need to keep tabs on where our money’s going

That into the wrong pockets it ain’t flowing

So, we’ll keep watchin’

And, seeeeya soon!

One Day Heat Up - Big Rain For Texas

While Humberto sits safely off the coast

Texas could get a Harvey-like toast

Our High pressure has system stalled

So, no-go storm could leave SE Texas mauled

Rain forecast from now to Thursday

Lone Star state in drought today

Could soon be in a flooded way

That High pressure bringing South the heat

But, pushing Gulf low into a slow retreat

We get a break tomorrow with a front

Giving one day heat wave a gentle bunt

Then we'll get some Fall-ish cool

But, heat not done, don't think that, fool!!

By first day of Fall, this weekend

Summer 90's will get a re-send

Get used to your new warmer world!

Today how about a look at space

Or into atmosphere around our place

Air above offers major protection

Absorbing, blocking, causing reflection

Tree gap just let sunshine through

Heating my hands and keypad, too

All ok, window glass blocks UV rays

It's why you can't tan in sun room bays

Ozone up in the stratosphere

Also, helps keep UV outta here

Now that we've stopped ozone destruction

By changing bad aerosol production

We're at a solar minimum this year

Little sunspot production, sun is clear

But, sunspot storms disrupt cosmic rays

That can mess with Earth in bad ways

Couple that with weakening magnetic field

We get an Earth without much shield

We know our magnetic field will do a flip

Compass needle will take southern trip

When will it happen? We don't know..

What'll happen? We'll have to wait for show!

Just a reminder Sun & Earth in charge

And, while we're down here living large

It's from scientific study that we know

And, only from that will we grow

Increasing the chance of human survival

Ain't coming from a mystic revival

Study & testing will the truth reveal

Superstitious beliefs only conceal

The power hungry con still in play

Fighting reality every day

Resist, learn, revel in facts

Everyday we're under attacks

From idiots, fools, unwilling to think

7.6 billion of us, all closer to the brink

Of a major adjustment, a crash

We can avoid it, solutions aren't rash

But, better happen soon

Like, tonight go check out the moon

It's waning but still Harvest moon big

Rising 'bout 9, in Pisces, tonight's gig

Cuz if you get out, checking your world

New thoughts & ideas might get swirled

You might be the one that flips the switch

Helps scratch a bad human itch

Go on, give it a try

We can't continue to turn a blind eye

Or evil slime will continue to grow

As history does constantly show

Fight the bad, be the good

I need a walk in the wood

To find a dog, check things out

And, battle spider webs, no doubt

It's all good, I know the rules

Take a stick, swat spider ghouls

Today on Earth

Solar wind sneakin' thru cracks today

That appear when Earth in less tilted way

Way up in our atmosphere

Can let Auroras glisten clear

Not a big day of quakes

Central China got the shakes

Cali, Kansas & OK, too

San Andreas or frackin' clue

Wooo, cheap oil

Ahhhh, continue our Earth soil

If you choose greed

Over reality of need

You get what we got

Fewer fed, more people shot

Today....

The Ides Of September

Half way through the month that bridges

Summer into the Fall

High pressure over VA, the jet stream ridges

Returning summer heat to all

Inside chillin' and lot of football gawking

How 'bout dem 'Boys over Skins

But, I'll not gloat or do too much trash talking

Long season to brag on just 2 wins

Bad officiating, the Saints just hurt again

Rams rewarded by more slime

When it obviously costs a team a TD or win

Mistakes need fixing in real time

Need to take a big dog walk, & TV break, no doubt

Breyer got bitten or stung

So, this morning poor boy was all freaked out

Better with walk & dinner bell rung

Average day of quakes, mostly boundary clusters

Little quake up in PA??

Hope that's not from fracking, shale busters

Guatemala 5.2 today

Off shore but no tsunami wave is rising

Shutting today's blog down

That what I am surmising

Dog & I on walk-around

Now!

Today

On

Earth!

Did see the moon last night..

Looked smaller!!

Stuck In Muggy Limbo

Up in the Valley with a breeze

It was cool & lovely as you please

But, back home with the air still

There is not a hint of chill

Just a not hot but muggy day

Long outside, you'll be in a sticky way

No breeze, way humid; gross

Back to feeling awful close

Today, air & clouds off the Atlantic

Cold front coming, no need to panic

There'll be change, just what? who knows

Forecasters soon changing weather clothes

Quake number slightly above the norms

Seem to be shakes coming in swarms

So. Cali, Alaska, Tonga & Turkey

Indonesia & South America also jerky

Nothing real big or real destructive

For planet watchers, a day instructive

Watch & learn where quakes are coming

Better clues how this planet's humming

Humberto looks like it's going away

While Gulf still got a system in play

Another storm brewing in Hurricane Alley

Middle of the week before it might rally

Never saw the moon last night

Bright cloud lighting, my only sight

Was it smaller than normal Full

And, was there less Spring tidal pull?

It's Harvest moon, rising about sunset

For several days, that's where we get

HARVEST MOON

Need to get crops in soon

Fall and Winter on the way

Moon light extending harvest day

Now just go to the store and shop

While tractor lights help harvest crop

Keep it cool, but get out today

To see your planet, it's the only way

4 dozen days of blogging

Longest stretch ever logging

Having fun, hope you are, too

Hope that moon comes shining through

Today On Earth

Cool With Mini-Moon

Northern air rolled in today

Took the summer heat away

Moon at apogee, its farthest point

A little smaller, will still light the joint

If you can see it thru the clouds

Even with, still cast ghostly shroud

No big quakes going on today

But, Cali seems in a shaky way

Heat likely to be right back

Today a chill, tomorrow sweatin', jack

Ain't nothing but change

With that thought, need to rearrange

My location, with a dog

So today, shortish blog

Best of luck, Friday 13

Between the lines, is the scene

Today On Earth!

Rain + Heat = Muggy!!

On a day with no forecast rain

Two deluges popped, won't complain

Much of the rain now back in the air

Result: it is really thick out there

Feeling like July in mid-September

But..global warming, you remember

Looking like tomorrow, we get a break

Down a backdoor cold front will snake

Weather from the north, not usual west

Northern High pressure on southern quest

But, only one day and it's back to summer

Portending a future that could be a bummer

Actually, warmer future already here

Sadly, Earth time to humans not really clear

Gradual Earth change too slow for us

But then, we're always in a rush

One cool day; idiots, "there's no warming"

While later each year, insect swarming

Bees & hornets are nasty right now

Late summer push for winter chow

Buzzing & diving me and the dog

Turn a walk into sprint then jog

Keep moving out of their territory

We get your message, Mr. Bee

3 dead mice, 3 dead mice

I saw you run, think in my house is fun

But, I quickly set a trap, 3 times heard a WHAP!

Hope that I gave mom, dad and son a ZAP

Did they think I would put up with that crap

Now, there's 3 dead mice!

Apparently, my attic snake is on vacation..

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20 volcanoes on week's active list

Indonesia with 8 that persist

Krakatoa & Karangetang blastin' on

Etna cranking out Italian earthquake song

Aleutian's Shishaldin got lava fountains

Why you steer clear of exploding mountains

Just Earth doing it's rock recycle thing

All around the Pacific fire ring

As usual, that's where most quakes occur

But, why in Gassville, Ark. I'm not sure

Have they gone back to frackin' for gas

Or Ozark faults making a pressure pass

Lot of recent quakes on mid-ocean rifts

Basaltic eruptions causing rock shifts

Big Brown Dog in a wild puppy dream

Barks, yelps, tag wagging at the seam

Of sleeping dog reality

Oh, so cute to see

Like upcoming mini Harvest Moon

Will it look smaller, we'll know soon

Tomorrow, Friday 13th, Full at apogee

But, very unlikely I will see

With front bringing clouds & rain

Making golf plans & sky viewing a pain

Oh well, Yarn show is inside

So, in the door we will slide

To no doubt

Rock out

Hope you do, too

Today On Earth