And, We're Back To Rain..

Once there was this lovely, cool, dry day

So yesterday... now it's gone away

The front that brought that hint of Fall

Is heading back north after a brief stall

And, August will finish up with rain

Way more than what's needed to sustain

Lawns & gardens, creeks & trees

But, certainly fungus, mold & disease..

RVA rain record, 16.3" for August

Today's rain might be the thrust

To take 2020 to number 1

Rain is OK, flooding no fun

But, what ya gonna do

Warming Earth shining thru!!

30 meter space rock

Tomorrow, will take Earth in stock

Prediction: will miss by 72K miles

No collision, a round of smiles

Today On Earth!

🎂

Van Morrison turns 75 today

Get your Moon Dancing underway!!

Cranking fine tunes for over 50 years

Keep 'em coming Van, cheers!!

🌔

Big ole gibbous moon last night

With Saturn, Jupiter; what a sight

Made it easy to see arc of ecliptic

Just solar plane, it ain't cryptic

If at equator they'd be overhead

But here, 38 degrees down instead

6 days till moon hooks up with Mars

With background of Pisces stars

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Indonesia with mud volcano eruption

4 dead from atmospheric corruption

Mid-Atlantic ridge w/ 6.5 quake

Must be more lava trying to make

A push, sliding continents apart

Every day, Earth with a new start

Philippines, Persian Gulf & Vanuatu

With 5+ quakes rolling through

Also, MO, OK, TX & AZ

Little US quakes to see

But, long as no tsunami in Atlantic

Earth really ain't too frantic

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Unless you count 4 potential storms

Season is peaking, coming in swarms

Do whatever you can to stay dry

As August washes on by

Today On Earth

You know the rules

So..stay safe, be smart

Masks on & stay apart

First Hint Of Fall

Laura came thru yesterday

Put her swampy air in play

Than a cold front pushed it all

Left us with a breath of Fall

65 was low this morning

Will be no heat index warning

At least for a day or two

But, this summer is not through

Heat & humidity will be back

Warming world on the attack

Plate tectonics, minor lull

Not much push, not much pull

Biggest quakes a 5.1 & 5.0

Don't seem like much of a show

But, Earth time is long & deep

Pressures build, rocks still creep

Know those pressures will release

Quakes, volcanoes will not cease

More storms wait, coming soon

Steady as phases of the moon

Moon, Saturn, Jupiter in a line

In clearing skies, looking fine!

Where will next hurricane go

That we just do not know

What we do know is quite sad

1,007 more dead, most news, bad

More dumbasses with no mask

Soon for ventilators, will all ask

TrumpVirus help, testing, need a lot

Racial justice, no more people shot

Still, we really need a leader

All we got is a lying tweeter

Today On Earth

Meanwhile, in the land of fox

Where it's all white in their box

Everything stays the same

Republicans always blame

All is peachy is their claim

Lie onward with no shame

Can trace it all to one name

One giant, lying, traitorous lump

The pretend president, Trump!

Their hypocrisy was on display

Protesters taunted as he walked away

Pussy Rand Paul "feared for his life"

Now he knows black folks strife

Every day, fear of a cop

That whining Rand will not to stop

Take a walk in other's shoes

Maybe a new way we'll choose..

But, not until Punk'n Head is gone

Only then can hope of peace come along

On Earth!

Swampy Storm Breath..Yuuuck!

The Gulf air Laura dragged to VA

Crawled in, sultry, late yesterday

Humid, salty, from deep down South

Walking in a swamp monster's mouth

Today is cooler with a nice breeze

Storm less an issue here than tease

Two new systems stir in the Atlantic

Down in Cajun land, life still frantic

People now dying from CO gas

Generator inside? you're a dumbass

Federal help still slow to arrive

Many will need it to survive

But, we all know prez don't care

Likely only show for photo op there

Another 1,009 the TrumpVirus claims

Wonder who today he blames

It came from China, sure..

But, our safety, he didn't insure

No response, called it a hoax

Every day, more lies he chokes

What is also crystal clear

Hoping for Russians to interfere

That is treason, cut & dry

With a firing squad he should die!

Should lock up whole family

So, never again will we see

It would be... like a rebirth

Today On Earth

Less than 30 quakes worldwide

But, pressures build if rocks don't slide

Today, Earth may seem at peace

But, soon we'll feel pressure release

Forecast: couple of cool, dry days

Before a return to heat & haze

Still got almost 4 weeks of summer

Warming world still lead drummer

If you have clear skies tonight

In southeast, a lovely sight

Saturn, Jupiter, big ole moon

Last night for Saturn, out too soon

Jupiter & Moon shown thru the haze

But, ringed world too dim to blaze

Through the thick swampy air

Really, hint of salt, I swear

Seems Laura has moved on thru

Skies clearing, woo, woo, woo

Hey, stay safe & be smart

Mask up & stay apart

Today On Earth

Another Day, Earth Still In Charge

Earth don't know, Earth don't care

What we humans are doing out there

Seen a lot at 4.55 billion years old

Still just moving hot to cold

High pressure still moving to Low

Give air a spin & watch it go!

Laura giving Arkansas a turn

Before a Kentucky & VA burn

While two more storms await

Will they be small, or maybe great

As Jimmy well penned, Tryin' to Reason

With Hurricane Season

"Squalls out on the Gulf Stream

Big storm coming soon.."

Two planets hang above rising moon

If you don't have clouds in the way

Will be lovely visual payday

Another day w/o any big shake

Our star still on a sunspot break

News is Laura & American chaos

Last 4 years, so much pain, so much loss

Can't take 4 more of this TrumpVirus

For some hope we're all desirous

Cops & militias on the rage

For civil war, setting the stage

Viral president fans the flames

Makes excuses, always blames

Still touting his viral success

With 181K  dead from his mess

Likely 6 million cases by month's end

Flatten curve, we didn't even bend..

Across my table the shadows creep

We are into this summer deep

Still got heat but there are signs

Tilted world has new designs

Tomorrow, Laura gives us a lash

Then into cooler air we will pass

But, won't last long...global warming

Records exploding should be alarming

During storm chemical plant exploded

Government inspectors all demoted

With no one watching big industry

More chemical fires we're gonna see

Another spill, another forest fire

Won't be Earth that's gonna expire

But, ain't no money made in peace

So, on "defense" contractors fleece

Ain't no money made from health

Sickness is how you grab the wealth

No money made by eating in

No money made by staying thin

No money in responsibility

So, more pollution we will see

Can't get rich paying workers well

So, unions, you can go to hell

No money made by us shopping less

Keeps us in "made in ghina" mess

Everywhere, it's all about greed

Fuels fat power junkies need

To make things better, need a plan

And, it ain't coming from a republican

So simple to slow TrumpVirus pace

Just put a mask on your face

Then we need to stay apart

But, 'Mericans ain't very smart

Say their prayers & "I believe"

But, Earth we just cannot deceive

It has rules that ALL must follow

Or your population it will hollow

Cajun dumbasses wouldn't evacuate

But, then expect help, just can't wait

Ahh, poor baby, your trailer is gone

But, we know who this is on

It's on you, it is your fault

What you watch on fox will not halt

That Earth don't care but gonna change

If you don't grow & rearrange

You're just gonna be left behind

Lookin' backward you won't find

Anyway to the past return

As onward the future does churn

Alas, this rant ain't helping me

Out on the Earth I need to be

So, stay safe & be smart

Wear a mask & stay apart

Today On Earth

🌎

Laura: 1 - Louisiana: Nil

LAURA

They thought she might get to cat 3

But, in warm Gulf, big strong 4 she be

Bayou State still being devastated

All from global warming we created

Maybe there is some Earthly karma

For location of this big bad storm'a

Louisiana is the home to oil & gas

Drilling, refining, polluting out the ass

If Earth is gonna pick a spot to hit

Texas & Louisiana would be it

Many dumbasses refused to evacuate

For help calling but will have to wait

Know, ain't no federal help coming

When strings of fear GOP is strumming

"Look what we've done, we're so great

Give us 4 more"..I think we can wait

If this is a good job, don't want to see

How really bad a bad job would be

Yet, as another storm takes a turn

Louisiana seems very slow to learn

(More stirring as I write

Hurricane season's getting right)

Now for them, want us to pray..

Why? didn't work before in anyway

Repeated denials, sign of insanity

That would be about all I see

Today, on Laura's Earth

Along Indian/Burmese border

A little 5.4 quake disorder

Otherwise, mostly around the rim

Quake numbers still looking slim

Around Puerto Rico is no stop

Just another subduction pop

🌋

Volcano list again with 14

Indonesia rules with 6 on the scene

But, only Sinabung really erupting

& Reventador w/ Ecuadorian disrupting

Otherwise, just little ash escaping

Matching humans, Earth is vaping

🌔

Moon into waxing gibbous phase

Tomorrow night it pays

Jupiter a visit, will be just below

Tonight, will Sagittarius teapot show?

Cuz, that's where the moon will be

Gotta go out if you wanna see!!

But, it will be hot & humid, too

Couple more days 'til we are thru

With the current High pressure dome

Before Laura makes VA home

Wild girl should pass thru fairly quick

In LA, life will still be sick

Today On Earth..

& for days to come..

Yesterday, 1,260 more Americans dead

Now 180K, all on prez Punk'n Head

He still smiles & he still brags

Not enough tests, too many body bags

Idiot militias in the streets with guns

From any blame, the prez still runs

Just like he ran from Vietnam

So he & dad could work slum lord scam

Here's the sad reality

That Donny just can't see

Love trumps hate!

But his sad version...wait

Love, Trump hates

Today On Earth

19th Amendment - 100 Years & Laura Explodes

100 years ago today

The vote finally came women's way

19th Amendment was ratified

After decades & centuries denied

Decades of struggle & male abuse

Now it's time for women to cut loose

Get these male pigs out of power

World could use an empathy shower

Listen, think, ponder & care

 Maybe then we'll get somewhere

Deal with a rapidly warming world

Deal with racism daily unfurled

Cops with guns but no accountability

Hard for person of color to feel free

But, got it now, better use the vote

As GOP repeats their lies by rote

But, if you're armed, fat, rich & white

Sure, everything will be alright

But, you're skin is black or brown

A racist cop's ready to take you down

Simple answer, need women elected

Then racism, war & greed rejected

19th Amendment was a game changer

Now, must remove TrumpViral danger

69 days until election

Or vote early to miss PO rejection

This I do truly know..

Punk'n Head has got to go

News reports will be inspired

To say, DonnyJohnny, "you're fired"

Today On Earth

Speaking of big, bad, strong women

TX & LA about to go swimmin'

Laura knocking on Gulf coast door

Made the jump, all the way to cat. 4

Wind, rain & a monster storm surge

As reality & global warming merge

Marco delivered rain body blow

Now Laura's ready for a knockout, whoa!

Here, a front thru with very little rain

But, at least,  humidity less of a pain

Laura may get here by Saturday

With devastation all along the way

7th storm to make US landfall

'Fore August ends, Earth's having a ball!

We add the CO2, Earth holds the heat

Flooding rains & fire storms; neat!!

2 weeks before peak of the season

Set more records, can't see a reason

To doubt there are lots more coming

Just more to add to global bumming

Dictators continue to rise to power

Yet protesters refuse to cower

Without moral leadership from USA

Attempts at democracy crumble away

Change can't get here fast enough

Having fair election will be tough

Mask up, get out & vote

Then we'll watch Donny tote

His fat ass out of White House

Then into cuffs for the louse!

Lock him up, throw away the key

No more lying tweets we see

Today On Earth

If you use technology but science deny

TrumpVirus help, give preacher a try

Or call Donny's own witch doctor

Voodoo & aliens being her proctor

2 slow days, then another 1,136 dead

USA, 5.8 million cases, 179,000 dead

180,000 Americans are dead!!

All because of the prez, Punk'n Head!!

As more families mourn & cry

Our "leader" continues to deny

Today On Earth

So, mute & ignore the GOP

A mask, so no spittle we see

Wanna stay safe, gotta be smart

Vote, Mask Up, Stay Apart

Laura: Ready To Explode

As little boy Marco fades away

Big girl Laura's looking to play

After 6 months of serious cooking

Waters in the Gulf are so looking

To let loose their excess heat

And, along comes Laura, sweet!

Now cat. 1, will she get to cat. 3

Global warming fueling her destiny

With High pressure giving a shove

Western Gulf about to get her love

While in Cali, 600+ fires rage

In Kenosha, another idiot cop on stage

7 shots into a black man's back

 3 kids in the car during the attack

As GOP convention stokes the fear

Any hint of a plan, they steer clear

Seriously, they admit they have no plan

Just re-elect our lying, slimy man

Did not watch, disbelief during recap

Got serious issues if you like their crap

Hate fueled white privilege still the goal

Leaderless America out of control

At least TrumpVirus numbers are down

But, as schools open, will be rebound:(

TDS* morons still won't wear mask

But, carry a gun, don't have to ask

Punk'n Head failures; very long list

He will soooo not be missed

Today On Earth

Bit of pressure release on display

Along plate boundaries today

Tonga, Costa Rica & African rift

Peru, off Somalia, plates adrift

Caribbean plate back to shaking

With PR & Hispaniola quaking

Sun slips back to minimum mode

But, Mars brightness about to explode

Two year chase is about done

Earth of Mars around the sun

Got a scope, get it ready

Mars views should be heady

Soon, off Earth

Until then stay safe & be smart

Mute the GOP

Wear a mask & stay apart

Today On Earth

9 Years Ago...

AFTERSHOCKS...

That's what was going on

Cuz our HS was, well, gone

9 years ago, yesterday

Mag. 5.8 shift came our way

At 1:51 in the afternoon

Craziness, was coming soon

But, not as crazy as this year

TrumpVirus still stoking fear

Then, long days, 3 per week

At least, dinner & drink I'd seek

Now 2 days, w/ virtual thrown in

Every day retired, grin & grin

And then grin.. again

And again...and again

But, we really need a leader

'Stead of traitor, liar, tweeter

Today On Earth

South of here

Weather is not clear

Marco is banging on the door

Of the Gulf coast shore

Laura is giving islands a rake

Before giving a coastal shake

Cajuns thinkin' if, not when

As storms hammer again..

And again..and again

Yet, Marco's just a little guy

But Laura, oh me, oh my

Into Gulf waters, so very hot

Major storm..she's got a shot

Just a little more

For prez to ignore

Today On Earth

While 9 years ago, aftershocks

Today, very few moving rocks

5.5 biggest on list today

No big damage underway

Today On Earth

New election day internet fright

About Earth vs. a meteorite

More fraud hoping to fear

Most likely rock will steer clear

But, only 2 meters in size

In sky, just fireball surprise

Bigger danger & a real issue

TDS* as armed militia

Threats & fear at polling station

In badly divided nation

More chaos coming soon

Steady as waxing of the moon

GOP convention, lies & fear

A plan for future, very unclear:(

World can't handle more of the same

War, greed, oppression their game

What new lies will the prez tell..

As he punches his ticket to hell..

Best to ignore that pussy ass bitch

Got our country in a deep ditch

So, you stay safe & be smart

Wear a mask, stay apart

Today On Earth

*TDS-TrumpDickSucker

Marco..Laura..Marco..Laura..

The race is on to New Orleans

Who'll be first storm on the scene

Looks like Marco'll win that race

If city survives, Laura may erase

What ever remains, we will see

In an town now below the sea

Western heat wave moving east

With our rain, a humidity beast

Out in Cali, forecast: thunderstorms

Likely to spark more fire swarms

560 fires burning, last I heard

Fed help coming, that'd be absurd

Can't fight a blaze with a tweet

Can't tweet water from the street

TrumpVirus, another 1,013 dead

Ghina born, response on his head

Prez claims if he's not the boss

Will be "Anarchy, madness & chaos"

But, that's what we have today

Only ends if Punk'n Head goes away

Like his 2016 campaign staff

Slimy jailbirds wallowing in graft

"Lock 'em up" is what we need

If we're to stop the fascist seed

That is growing fast worldwide

Our "leader" by dictator's side

Senate report reached the conclusion

With the Russians, Trump collusion

With prez's head's up Putin's ass

Another 4 years, we'll take a pass

Today On Earth

🌎

Only one quake even at 5.0

Wonder if fracking is getting slow

Crescent moon waxes on

🌒

I won't see til clouds are gone

Still haven't gotten a peak at Mars

Hangin' out among Pisces stars

🌧

From July 22 to yesterday

Almost 10" of rain came our way

Less than 1/2" in the month before

Who knows what next lies in store

Well, that storms will rage, fires burn

For TrumpVirus end we all yearn

Simple end from an easy task

Stay apart, wear a mask

Today On Earth

Seriously Muggy!

At first, seems pleasant outside today

Then you move, sweat comes to play

We are deep in the August muggies

Of course, in your face, lil' buggies

Throw in the web of a spider

So easy to be an insider

Today On Earth

Laura & Marco, a blooming threat

Gulf coast gonna get really wet

Throw in storm surge & the wind

Likely there'll be much to mend

2020, many more storms on the way

Oceans just making heat go away

Today On Earth

Virgo's Spica near crescent moon

Sunspots coming into view soon

Jupiter & Saturn beam in the SE

Mars is nearing, going red beast

Venus still morning beacon

If early rise you are seeking

Tonight Off Earth

Little quake in the Motor City

But at 3.2, just itty-bitty

Along Southern Mid-Atlantic rift

Magma oozes, 5.9 & 5.4 rock shift

East side of Philippine plate

For a quake, never long to wait

4 quakes in Texas & in Cali?

Lone star with a pre-storm rally?

At least, Alaska & Puerto Rico

Having a quake day that's slow

Today On Earth

Get out, enjoy, it's Saturday!

Into public? a mask on display

It's so easy to do your part

To stay safe, stay apart

We can make TrumpVirus go away

Let logic & science lead the way

Today On Earth!!

Laura, Meet Marco!!

Hurricane season's about to get real

Young love the Gulf is gonna feel

When Laura & Marco enter & hook up

The devastation will be beyond abrupt

Good thing our president has us ready

With help & aid that will be so steady

LOFL...

Every Gulf state, governor's a moron

"Ain't no reason to put a mask on"

"Ain't no reason to follow CDC rules"

"It'll be ok to just open the schools"

But, Earth seems to have a way

Of making the stupid pay

Another day of carnage, deaths: 1,369

With that number, the prez is fine

Prez calls it a "hoax" Senate disagrees

Russian election aid, was easy to see

Putin just poisoned another rival

Steve Bannon, another jail arrival

Another scam, build the wall fraud

Poor Donny is taking it hard:(

Ain't no wall, no repeal & replace

Just more lies told right to our face

Meanwhile, Dems put on a great show

A zillion reasons Donny's gotta go

Joe Biden cares, works to make a deal

All Donny does is use lawyers to steal

Dems offer plans & some hope

That America will no longer mope

That change can come with a leader

But, ain't no hope from current tweeter

Virginians, big date to remember

Early voting starts 18th of September

Until then, reject the lies & despair

Let's spread hope everywhere!!

Today On Earth

Another fairly slow shaky day

After 6.9, no wave is underway

Indonesia will remain semi-safe

Real issue, their rain forest strafe

Slash & burn, replant for palm oil

As onward we deal with climate roil

Here it's kinda misty & cool

Out west, that is not the rule

In heat they sizzle, fires rage on

Thousands of forest acres now gone

Iowa; little Fed derecho help coming

Now Gulf coast is gonna be bumming

Onward rages TrumpVirus pandemic

Protesters gone, racism still systemic

And, climate change ain't going away

More in our face every day...

Every day

Even..Today On Earth

Mars & Earth are getting tighter

Red planet will keep getting brighter

Rises by ten, low in the east

Pre-dawn still best eye feast

Only Moon & Venus outshine Mars

Brighter than any of the stars

Tiny crescent moon tonight in Virgo

Near Jupiter & Saturn, a week to go

Be a few days before I can see

Still as cloudy as can be

At least yesterday, we had no rain

Likely not to be today's refrain

But, deep South better be aware

For big wind & flooding rain prepare

Likely on your own to survive

With no FEMA help to arrive

Congrats to the new love birds

Laura & Marco'll have final words

As 2020 puts 2005 to shame

And, our "leader" just looks to blame

We now know that Donny the knob

Just ain't fit, for the job

Today On Earth