A Snow Dusting, Wild Wind.. Wilder Volcanoes

Almost 2 dozen volcanoes on this week's list; most going wild..some, I just noticed, have been at it for almost a century. Guatemala's Santa Maria has been in eruption mode since 1922.. Indonesia's Dukono since 1933, Italy's Stromboli since 1934; all three still getting wild in 2021! 5 others in Indonesia, adding Raung & Merapi this week, with local stay away warnings, Kamchatka the usual 5 on the list. Fuego & Pacaya join Santa Maria as the usual Guatemalan volcano trio. Sangay and Reventador are still having dozens of blasts daily in Ecuador, the usual 3 in Japan, Manam on PNG and Soufriere St. Vincent is still building a lava dome, lots of daily quakes in the West Indies. Earth, as usual, is all fired up!!

At least, no big quakes; 5.0 east of PNG, the largest on a short list today.

Here the story is the wind; the powdered sugar dusting of snow last night is mostly gone, the sun is beaming bright but the wind is howling. We are pinched between the powerful Low that brought the snow(we were just on the northern edge of the storm)and a massive High over the plains, the resultant pressure differences: wild wind, howling as I type. Glad my house in mostly in ground, mostly oblivious to a NW wind; the sun doing its solar warming job on the tirehouse, thanks Sol!

Another 4,101 Americans died yesterday from the TrumpVirus; Cali still leading the way with over 700. Even as infection numbers are trending down, deaths remain high, nationwide. The incompetence and lies of the last 4 years becoming clearer daily as the Biden team struggles to clean up the mess, self promotion not a good way to run a country. 50 different vaccination plans not working. I'm staying hunkered.

Tonight is the Full Wolf Moon, with clear skies, no leaves, it will be bright. Mars the only planet you can really see; I couldn't spot Mercury last night. Not sure if it was distant clouds, twilight or that the small, speedy world has passed it's peak relative to Earth and is now racing to pass between us and the sun, dropping lower each night. Dress warm for moon checks tonight!! Throw in a hoooooowl, it's the Wolf Moon, Today On Earth!!