August 23, 2011 @ 1:51pm life in Louisa, and on the east coast, changed. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake, SURPRISE, started our world a'shaking and for about 15 seconds we were just hanging on(most will say it was much longer...). That ended a 10 year run in that "new" building. Alternating days at the middle school, 3 1/2 years of "pods"/trailers and a new high school the ultimate outcome of that event. DeeCee was rocked and broken but here at the epicenter, it was much worse,
My old dog, Hershey, had been gone for 18 day and the guilt of that decision ended at 1:51 that day. My tirehouse sustained minor damage, it was tweaked westward, but most Roundabout/Yanceyville neighbors were far less lucky. Chimneys, walls, whole houses cracked and broke in the violent shaking.
Over the last 10 years I have never spoken to anyone that was on the east coast that day that didn't share their quake memory; we will all keep those memories even into senility.
Folks in Tennessee will remember this past Saturday when 10-17" of rain fell in a short time and reminded them all that they live on a flood plain. In a state known for denial of science and reality, likely deities will be evoked but climate change, evolution and the TrumpVirus will all continue to be another commie hoax and denied...jesus still shows no sign of intervention or help in looking for victims.
The northeast is still in the memory making process as the stalled remnants of Henri continue to dump major rain on the region. I'd be a little shocked if the rescheduled golf tourney is not pushed back another day; that storm ain't going no where.
Scotia plate shakes on, another 7.2 quake down that way today with the rest of the 5+ quakes on Earth coming from down in the Southern Ocean. The cesspool/rubble pile that is Haiti with another 4.5 aftershock today, not helping in life or cleanup(recovery long over) but is another reality reminder; it ain't voodoo, it's Earth.
Full Sturgeon moon last night formed a nice line with Jupiter (bright) and Saturn (much dimmer) although it was so muggy & buggy I did not go out for a peak (I did catch it Saturday night with the moon 'tween the two). The sun has a blast of solar wind headed our way; a Wednesday arrival could disrupt our electric Earth and a blast from near the sun's south pole, a little unusual coming from there.
A pretty typical late August week of hot & muggy is our forecast but with little chance of storms (so, there will likely be storms..).
TrumpVirus deniers continue to deny..and die but since pandemic is "over" numbers are not updated for most states on the weekend...my guess: Texass and Flowrita will still lead the way in cases, deaths and denial. Seeeeeeya, unvaxed mo-rons!!
So, at 1:51 this afternoon, think back to where you were 10 years ago, cuz I know you remember...
TODAY ON EARTH!!
My kitchen..after the quake..
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