Heat, Humidity and Spin

The members of the Louisa Secret Growth and Greed Club were out and about at Moss-Nuckols Elementary yesterday evening to try and put a positive spin on the leaked plan to buy some, to this point, unwanted forest tracts at a fine profit (still not sure for whom, other than current landowners) and develop it for unknown industrial development. Most attendees were vehemently not buying it; turning our quiet corner of the county into a industrial (waste) land. Oh, but the buffers, oh but the protections, oh, the blocking of truck traffic, people will just come, work and leave increasing our tax base, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... The battle rages on! NO LIP! (No Louisa Industrial Park)
As it does on Earth: the heat, the humidity, the chance of showers, the promise of a cold front. A weak-ish front in the Ohio valley is forecast to slide through the Old Dominion today, bringing an increased chance of storms and knock down temps for tomorrow and the weekend. The front will leave things slightly cooler, but no less humid and with a chance of afternoon showers at least through Monday. While September kicks off Saturday, it's still summer and future models are showing another hot, humid week ahead.
I've mentioned before the planet is warming...winters are shorter, summers longer, right now?? Thought I had. The very real prospect of extended drought on the East coast in coming years didn't deter the the Growth and Greed clubbers from hyping the water, still years away, from the mighty James to fuel industrial growth in Louisa County. Richmond will get their water before Louisa gets "their" water when (not if) times get tough.
The moon is not part of the evening sky show anymore, rising much later each night as it wanes, but Mars and Saturn in the east and Jupiter and Venus in the west are still glorious after we spin away from the local star. Clouds and storms may deter viewing tonight but if not, get out and check it out.
18 volcanoes on the warning list this week. Etna in Italy and Kilauea are the only non-Ring O Fire exploding mountains. Indonesia leads the list with 5, Manam on PNG has forced evacuations in nearby villages, Krakatoa and Merapi are "most watched" on Indonesia this week. Kilauea has slowed dramatically but is still oozing a little lava into the Pacific. Interesting how Etna is having Strombolian eruptions/explosions, how does Stromboli feel about that? (Rhetorical: It doesn't, it's a volcano.)
No quakes above mid-5's for a change, still 40+ quakes on the list (so far) mostly around the Pacific but the Eurasian/African collision boundary continues to be stirred up. 3.4 shake in Kansas; thanks Oklahoma (or maybe Kansas has resumed saltwater injection). The Central Va. Seismic Zone remains quiet, also quiet in industrial development talk by Growth and Greed Club. When mentioned, "Oh, I forgot about that", and so it goes, Today on Earth.
How about another little rhyme...

What a shock, my priest, a pedophile

Using your power to abuse, so vile

Cardinals and bishops look away

The pope has nothing to say

I bet that makes your little Jesus smile!