Rain..Pending

The rain, again

Cares not if we complain

So easy to explain

Moving in from 'ore the plain

Is likely not to wane

And, storms may be the bane

More rain..I was sayin'

Has wet the ground..again:)

Six quakes today hit magnitude five

Reminding us, our planet's alive

Magma pushes, plates revive

From today's, most will survive

More to follow, that's no jive..

🌞

Our star today, seems sunspot free

At least the side we can see

But, there does seem to be

Coming our way? with a new CME

A new spot, just in Earth's lee

Could blast us with solar wind debris

That will set more auroras free

Pretty lights for you & me!!

⚰

Another 948 Americans dead

From the TrumpVirus; dread

Not truth nor safety but, instead

Lies & blame from Punk'n Head

Couldn't believe a word he said

70+ million fools mislead

Now 550,000 put to bed

That's on you donny, killed 'em dead

So, get the vaccine, get the med

Well, maybe not Josh or Ted

Be nice to seeeeey'all dead

Today On Earth!!

A Warmer, Calmer Day...Pretty Nice!!

After a chilly start, it's pretty nice

Southern air, 70+ degrees will suffice

TrumpVirus death numbers are down

But, case numbers aren't coming round

Just hit 550,000 dead

That's all you, Punk'n Head

Clueless boob, the grand denier

Racist, misogynist and a liar

Quite the legacy that you leave

At your death(soon🤞)few will grieve

Millions, billions will celebrate

Donny dead, we can't wait!!

Round the Earth, which don't care

Only a few quakes out there

Down south, more wild storms on the way

Trap the heat, Earth gonna play

Gonna get wild, droughts and storms

Hang on Earthlings, your new norms

Waning Gibbous moon 🌖, so bright

Lit my house & the forest last night

Time to take a walk, a wander

Check on things and ponder

Right now, big dog with quite the snore

But, soon he'll be out the door

Chasing, sniffing, doing the digging thing

Here in Quail, Breyer is King

Get out, be safe, but complete the task

Stay apart & wear a mask 😷

Today On Earth!!

A Minor Calming...Still Spring..A Look At April

Tennessee flooding, wild, wild wind..Earth in Spring. Few shakes around but mostly sea floor, still some interesting spots, Caribbean plate remains shaky, but likely little damage. TrumpVirus deaths with usual Sunday (reporting??) lull and my take on April, Today On Earth.

April 2021 - On & Off Earth

April, once we get through any foolishness on day 1, quickly carries us much deeper into the joys and perils of spring. The eye popping yellows of early blooming forsythia and jonquils soon replaced by the eye watering yellow of tree pollen. The increasing sun angle and warmer days don’t require winter coats but do call for a layer of sunscreen. Plentiful rainfall has lawns  greening, dogwood flowers about to burst open and trees ready to use a little biochemistry to turn that ground water and extra sunlight into a rich, green forest.

The water and warmth also means mosquitoes; ticks, too, are already out looking to you or your pet for their next meal. I haven’t seen any snakes yet, nor have I had the annual bear visit, but I know both are on the April agenda.

Also, coming soon on my April agenda, a second shot of the Moderna vaccine. Though signed up early, it was actually a bit of serendipity that lead me to my first dose 3 weeks ago. I’m joined by over three million others per day, all looking to protect ourselves, our families and our friends and neighbors. The vaccine seemed only logical; there’s still a pandemic going on and I am a child of vaccination.

Born in the middle of the Baby Boom, myself and my fellow Boomers owe a good bit of our longevity and general good health to the medical miracle of vaccines. We were really the first vaccine generation. Diseases that had maimed or killed millions, Polio, Smallpox, Diphtheria and Whooping cough, simply went away in the US because of vaccines. A tetanus shot guaranteed that a scratch on the arm wouldn’t lead to death by Lock Jaw. Modern, science based medicine, with new diagnostic tools and drugs have saved millions of lives during my lifetime.

Edward Jenner’s discovery of a smallpox vaccine in 1798, Louis Pasteur’s for rabies in the late 1800’s, didn’t solve the problems completely and immediately but moved medicine in the right direction. A break through in the speed and volume of polio vaccine production in 1949 allowed me and my fellow Boomers to be vaccinated as small children and never know the killing diseases of the past. The timelines for vaccine development and production have steadily increased, setting a new but not surprising record for both speed and efficacy to battle this current pandemic.

So, I am a little perplexed as to why, in a country that wants a pill to fix what ever ails it, where we receive our TV signals from satellites in space and where we all have a powerful computer in our hand or pocket, anyone, everyone wouldn’t get a science based, well tested vaccine to return the world to safer, more normal times.

Off Earth, well beyond our satellites, the winter constellations, with Mars still amongst them, are setting earlier each night, replaced by the less flashy stars of spring. Jupiter and Saturn are the brightest “stars” in the pre-dawn sky, Venus remains hidden behind the sun until very late in the month. The Full “Pink” Moon is late on the 26th. The sun slides from Pisces into Aires on the 20th.

For the last 51 years, on April 22nd, we earthlings have stopped to remember, that while it can be perilous, Earth is our only home and still full of beauty, wonder and joy. Get out for an April  walk on your world and then do whatever small part you can to reduce the perils and increase the joys for yourself today and for generations yet to come.

No Sun Sunday..With Thunder..

The power blinked, the sky rumbled, the rain poured..and there is likely more to come as the powerful Front pushes through the area. Until then, it's just cloudy and coolish. Once it all passes later today the wind will kick up and howl..ahhh..Spring. Major flooding all across Tennessee after heavy rain yesterday from this system(must have been too wet for TrumpVirus death reporting). More flooding, localized will likely be an issue elsewhere today.

Speaking of flooding..over populated central Americans continue to flood (driven by back to back hurricanes late in the last season - more global-in your face-warming) to the US. Overpopulated Asians & Africans continue to flood toward Europe; most, frantic because they have destroyed where they are from (global warming's extremes driving the changes but overbreeding still the base problem)and are looking for handouts in less populated counties. Adapt, Migrate or Die; Earth rules easy to see in action. The easiest adaptation still ignored, have smaller families that YOU can take care of, cuz...I'm not interested in paying for your pack of kids! Quick fix: ALL US aid comes after contraception arrives..and is used..then you get aid. 

TrumpVirus deaths here still slip downward but not really, spring break idiots, air travel spreaders, maskless morons, open it up wide fools will continue to fuel the spread, drive the deaths ever skyward. Hey, let's celebrate and buy more guns, shoot 'em up, guns don't kill people, dumbasses with guns kill people. 1,000+/day from TrumpVirus, 100+/day by bullet..yea..America's a great place. But, it's worse elsewhere, Europe's 3rd wave of virus is cranking it up and Brazil and their donny the douche wanna be president are rapidly chasing down the US in TrumpVirus deaths; 3,000+/day there and still blame & denial as their prez follows donny's lead, lie and deny the winning plan.

Only one quake today over mag. 5; 5.7 off the SE coast of Japan, only 24 total on the world list. Pressures will build, release pending..Every Day on Earth.

The Moon will be directly behind the Earth this afternoon a little before 3; the Full Worm Moon. The sun, still a wild, hot star is mostly behaving, only about average solar wind streaming.

Light rain has started up here, a dog is out and I have a column to finish, basketball to watch..so much to do, Today On Earth:)

Planet's Shaky..But, Fine Here!!

After breaking records, hitting 86, the warmest air, just ahead of the front, is gone with little fanfare here but leaving a slightly cooler day; only into the 70's but we'll get by:) Another system arrives here tomorrow after likely firing up more violent storms down south today. Deny the planet is warmer and wilder, it doesn't care what you think or believe but you better be ready to deal with reality: it is warmer and storms are more extreme. That's what happens when you add heat to any system..we will continue to receive reminders.

None hit mag. 6 today but lots of shakes in the 5's planet wide. From the Adriatic Sea to north of Iceland, India, Indonesia, south of Japan and several shifts along mid-ocean ridges in the Southern Ocean. A little above average around the US from Alaska to Puerto Rico (which is part of US:) and of course, fracking issues shake on in OK and Texass. Even S. F. Dakota!

Another 1,260 Americans did not make it to today, TrumpVirus stupidity continues all across the US. If you opened too early, your death tolls are rising; who ya gonna blame now TDS*, it ain't ever your fault. With 75K new cases, we are not plateauing, we are rising again, aiding viral evolution as best we can, drifting paddle free down Da Nile!!

I'm sure the next inbred, basement living sociopath is shopping for his weapon of mass destruction TODAY!! "guns don't kill people, people do" and women you rape were asking for it. Overpopulation, driven by bad, unplanned parenting the reason, plain and simple. Background checks and a license for parents would cut down on the need for checks to buy a gun.. We need moms and dads not whores and sperm donors..if that offends single moms and absent dads, good!! It should, people plan more for a puppy (sometimes) or a new paint color than they do for a child.

And, getting rid of capital punishment..we need to use it more. The gunmen in Colorado and Atlanta should already be dead, perhaps their parents and siblings, too. Real consequences get quick result, kill someone; ya die, armed robbery; ya die, rape; ya die, treason; ya die, insider trading; (especially for congress)ya die, kill or injure someone as a drunk driver; seeeeeeya!!

With 7.8 billion people on Earth there is just no room for people that have no respect for the personal safety and rights and property of fellow humans. Lot of generational debris needs to be cleaned up, got five kids, we don't want you here, go ask the pope for help, he's the real problem. Overbreeding leading to poverty and hopelessness on Earth is his bread and butter..just pray your trouble away and wait for heaven, sell me your soul, then go beg at the border.

Woooo, that felt good!!

Moon still one day away from Full, the Worm moon (ask a robin why..). Spring breeding season in full swing all across the northern hemisphere (don't be part of that breeding unless you and your partner are ready to feed, clothe, house, diaper and teach that child to read..can't do that without government help, you aren't ready to have a child!!), peepers are peeping on and maples are bursting, jonquils popping, other plants ready to go!!

Stay safe, be smart, mask on vaccine in and stay apart, Today On Earth!!

*TDS - TrumpDickSucker

Warm & Breezy With Tornado Carnage!!

The weather guys got it right, TORNADOES! Ripped through the south yesterday, Alabama taking it hardest..tornadoes seem to know where the trailers are!! Seems at least 5 dead, major destruction, one twister almost a mile wide and went for quite the lengthy tour. The center of that whole mess is well to our north but the pressure gradient between it and the High pushing it away are creating a windy Friday. Not too bad here, we'll hold off on judgement, with the temps pushing into the 80's today, the big wilding may be yet to come. It's already 75 out and feels fine!!

Big ole (relatively) shake, 5.8, on the sea floor on the eastern edge of the Caribbean plate today with 4.9 aftershock and other shakes in the area. Volcano stirring just to the south, thousands of quakes around Puerto Rico over last few years..something is brewing in paradise..well, maybe just the tropics, paradise might be a reach, it is mostly the 3rd world. Elsewhere, a pretty low key quake day.

2 dozen volcanoes on the week's list does remind us the lull in quakes is just that, a lull. Ground & rock has to be breaking and moving for all that magma to get through; it's a shifty planet.

Vaccinations are ongoing, and getting into more arms (lots of hypocrites seem to be getting the shot..:) but case numbers and deaths, after a very short lull are rising again; almost 70K new cases and another 1,270 Americans did not make it to today. The TrumpVirus spreads on and I'm not surprised with number of folks I saw out eating and drinking yesterday..it was Thursday, right..at Blue Mountain brewery in Nelson County. Mask were worn, tables spread but you can't eat or drink with a mask on..so..we'll see if my one shot (65% protection???) and luck holds out. A big brown dog had himself a fun day, although he's not thrilled about a leash... Great to see old friends, especially one that really needed to get out. Tough to stay in with Spring springing!!

The GeoTrio

Out nearby star has calmed a bit, no big blasts headed our way. The Moon, two days from Full will be bright tonight!!

The birds that were chowing down on my feeders seem to have...well..I don't know what they have done but the feeders still have seed in them from yesterday. Only a couple of birds out there now, usually it was dozens. Perhaps, nests to build and the protein supply has improved with worms crawling and bugs suddenly filling (seems that way if you stop outside) the air; not a joy of Spring. A big gust just moved the entire forest, no leaves, it's easy to see branches swaying.

And, no doubt, branches will be falling, heads-up awareness will be needed, Today On Earth!

Foggy Here, Volcanoes, Tornadoes There..Earth

After yesterday's rain, dense fog reigns here but, I can here traffic on I-64 so southern wind and warm is coming, fog will be going. A serious mess in the deep south today with tornado chances/warnings at the highest level; thinking... there will be tornadoes. Today will be the peak for disaster, by tomorrow the system will still be rowdy and troublesome but with much less risk than today. Rain from that system will graze us tonight into the morning tomorrow before a fine Saturday; more rain Sunday.

Two dozen mountains are blasting or oozing on the big planet, 3 suddenly up in the Aleutians, Mezo-America still wild and blasting, Indonesia, of course, Hawai'i, Etna, the Caribbean and new and still oozing, Iceland. Keep your airplanes away!!

Quakes are not a big issue anywhere, yes, there are quakes but only 2 register above 5 and they are waaaaay down in the S. Pacific. Colombia and around the Caribbean plate a little shaky.

Blast from the sun did graze Earth and jazzed up the ground with a little electricity, sky with auroras in Lapland, moon waxes on, brighter and brighter.

TrumpVirus cases and deaths in US both with a big jump yesterday, 79K new cases and almost 1,600 dead. Throw in the 100+ dead(our steady, daily average here in gun central, thanks NRA) from a bullet yesterday and it's just another not so great day in America.

Now, it's time for me to get a dog out for a stroll, then loaded and off on a little road trip to the Blue Ridge, mountains and breweries!! Working, safely, back to semi-normal, Today On Earth!!

Oh No, Another Low!

You have to give this Low some credit, it is persistent(2 months from now it would likely be a hurricane)!! Still parked and spinning off the SE coast and today actually flinging moisture our way, not much but enough to make it a yucky day!! Not real cold but still yucky!! Nothing falling right now and about 0.1" is it but the yuck factor remains.

I failed to complement the wankers down under yesterday..Australia is deep, deep, deep under water this year with major flooding in regions that at this time last year were on fire. Still they mine, burn and export coal and deny the "in their own face" reality of a warming, wilding planet. Nice job, you are truly wankers!! Way to prove that even on the under populated, mostly water covered half of the planet you can still play a big, greedy role in making this once lovely planet uninhabitable for humans..and many other species. And, you're so thoughtful in letting the destruction begin at home, hope ya know how to swim, ya wankers!! Maybe save a little of that flood water for the next round of fires..or teach your out of control, imported rabbit population to lend a hand. Just shows what a penal colony can do to destroy a fragile world and its indigenous people, no doubt building on Georgia's penal colony success in racist greed and white privilege!!

Only one quake in the 5's today, 5.4 in western China, they no doubt will blame the muslims they have herded into re-education camps or deny the quake happened. West Texass leads the US in quakes (and denial) today, frack on you slimy oilers!! OK's still shaky, too.

The volcano 🌋 in Iceland (every day it seems to have a different name, all unpronounceable), after an 800 year break(or 600 years or 6,000, that seems to change daily, too), is still oozing and fountaining lava and studies of past flows seem to indicate eruptions last for about 100 years, kinda like a European war or US pandemic. New land added to the island, yes, global cooling, probably not but we'll see just how long it last and how wild it gets.

Still under 1,000 TrumpVirus deaths in the US yesterday, 7 day average right at 1,000/day but like the holiday and super bowl surges, many, that have been right in the past, fear a spring break and idiot republicans opening too soon surge is coming, and soon. Americans are sooooo stupid, gullible; still convinced if it's on their phone, it must be true...really, you trust facebook's head weirdo Zuck-it-burger...would you invite him to your house? If so, don't invite (evite) me!! Strange dude, only way he could get people to talk to him was on line...in person, waaaaaaay too creeper!!

The blast predicted from the sun, seems to have missed or slowed or weakened lowering aurora chances up north. We'll see if it actually does clear later (that's the forecast) and the brightening moon and winter stars and Mars are visible tonight; if no clouds it will be bright. With potential for tornadoes in the south, winter-like storminess to the north and rain here, be ready for anything, Today On Earth.

Ohhhh..It's Not Sunday??

Ahhh..The joys of retirement..after basketball on TV last night, I guess that's the reason, I woke up ready to watch Sunday morning news shows..only to realize, it's Tuesday! I would have been late for work, but, of course, it doesn't matter, I'M RETIRED!!!

On the rest of Earth, it is Tuesday and it seems Iceland has a new tourist attraction, lava watching. Mid-ocean ridges, for the most part, ooze basaltic lava and it doesn't explode, for the most part, just ooze and such is the case in Iceland. There are other volcanoes on the island that are quite explosive, likely hot spot related and a different source rock.

A 5.3 quake far north of Iceland and other recent quakes would suggest that the rift/boundary/MOR  separating the Eurasian and North American plates remains active. Elsewhere on the big shifty planet, 5.0 is the largest quake today, but, there were several at that magnitude. West Texas and Oklahoma's shakes continue, denied by big oil, but directly related to salt water injection deep into old rock formations. Salt water the main product brought to the surface as a result of rock exploding fracking techniques. There's gas and some oil, too and our addiction to that stuff means any way you can get at it, is ok in OK and just fine in Texass.  Open up the state and open up the Earth, who cares if a few thousand more die and Earth will become uninhabitable for future generations of humans...we made lots of money, today!!

TrumpVirus deaths and cases continue to slide, although there are hints of another surge in some numbers; less than a thousand deaths 3 days in a row. Texass and Cali the only states with over a hundred dead per day. Spring break idiots returning from the viral hotspot that is Florida will fuel the next surge, killing who knows how many of their parents or grandparents, maybe they'll get a trophy for that. This generation has gotten a trophy for everything else; bet there's an app for that!

donny the douche is going to launch his own social media site..Shitter, maybe? Fallon with great joke, but it may actually be correct; any thing on donny's site that is actually factual will be flagged. I'm sure his proud boy followers are waiting to sign on, those that are not in jail for treason and insurrection:) Sorry donny, you're just not quite relevant any more, if 70 million people say a stupid thing..still a stupid thing!

In actual Earth news, the Low off the SE coast persists, today flinging its clouds far enough inland to block most sunshine here, a cooler, damper day. A tongue of the High pressure still to our north is still wedging its way south slowing the storm roiling on the Plains but the two Lows will win out and we will be socked in with clouds and occasional showers until Saturday, ohh fun!! As the Low arrives from the west it will bring much warmer temps with it, swampy times!!

Auroras, fueled by a combo of equinox phenomenon and a big solar CME continue to dazzle far northern and southern skies. The moon waxes on and Mars and Aldebaran sneak closer. Clear skies, check it out!!

But, stay safe, be smart, mask on, vaccine in, stay apart...Today On Earth.

I know my neighbor is seriously bummed but I thoroughly enjoyed watching USC crush/annihilate/embarrass/destroy Kansas last night, go Trojans!! Jayhawks, always overrated, you suck!!

Iceland: Fire & Ice Indeed

Sometimes the Earth sends out warnings of impending danger, sometimes not. Iceland got the warnings, likely heeded them and their cracks in the ground have become volcanic vents, oozing hot lava. Yes, it is Ice Land and with winter just ending there will be ice melting, lava wins!! (Greenland was named as a real estate scam, Iceland, they got right.) How long will the eruption last, how much lava will flow, how much damage will be done (on Iceland and to Earth's atmosphere)? Only Earth knows and it's not telling us, in a way we understand, yet..

Iceland is only an island and not just a seafloor crack along a divergent boundary, a mid-ocean ridge, between the Eurasian and North American plates because there is also an aptly named Hot Spot underneath it; an extra source of magma. There is a Hot Spot under Hawai'i, get the Hot Spot picture? Why and what exactly are Hot Spots? We know where most of them are just not the what exactly is going on there. Hypothesis abound, theories, we're not there yet.

No lava here, just another gorgeous spring day. Massive High pressure now off New England and a persistent Low off the Carolinas are funneling coolish air off the Atlantic our way; way cooler and cloudy in Va coastal regions than here, well inland. Those two system will continue to slow the progress of the storm hammering the middle of the country until later in the week. Tomorrow is looking like a carbon copy of today before the changes begin as both the Carolina and Plains storms slide our way. Spring and change!!

Only Colombia and near New Zealand reached shake strengths above mag. 5 today and just barely. Other than the, now, normal Ok & Tex fracking quakes a very average, calmish day of quakes.

The cosmic debris from a CME (coronal mass ejection), complements of our star, will graze Earth in a couple of days keeping the auroras glowing in the far north and south lands. The moon's waxing brightness will build all week with the Full Pink moon Sunday, pushing the pagan based date for the Easter celebration back a week into early April. Ahhh, the early christian hypocrisy, kill the pagan leaders but keep their calendar to sway their adherents your way. Some hypocrisies never change!! Enjoy the moonshine this week and keep watching Mars and Aldebaran dance even closer...and stay safe out there, Today On Earth!!

Springing Ahead..Kinda..

It's looking & feeling more like spring

Still not quite ready for a wild fling

But, plenty are, don't seem to care

That TrumpVirus is still out there

Physical & mental sickness he spread

Spread his hate & over half million dead

Republican sycophants in denial

More than happy to cage a child

OK with shooting Asians & insurrection

Think only whites should vote in election

Still denying the good of a simple task

When in public, wear a mask!!

Know what else doesn't care

Planet Earth is completely unaware

Of our puny human plight

Of our whining, "it's my right"

Every life form with daily struggles

Amoebas, birds, wizards & muggles

Only thing for certain we know

Ya get one life & then ya go..

But, when you're gone Earth will shake

Storms will storm, trees will break

Volcanoes will continue to blast

Wild changes just like in the past

Like today, Ring O Fire subduction

Every quake causing Pacific reduction

Solar wind will still stream

Sending wild colors, aurora's beam

Seen at both North & South pole

That is how the Earth does roll

Gorgeous: Moon, Aldebaran & Mars

Still quite brilliant, winter stars

High pressure, air is very dry

So, cold start but warm by & by

Temp already jumped 30 degrees

Got the sap rising up the trees

Serious green just few days away

Time to get out for some play

Safely..vaccinated with a mask

It's not too much to ask..

Today we are at First Quarter Moon

It will rise an hour after noon

Today On Earth..

Give a dog a chunk of wood

That dog is good..

A Shaky Start To Spring

The sun crossed over the equator at 5:37 EDT this morning beginning spring in the northern hemisphere and fall down under. At about the same time, a magnitude 7.0 quake was slipping and sliding rock just off the north coast of Japan. That's 10 years and 9 days after a 9.0 quake hammered the country with a tsunami killing 22K and a month and a few days after another 7+ quake in about the same spot. Shaky times and they know that there..but, sometimes Earth is just too much.

Several other good shakes today; along the northern Mid-Atlantic ridge at 5.8, 6.2 off Antarctica along another mid-ocean ridge, just now in Indonesia and several still north of New Zealand well into the mag. 5's. Is the sun's gravity, centered perfectly over Earth tugging so evenly it's stirring quakes? Not a hypothesis, conspiracy theory, just a thought and certainly tough to test..just a ponderable snippet from my brain.. It's Saturday and maybe I watched tooooo much bball yesterday.. Whoa, since I typed this, more 5+ quakes in W. China and S. Kamchatka..shaky times indeed!!

Big time High pressure rules the east (30.53" right now, that's high pressure) so skies are clear but with air from the north, it's cool. Gradual warming as the week progresses before the storm now raining and snowing in the far NW of the US makes it's way here later next week. Spring is arriving, sun angle and daylight's length will not be denied.

Those clear skies revealed quite the sky show last night; the thick crescent moon with earthshine easily visible parked right above the red twins, Mars and Aldebaran, gorgeous! Will be nice tonight as well!!

Another 1,517 American died from TrumpVirus yesterday (although 348 seems a bit high even for Ohio..maybe a week's deaths, unreported..who knows, they voted for donny the douche twice so probably think masks are for sissies and commies, die on TDS* just stay away from me), Cali and Taxus still leading the way..well, Ohio??? Texican deaths slowly catching the former leader but still second, NY (poor Andy Cuomo, everybody picking on him for being a viral death liar and serious male pig, poor baby..).

Two bird feeders, again, empty. Feathered feast rages on. Time to get a dog and hope there is some English Premier league football on (the real football, where you use your feet, skill and speed over brute strength). Happy Spring, stay safe, be smart, mask on, vaccine in but still, stay apart, Today On Earth.

Finally, The Sun...And, Wild Wind...And, B'Ball!!

After dropping, drizzling, misting and fogging about an inch of rain the latest storm is sliding off the coast and the sun is warming the tirehouse. The proximity of a big High to the storm's Low is creating quite the pressure difference and we've got wind; always stirring, often howling. It's loud, howling..not tornado loud (fortunately I have no first hand experience with that noise level) but still loud, almost constantly loud!! The sun does not care, it will beam through calm or wild air and for a lovely change, it is beaming.

China's Himalaya foothills/mountains were rattled today with a 5.7 quake and the west Taxus fracking zone is shaking but otherwise the planet has no big quake issues. Aftershocks off Kamchatka, Solomon Isles and Algeria, rock shifts in MezoAmerica, it's mostly the usual suspects.

The thick crescent moon should brighten the early evening sky tonight, perched above the head of Taurus forming a triangle with Aldebaran and Mars, should be lovely!! It'll just be nice to see the night sky!!

1,558 Americans will not be seeing anything any more, killed by the TrumpVirus which continues to spread from self-centered dumbasses that use science every day but deny it's usefulness..I mentioned dumbasses and their leader, donny the punk'n head douche, "I ain't wearing no mask, I ain't getting no vaccine, shot of bleach do me just fine, dating my cousin, we keep it in the family...yea, supersize that, honey". Lot of mo-rons out there!! Avoid them as best you can, although they are everywhere!! Cali & Texico still lead the death by TrumpVirus list, open 'er up Loon Star State!!

NCAA basketball tourney just started, lot of asses will be parked this weekend, eyes glued to the screen. Sadly, how many will lose money (millions?? billions??) gambling from the comfort of their couch on their phone. How do you know you have a gambling problem? If you have a gambling app on your phone, you have a gambling problem!! 

Stay safe out there, enjoy the March madness, in moderation and if going out (and I wouldn't) put a mask on your face, don't become a statistic, Today On Earth!!

Another Wild Day On The Planet..

Shakes, eruptions, tornadoes & snow

Another wild day on The Earth Show

6.0 quake off the Algerian coast

Iceland about to get a lava roast

Tornados ripped thru south yesterday

Now that mess is headed our way

Cool & damp with drizzle right now

Warm air's arrival..perhaps a big POW

T'storms, hail, perhaps a tornado

Time will tell which way it'll all go

Ring O Fire is blasting & oozing

Pacific subduction, magma is cruising

Iceland's rift zone is cracking apart

But, just when will the lava flow start

Popo, Pacaya, San Cristobal, Momotombo

Mezo-America is putting on eruption show

Indonesia's big 5, Kamchatka's blasting 3

2 each in Japan, Aleutians and on PNG

Of course, Etna's still blasting away

Philippine's Taal is looking to play

Hawai'i's Kilauea, Ecuador's Sangay

Former just oozing, latter blasting away

Indonesia also shaking, Kamchatka, too

Latter, aftershocks, other, seems new

Here in America, another 1,177 dead

Want credit, that's on you, Punk'n Head

Donny's upset Joe won't mention his name

Except when it comes time to blame

fox: donny needs credit for the vaccine

Forgetting 1/2 million deaths we've seen

Country's improving, moving toward fine

Nothing fake foxers can do but just whine

Country in need of help & relief

donny just whined his personal grief

But, now with hope & cash on the way

America's more positive every day

We survived 4 years of donny's latest con

80+ million said, you're fired, you're gone

Time for a walk, 'fore the next storm

It's wild, it's Earth, it is the norm

Today On Earth

Irish Weather For Irish Day

Another 1,245

Americans are not alive

TrumpVirus took them down

No more shopping on the town

Texas lead with deaths today

Dumbasses won't hide their face away

California & the sunshine state

Wanna die, not long to wait

Lots of moron wandering free

Couldn't care less 'bout you or me

Still believe donny the douche bag

All with stunted brains, guts that sag

VA not exactly kicking butt

10,000+ families sick in the gut

Makes ya feel gloomy, like today

Clouds won't seem to go away

Got no rain, just cold & damp

S. Plains, storm's set up camp

Forecast calls for tornadoes

In a trailer, away you goes

Rain & wild gets here tomorrow

With a long trail of sorrow

In Atlanta, 8 shot dead

By chinless, inbred looking kid

My guess, following donny's lead

Blame someone else cuz you're a dickweed

Big ole quake up Kamchatka way

But, no tsunami stirred up today

And, a 4.5 in W. Taxus fracking zone

Big oil won't leave the Earth alone

Suck the oil, dump the waste

Earth giving back a little taste

We got no idea what's in store

If the planet we just ignore

Just like donny, Earth don't care

What we humans do out there

My big brown dog just back home

After his daily, morning roam

My poem's in green, St. Paddy's Day

Say he drove the snakes away

I am not an Irish fan

Fight over religion, not a good plan

Whiny music, overbreeding, believe a pope

Seem to think they're special, I say..nope

In a church where many/most priests are gay

Think the pope would think that's ok

But, showed his evil again yesterday

Gay marriage still a big sin, no play!!

Just another reminder, yo

Religion is just a male power show

We oppress women, but send us the money

We'll keep wearing these hats, looking funny

So no green beer or whiskey for me

Not be going out to see

Who is out, partying on the scene

Still trying to stay trumpvirus clean

And, unlikely I'll be wearing green..

Time to bundle up, take a walk

Dog is snoring, but hears if I talk

So, no corned beef & cabbage here

And, one type of potato, the message is clear

If you overbreed and over drink

You're not as clever or "lucky" as you think

And, for what it's worth

Stay safe & mask up

Today On Earth!!

A Rather Raw Day..

A spritzing of sleet and then a touch of rain, maybe 0.05", last night is gone, hanging down in the Carolinas, but the clouds and cold remain and will into tomorrow. The monster ravaging the central US arrives here Thursday, somewhat weakened by its hammering of the midlands but a rain maker and still potential for wildness, worse likely to the south.

While the central US, that starts at Denver, digs out from the blizzard and farther south they clean up tornado damage China is shrouded in dust. The loess plateau in western China on it's annual spring fling. Loess is fine, glacially ground rock(for Earth we are still in an ice age, the last advance and rock grinding not that long ago..for Earth), think talcum powder, yellow in color and as the glaciers last retreated it blew south into China (and other places...the plains..) and covered/filled in the landscape. Every spring, as the dry winds roll down from the north, battling the southern breezes, they pick up the loess, freed by poor agricultural practices in a grossly over crowded country and fly all about. Beijing, residents often trapped indoors by pollution from poor industrial practices adds the fine yellow dust to the lungs of its waaaaay too many people. China continues to devastate its own country and spread the evil and devastation around the world..an evil not likely to subside any time soon...seeeeeeya at the next famine or viral pandemic!!

The planet is giving earthlings a minor quake break today, 5.3 the biggest and the usual 'round the Ring spots with an occasional outlier.

Upper atmosphere streaks and colors continue in the far north, the moon and Mars and stars are out there but will remain out of my sight until...who knows, tomorrow, the weekend..

Why the bird seed glomming is slow today, I don't know. Normally they have eaten down both feeders by now but both are still half full; nest building? a hawk in the vicinity? Don't know..and my big dog seems to be in a recovery day after several days of romp, eyeing me but still prone.

TrumpVirus deaths and cases continue to slide; Joe and his competent team have administered over 100,000 shots already, far ahead of the 100 day deadline. $1,400 checks are going out, I'd be willing to bet that no TDS* are sending their's back, denying it's existence. Capital crashers continue to be rounded up and jailed; sweet!! And, the drama level in the USA is waaaaaay down, not much to whine about but the fake news crew on the fox still do...Dr Seuss and Mr. Potato head their latest, racist/sexist rants. No Rush, no donny all a'twitter, no one to get them all bent and angry, still they are, still unwilling to look in the mirror and admit that their problems are their problems, all self made but still their only game, deny and blame, Today On Earth.

The Ides Of March..Beware..Take Care!!

Caesar, obviously, did not heed the warning..cost him..Brutus wouldn't wear a mask either so..either way..seeeeeya Caesar!!

Our protector here today is a huge wedge of chilly High pressure centered over Ontario but slowing the progress of the latest winter storm; so it's slow crawling through the plains with a fun mix of blizzards and tornadoes. Dry conditions have parts of New Jersey on fire; it's a wild planet and will continue to react to our abuse..the planet doesn't care..but, it will react, adjust, always seeking equilibrium. Sun and cool today but the breeze and cirrus increasing signal a change, sprinkles early tomorrow. The bigger event will be Thursday into Friday here, rain and if there's some sun before and warming a shot at some t'storms.

TrumpVirus death numbers are way down from yesterday; my guess that's from a Sunday reporting lag rather than a dramatic drop. Numbers continue down but not that much; many state reporting no deaths and I know those states had them, they always do.

Nice to see an 65 year old, idiot Texican woman wrestled to the ground and handcuffed for entering a bank (then being a bitch) without a mask (there is irony there...). Your dumbass governor can say it's ok to show your fat white faces but a private business is still a private business and if they don't want to see your old face, to protect their customers and staff, put on a mask! Sure, take it off to service donny the douche but in our bank cover your wrinkled face!!

Earthquake numbers are way down today, only one on the planet even into the 5's. Kansas does continue to shake, not big but noticeable..

If you are going to frack

Then dump salt water down the crack

Earth is gonna get ya back

Adjust & shake from your rude attack

But, it is the heartland of the USA, and hydrocarbon greed rules...

In out solar system the sun rules (we are extracting and burning old, stored sunlight, we're just too greedy to use what the sun sends to Earth today, esso not perfecting solar taxation yet) and the solar wind continues to zap the upper atmosphere, ionizing particles that release light when settling back to normal energy levels - auroras. As far south as northern US, they are lovely but who wants to go that far north..:) Sans clouds, a tiny crescent moon might be visible in the west this evening, don't think we'll have clear skies here. But, we do now so it's time to track down a big ole fun loving dog and go for a stroll and a sunny but cool Ides of March. Stay safe out there, Today On Earth!!

A Good Day For Some Pi...And Evening Light!!

3/14...3.14...March 14 - It's Pi Day!! Maybe get yourself a slice and enjoy the day!!

Pi Day is shaping up to be quite fine here in Va.; much less so in the heartland where another monster winter storm rages. Big snow totals on the back, cold side and tornadoes yesterday with more expected today on the leading edge as the cold crashes into the warm. Summer hurricanes or winter blizzards, it doesn't seem to matter when, the wildness on Earth continues to grow, extreme the new normal. Science deniers, throw your phone away and hunker on down in you hovel, you are both a moron and an idiot.

The shakes continue on Earth, Iceland rocked again, SW Pacific still adjusting, S. Sandwich Isles always on the move and Iran all shook up, Greece shakes on. Off Puerto Rico seafloor still on the move and Kansas with some noticeable shakes today..fracking??

Auroras were seen in the northern tier of the US recently, the solar wind streaming from our star remains steady, roiling and energizing our upper atmosphere. Winter constellations still with quite the show last night but the stars of Spring are rising earlier and earlier. The waxing crescent moon will join the show as the week progresses.

Another 1,846 Americans killed by the TrumpVirus yesterday; over a 1,000 of those in California..sure, open it up LA. Texas remains a strong second, in deaths anyway, stupidity from officials, the Loon Star state still rules but with plenty of competition from NY and Fla..maybe put on some high heels and grope yourself and see how it feels Andrew..from star to loser in a flash, maybe he should move from governors mansion to a retirement home...see if it even gets reported. But, the sad double standard, that the former pretend president was actually raping women and his mo-ron supporters are just fine with that. 

Racism & misogyny our only plan

We are white, we are republican

Today is also the kick off for Daylight Saving Time, an hour of light from the morning moved to the evening; light 'til 7:30 tonight!! Wooooooo!!!!

But...stay safe, be smart, mask on, shot in but still stay apart!!!  Today On Earth!!

Just got a turkey grazing report from a neighbor, peepers are peeping, gobblers are gobbling, Spring time, every creature looking to get busy:)

That Was A Real Shot In The Arm!!

A little drive, zero hassle, zero wait and today my arm ain't feeling too great; but my attitude is much better. First Moderna shot yesterday, serendipity for me while millions still wait but at a couple of million shots per day, things are improving, Way to go Joe, competence is so nice! Sadly, another 1,707 Americans lost their life to the TrumpVirus yesterday, newly opened Taxus leading the killing charge..nice job Greggy! 532,000+ dead, so far, nice legacy donny!! You can lie, you can deny, but half a million here and millions more worldwide all trace back to your (and therefore USA's) lack of leadership, your lies, your selfishness and stupidity..cuz as Rex said, you're a f...ing moron.

Heard an ongoing nightmare TrumpVirus story yesterday, long time family friend in and out (too early, again and again) of crowded hospitals and clinging to life..all because some trumpdicksucking idiot wouldn't put a mask on their fat white face and spread the virus, so sad the rampant stupidity in the country!!

Clouds and cooler here today but rain stays to the south; latest monster storm dumping snow on the backside and spawning tornadoes on leading edge as cold and warm air clash in the middle of the country today. A northerly track will spare us the major damage but we'll get the cool Monday. March, marches wildly on!!

Above average earthquakes, again; Earth shakes on, N. of New Zealand and Philippine/Indonesia region with lots today but nothing hitting mag. 6. Usual, round the rim shaking and shifting.

Sun with one spot, small and moon passed between Earth and our star earlier today, it's New!! Will have some cool pairings with Mars, Aldebaran, Subaru this coming week, but not till late cuz tonight we steal an hour of sunshine from the morning and stick it onto the evening. Day Light Saving time begins at 2:00am; summer mindset begins, get out and stay out, Today On Earth!!

Change On The Way...Always

Our delightful warm spell is winding down, sprinkles already with perhaps a little more later and then the front comes through and cools us for the weekend. Much bigger storm will slide by to the north Monday, perhaps a little more rain here but much cooler, that nastiness out west today but for much of northern US in days ahead.

Big ole quake just rocked Greece..sure that's a mess. Lots of aftershocks and quakes north of New Zealand around to PNG as well as shifting around rest of the Pacific Subduction Ring...Earth...what ya gonna do.

What I'm gonna do is get a first shot in the arm noonish TODAY..not interested in passing away..like another 1,500+ Americans did yesterday. And, I didn't listen to Joe last night...cuz I know he's got this..unlike previous lying bozo still pretending he has anything to do with improvements rushing our way.

New Moon tomorrow, clouds today, seems sunspots not going away..but, no big issues there.

Stay safe, be smart, mask on, shot in, still..stay apart..Today On Earth!!

Nice sunset last night..need clouds for color..

Cold/Warm, Shakes & Blasts - Earth Rules!!

While the eastern US basks in the warmth of mid-spring, winter-like temps chill the western half of the country; the stark line, a cold front heading out way. Another day or so of the warmth before clouds thicken, not much rain forecast, and we get a cool weekend and a cold start to next week. With the Spring Equinox just 9 days out, the sun is too direct for the cold to last for long. The last few days have been a much needed delight.

In addition to Kilauea's stirring lava lake, Hawai'i's smaller island, Oahu has just receive almost a foot and a half of rain, major flood issues in paradise. Kentucky is still drying out, Virginia now so dry that NO BURN orders are in place with major fire dangers: warm, dry air & windy...yet, some cig puffing, TDS* mo-ron is throwing a still burning butt out their pickup window right now, guaranteed!! At least, they ain't listening to Rush...minor victories.

More & more aftershocks in the 4 & 5 magnitudes on the Aussie/Pacific plate boundary north of New Zealand. Philippines, PNG and S. Sandwich Isles all with 5+ quakes today but likely few issues with those.

Bigger concerns on the Philippines, Luzon in particular, increased seismicity from both Pinatubo and Taal volcanoes; one island, two volcanoes..of course, it is a volcano made island.. Residents be wary!!

Etna, Pacaya and Sangay are all still blasting away, lava fountains, ash and hot rock bombs threatening nearby towns. All 5 volcanoes on the list this week in Indonesia are getting pretty wild; Kamchatka blasters blast on and Veniaminof, nearby in the Aleutians is stirring back to life. The Sulfur Mine Mountain on St. Vincent continues to slowly bulge up a magma blister. Southern Japan has 3 islands that grow on, ash and lava added daily. Earth, getting busy, letting out the heat!!

Another 1,477 Americans succumb to the TrumpVirus yesterday, not even news anymore yet another 1,477 families into mourning. All the result of inaction, lies and zero leadership from the narcissist douche that played president for 4 tragic years and the unwillingness of his TDS* followers/believers to take the simplest of preventative measures, wear a mask, stay apart. We are closing in on 30 million people infected and 530,000 Americans dead..And it's all on you donny, all your fault!! 

Joe's goal of 100 million vaccines in his first 100 days will be easily met, only at 50 days and already 70+ million shots into arms, I intend to be one more tomorrow. 2nd goal: financial help to long suffering Americans, passed; without one idiot republican even though they were more than happy to give 2 trillion to the richest Americans, the biggest corporations at a time when Obama and Biden had the economy running strong after the last republican give away and financial mess.

Got no clue, got no shame

Tell more lies, sling more blame

Racist pigs with no plan

You're damn sure a republican

Enjoy one more day of sunny warmth Virginia..change is always coming, and stay safe, Today On Earth!!

*TDS -TrumpDickSucker

Lookin' Like A Nice Day For..Golf

Temps are climbing, no real big shakes

Gonna walk a dog and do what it takes

Our air's coming from a southern source

Think it's time to get out to the course

Hit a small ball with a club

🏌

Keep head down, try not to flub

Hope you can get out, too

Lovely Wednesday shining through

Today On Earth

Warmer Days A'Coming..And, A Shot!!!

A couple of calls

A little serendipity

And very soon

A shot coming for me!!

Gonna have to go on a little drive

But, that just fine

I'd like to stay alive

For a year, TrumpVirus all the rage

But, it's looking like

We'll soon be turning that page

Donny's gone, traitor pals locked up

Big stimulus was passed

Big help should be abrupt

75+% of Americans good with the plan

But not even one vote

From any pouting republican

Sure sucks, don't it Mitch

To be in the minority

Ya spineless, pussy ass bitch!!

Meanwhile...around the big planet, we got major flooding going on in Kentucky and more issues with water in Hawai'i and some in Jackson MS are still dealing with low pressure and boil orders. Here, we are quickly drying out. Big High has moved far enough east that we are on the southern side of the circulation and it's already 62 after dipping to freezing early this morning. We appear to have a run of 70's coming..WOOOOOOOO!!

Virginia continues the sad run of TrumpVirus deaths; third again behind the killing leaders, California & Taxus. Cases and deaths in steep decline, I hope that holds but with moron governors opening their states and warm weather..I fear another surge is coming, stay safe, be smart, wear that mask and stay apart!!

Earthquake numbers are finally into a more normal range; SW Pacific aftershocks rumble on but are less frequent and smaller in magnitude. Just a few of those adjustment quakes into the low mag. 5's.

A new, bigger?? sunspot is rotating into view from Earth, the new solar cycle continues to build. Moon wanes on, a rapidly shrinking crescent low in the east predawn; it's New on Saturday. Mars and Aldebaran sneak closer and close to each other, gorgeous high in the SW in the early evening.

Here at the tirehouse, the birds continue to glom at the feeders; almost emptied both tubes already. My inside plants loving life, blooming and growing, more small bell peppers coming in the second round of production...my basil didn't make it though...not sure what happened there; I've got more seed. My 20+ year old poinsettia is busting out the red leaves, spectacular!!

But, it's feeling like spring outside, my poem for the old boys of the old stuporvisory board is done and sent and it's time to get out and enjoy the planet, Today On Earth!

Same Old, Same Old

This little ditty was sent off to the editor of the Central Virginian earlier today, looking like it will be in this Thursday edition...Written for the worthless, Andy Wade, economic development director in name only cuz he ain't developed anything..don't think he does anything, the classic, smug, rich, preppy bitch!! Enjoy Andy

Looking Back Toward the Future

Same Old, Same Old

Round Old Louisa county, story’s are told

Bout our leaders, they keep acting so old

Same old bill of goods we’re being sold

Yet no broadband and our pool sits in the cold

Same old Board, always looking back

Into the past, to see our future track

Perhaps it’s time to give them the old sack

Give some new folks and ideas a crack

Keep hearing same old scams, dreams and lies

More money for Timmons, that’s no surprise

As high paid consultants, don’t seem very wise

More like yes men in very thin disguise

Same old James quagmire, in deeper we wade

Still no water but same old crowd getting paid

Paid for what, we’d all like to know

Got a job, but no results, time you should go

Now 2.5 million more tax dollars, when will it stop

Want more pipelines but still not a drop

Economic development, none that we see

Like water, from the James River.. Authority?

Hundreds complained, thought we were heard

But..the old board went back on their word

Citizens beg for broadband, a top for the pool

Old “leaders” keeps playing tax payers for the fool

But, happy to give tax breaks, freebies for a few

And, all paid for by me and by you

“Come for free water, free power, free gas

Come and for years, you’ll get a free tax pass”

But, ya know, I’d be willing to bet

We’ll all have broadband before a waterline’s wet

And, kids that are in kindergarten today

As HS grads won’t have jobs down Shannon Hill way 

A wise man will admit when they’re wrong

But our old “leaders”, singing same old sad song

The future’s unknown but rushing our way

We’ll not get there by returning to yesterday

Yes, I’m old, but I still try and learn

And, I know the past is never going to return

So much potential here for future success

But, not as a bulldozed, industrial mess

Promote and keep our quiet, trees and farms

A refuge away from the mad, nearby swarms

Yet, same old, same old seems their only play

Same old greed and excuses, their only way

So, it’s time Louisa, time for reflection

Time to give the old board a big rejection

Time for a new ideas, new energy injection

Time to vote out the old in the coming election!!

Getting Warmer..

A very chilly start today but the temp is rising and our monster High pressure dome is sliding east, warmer day and days ahead. Spring-like temps will bring out new wardrobes as well as bugs and pollen, the good with the bad. Very little chance of rain this week, from swampy to fire danger we go!! But, we all can use some warm, it has been a steady, cold, winter since Dec, 1st - not the deep cold of old but chillier than the last few years. Still, the planet warms.

And, shakes..but mostly in the south Pacific as the boundary zone north of New Zealand continues to adjust and reset itself. Couple of 5+ quakes in Indonesia & Chile' but that's nothing if not normal.

The asteroid Apophis did a preliminary Earth flyby this weekend, quite distant this time but in 8 years and a month, on Friday April 13, 2029 it will skim through Earth's satellite scene and be visible with naked eyes. Don't know what else will be going on then but that will be news. Still forecast to miss...

Solar wind remains potent but momentary lull is coming before getting busy, stirring auroras by Friday. The waning crescent moon made it's appearance not long before dawn today, may still be in the sky, I haven't checked.

TrumpVirus number with a big drop yesterday, typical Sunday low, we'll see if the trend down continues or if idiot governors opening up, dropping mask mandates, spring break and new variants will spawn another surge - get out and party kids then come home and kill grandma!!

Nice day, get out and enjoy and to Andy & Christian and the Louisa Board, we're coming for ya, time to go, out with the old, in with some new, Today On Earth.

Still Cool, Still Shaky

37 quakes at or above magnitude 5, none reached mag. 6 today. The southern & western edge of the Pacific plate is where most have occurred but Iceland and off West Africa joined in, as well. There were more quakes in Puerto Rico and Oklahoma than California; Earth spins and shakes on.

High pressure remains in place over the entire eastern US, northern air keeping us cool in Va. for one more day before the big warm up begins. A spring-like week lies ahead, welcome..short of no rain, at all and an increased fire danger.

TrumpVirus deaths and cases continue the downward trend but worldwide ignorance and bull headedness (epicentered in the USA) continue, dumbasses walking around mask free, our experiment in how to rapidly evolve a virus, without a control, is working..variants abound, way to spread it humans/Americans (more irony in that most of the morons adding to the spread would say they don't "believe" in evolution..or science..). TDS* knee pads at the ready..."Make America White Again!!"

The evening spectacle of winter stars and Mars dazzled again last night. Hope you got out and checked it out. The sun slowly works into the next cycle, sunspots remain relatively small but the solar wind density and speed will keep aurora watchers busy and dazzled in the far north. 

One week from Daylight Saving Time, 6 days later, Spring. Enjoy the taste of warmth in the coming week, starting, Today On Earth.

*TDS - TrumpDickSucker

Aftershocks & Winter Continue

The aftershocks along the north/south trending Pacific/Aussie plate boundary shake on; dozens and dozens in the mag. 4-6 range. A 6.3 quake just off New Zealand's north island has added shifting and shimming to the scene. Plate subduction the main culprit, the Pacific plate being forced under other plate around most of it's circumference (the push is coming from the new crust forming along the East Pacific rise, the Mid-Ocean ridge that the Galapagos are visible evidence of), but that north/south portion has some side slipping going on, a little strike-slip fault action. Fortunately, for the rest of the planet, most are fish quakes without tsunami action and look impressive on a map but do little otherwise.

Quake evidence first hand comes from Croatia where a big shake up back in December has lead to the speed up in collapse in a karst (limestone) region with the tops of lots of caves collapsing; result: dozen of new sinkholes. Stay away! Warnings to the wise, the unwise, likely young and dumb will no doubt explore..and a few will succumb!

Gravity, binder of the universe, also joins in with quakes, often after heavy rain to loosen and release land/rock slides (human earth movement/building often adding to the likelihood of said collapse). Gravity will do so without a quake but a big shake is an easy trigger. Earth change seems slow, unnoticed, until it isn't!

Atmospheric change has been sudden around here; the rains shut down and the sun reins, cool and warm air battle it out; cool in charge today!! And tomorrow but southern air battles back by Monday and will warm our part of the world for most of next week. Some high clouds today with wet weather to our north and south but the sun still warms the tirehouse nicely:)

Moon was at Last (3/4) Quarter yesterday, waning gibbous officially today and won't rise until after midnight but will be in the morning sky heading west. Sun remains rather windy, solar windy, stirring auroras still in the northlands.

TrumpVirus numbers seem to be slipping down a bit..then Ohio (catching up on death certificates??) shows that 752 folks died yesterday...really? That makes total 2,483 for March 5th, CA & TX still leading the way, even as dumbass politicians say "open it up"; tough to spend much money if you're dead!! Texican "leader" Greg Abbott still leads the moron parade, paddling, seated of course, through boiled water in his states personal oily rivah, Da Nile!! To the wise people of Taxus, and there are many, I'm sorry so many in your state think teddy cruise and greggy abbott have your (it's only their own) best interest in mind and so many, I'm sure still thinking bleach might help defeat the virus, care not a bit about your health or safety by keeping their (mostly) fat white faces in full view. Earth and virus don't care..too bad your neighbors don't either.

Need more evidence republican idiots don't care, look no further than the senate; knee pads still in place hoping for donny the douche's return (nice to see more and more capital crashing traitors going to jail) and doing what they do best, NOTHING!! No ideas, no plans, just vote no and whine and complain, on and on and on...now worried about deficits after giving trillions in tax breaks to big corps and the richest Americans. As much pain and suffering and sadness continues, still they resist helping. Much more concerned about blocking citizens voting rights than solving any issues/problems..."well, if everybody votes, we'll never win"! Remember donny's theme: Make America White Again!

Time for BigBrownDog retrieval and Saturday, Party On, safely!! Today On Earth!!