I am still smiling from attending my last graduation yesterday (well, maybe not, neighbors kids...I'll see..); my little 9th graders all grown up and ready to head into the world. And, what a world they are stepping into, drought here, flood there, volcanoes blasting and a pandemic everywhere...well, just around the Ring O Fire on the volcanoes, mostly.
Poor kids, the last year and a 1/3 of high school and no hanging with friends, few sporting events..couldn't go, school... couldn't go, but finally got to see the whole class, invite family, take the big walk and then realize I wasn't lying when I said I'd be there. Really well done LCHS, leading the way again; a model for all other schools to follow. It was so much fun to see them all(well, most, there is one I fear will do horrid things, following his slime ass dad; I believe he's a sociopath..just me), try and remember them all, especially with masks, and find out where they are headed on there next step into life; always my favorite day as a ninth grade teacher.
And, my large forehead will recover from the excess radiation, my body (back, head) hopefully will, too after Tuesday's crawl into the rafters to find/fix a short; I did neither:(
Our parked High pressure dome and New Mexico's cut-off Low, with the jet stream far to the north continue to stall and dominate US weather. A system coming ashore and bringing snow to the NW will perhaps bring some change. Until then, we remain hot & dry and Texass & Louisiana remain seriously flooded, they are at sea level and poorly planned, 😱SHOCKER!!
A Low in the Atlantic could become a first tropical storm of the year, again, ahead of the official start of the season (like Earth cares about our season designations). An iceberg that just broke loose from Antarctica is way bigger than Rhode Island (isn't most everything..) and since it was already floating will not raise sea level but will drift about, slowly melting for years (but, there really is no ship traffic in the Southern Ocean that will be affected).
2 dozen volcanoes on the week's list, most on the western Ring O Fire; Indonesia, as usual, leads with 7. The Aleutians, Kamchatka, Japan, Philippines also have blasting mountains. Guatemala has 2 on the list, although it's hard to believe Fuego has suddenly gone silent. Sabancaya & Sangay continue blasting away in Peru & Ecuador, Stromboli is going wild in the Mediterranean, lava floes making it to the sea. Hawai'i's lava lake roils on, and Piton de la Fournaise is still spewing liquid basalt. La Soufriere is not on the list; St. Vincent calming down?? Iceland's issues continue as they try and divert the lava (they've done it before) away from roads and fiberoptic lines; good luck with that.
5.5 is today's biggest quake, so no concerns with quakes on our broken world, today..
Sun is semi-calm today, although beaming steeply & brightly here. Moon now gibbous headed for an edge slide through Earth's shadow early next Wednesday (not visible here...).
Another, 675 Americans dead from the TrumpVirus yesterday but case numbers are down and vaccinations, while slowing, are still getting into arms. Just a little leadership and common sense was all that was needed.
Stay safe out there...Today On Earth!!
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