Sun Returns... Low Lingers

Just off the Va coast, still the Low

Seems no push, it just won't go

But, in the Piedmont we have sun

Yet, not really sure rain is done

In the woods, new scent in the air

What's blooming, not yet aware..

Rather pervasive & very sweet

I'm out of suet, hearing the tweets

Little rain has caused life explosion

Never hard, so w/ zero erosion

Burma, New Zealand shaky today

Only in Burma will locals pay

Sun remains spotty but semi-stable

No blasts, auroras off the table

Jokers in DeeCee, whine & bitch

Happy to push world into a ditch

Another tantrum, rant & lie

Do their job, should give that a try

Just more blame & more posing

While we all get the hosing

TrumpVirus infection...worldwide

From guns & rudeness you can't hide

Uvalde...one year ago

Heavily armored cops...no show

If guns save lives, why are so many dead

All traces back to pig w/ fake yellow head

Lyin' donnie, dick-tator wanna be

Well placed bullet would set us free

High caliber, in perfect place

Completely blow off his face..

We can dream...

Today On Earth

Must be turtle time..

The first of 2 seen

Yesterday

Still Stuck Deep In The Yuck

A little help after 0.6" of rain

To ease the ongoing drought pain

Clouds & cool & damp remain

And, verizon, still much to complain

Only 21 quakes worldwide today

Sunspot stability takes issues away

I know the moon should be big & bright

But, been days w/o a hint in sight

Like..no radio & no blog update

verizon theme...you should wait

And, wait, and wait and wait

Today On Earth

No idea what this is

No change..for weeks

Loblolly...

June Column, 70 Years: Everest... verizon SUCKS!!!

Mt Everest was summited 70 years ago today!!

Rain here, less than 1/3"..wooo

Double monthly total

So...still in a drought

verizon "service" what a joke

A sunny June column on a gloomy, no sun, day

June 2023 - On & Off Earth

June, with its long, long hours of sunlight, is to me the poster child for Daylight Saving Time. The hour shift, back in March, really allows maximum usage and enjoyment, with proper protections, of the sun this month. The June sun rises before 6am, crosses the sky nearly overhead before setting just before or just after 8:30pm, all month. Earth’s northern end reaches its most tilted point toward the sun in our yearly orbit, the Summer Solstice, on the 21st at 10:58am EDT.

Once it does finally get dark on the evening of the Solstice, still brilliant Venus and much dimmer Mars are joined by a thin crescent moon to form a neat little triangle in the west with Leo looming above them. The celestial lion, its head shaped like a backwards question mark, has the star Regulus, the lion’s heart, at the base. Regulus is close to Mars in brightness but both appear almost 100 times dimmer than Venus. Astrology buffs will note our orbit shifts the sun from Taurus into Gemini on the Solstice, as well.

June’s Full Strawberry Moon is early in the month, on the night of the 3rd and 4th. This will be a King moon, the moon closer to Earth producing big tidal swings in Earth’s oceans. The Full moon will follow just behind Antares, the Red Super Giant star that is the heart of Scorpio, both traversing low across the sky on the short night.

While seemingly steady, our sun is far from it. A raging ball of high-energy plasma, fueled by the nuclear fusion of hydrogen to helium, our local star goes through a pair of 11 year sunspot cycles. First documented by Galileo in the 1600’s (likely a big part of why he went blind - ALWAYS USE SERIOUS EYE PROTECTION FOR SOLAR OBSERVATION) we are currently closing in on the next peak in one of those 11 year cycles, expected in 2025.

The recent reports of southern sightings of the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights, is a direct result of the surge in sunspot activity. In addition to the light we do see from the sun, there is so much more we don’t see. Our star releases all wavelengths of radiation as well as a variety of high energy particles, the solar wind. The most dangerous explosive eruptions related to visibly darker regions of disturbed magnetism, sunspots.

The good news for Earth, we have a protective atmosphere and our own magnetic field that work together to absorb and/or deflect much of the really bad stuff. Earth’s magnetism diverts that energy towards the poles where it interacts with our upper atmosphere, charging it up. Turning away from the sun, toward the darkness of space, the atmosphere releases that energy as light, the northern, and southern, lights. When the sun over-zaps Earth the auroras slip into view farther south.

While the auroras are spectacular, their appearance in the lower latitudes comes with a warning. The sun is 99.97% of all the mass in our solar system; it is the gazillion pound gorilla in our room. Big solar blasts have knocked out satellites and power grids in the past and regularly shut down short wave radio signals. NASA does have satellites out there just watching the sun (the solar wind is slower than the radiation we see) and power grids have plans in place for big blasts.

June, kicking off both the summer and hurricane seasons, is a great month to get out and enjoy the long hours of daylight but with solar respect. The June sun can be fierce so remember your shades, the sunscreen and perhaps a hat but keep an ear out for reports of potential aurora sightings. Their wild display of colors will be something you will never forget.

Randy Holladay

Oldrockguy@gmail.com

Choco dogs take a romp break

and it still won't load...nice job verizon

and google as a word processor...that too is a joke..so bad

Days of my life wasted waiting for verizon to do their job...they SUCK and they couldn't care less

40 minutes to load this blog...and counting...over 4 hours now...

Wow...only 4 hrs and 25 minutes to post a blog...

No Rain...Yet

Forecast for a wet Sunday

Yet to come true

Maybe a quick walk

Is what we need to do

Oh..we got the clouds

And a bit of wind

With the forest set

To sway and bend

Just below the surface

Speaking of bend & sway

NE of Puerto Rico

Lot of little shakes today

Also minor issues in

Colombia & Afghanistan

Just hoping the locals

Have set an earthquake plan

Sunspots activity roils on

W/ solar wind headed our way

Maybe auroras tomorrow

Or..maybe even today

Hope the rain is coming

Sure been a dry May

And..looking like heat

Will make a big June play

Today On Earth

I know this guy

would like to see some rain

High + Low = Easterly Flow...Whoa!!

We have got a major breeze

Loudly stirring up the trees

Rain has gotten to VA/NC border

OBX vacationers, major disorder

Still not convinced of big rain here

Maybe High will help w/ a steer

No big quakes causing any issues

Popo, still w/ ash spewing fissures

Coating local towns in nasty ash

Each, a tiny grain of volcanic glass

Sun & its spots still blasting away

None have really made the Earth pay

Well...we humans, anyway

Me..just watching the finches play

House & Gold current feeder swarm

W/ ever present tree-rats causing alarm

verizon service, the usual, it sucks

But, payment..wants my bucks...

Deadline for economic collapse

June 5th, GOP stupidity relapse

W/ lying donnie, ran up the debt

No tax bills would the rich get

Always talking fiscal responsibility

Yet, none, do we ever see

Always screaming freedom & rights

But, only for men...only the whites

No way for any abortion

But, any punk can get a gun

Ronnie deSatan now in the race

An idiot w/o style or grace

Still..why isn't donnie in jail

Eating fish heads from a pail

Slime-ass traitor should'a been shot

But, any justice, we still have not

Today On Earth

Wild Bluets..seems to be ID

High Holds Off Low..For Now

For today, Canadian High rules our show

But, off east coast, Low is on the grow

Forecast: Sun. & Mon. gonna be wet

We'll take/need all we can get..

Well..up to a point..

Quakes today, nothing getting to wild

Solar wind, streaming but semi-mild

Squirrel menace remains real in yard

Still getting to feeders, just too hard:)

Trying to walk the wire, can't be done

And, then there's me...w/ the BB gun

Today's scene, little blonde fox about

Quickly scamped when I gave a shout

As usual, verizon does truly SUCK

Get on-line, NO!! Outta luck

Stream TV, can't even get radio

Issues..corporate 'merica don't wanna know

REC don't want solar or WIFI

Just more electric we should buy

This time next week, will be June

Forecast says..heat coming soon

Super hot oceans, El Niño sheer

Hurricane formation...still unclear

But, not this weekend, not here

Mawar Cat. 5 in Pacific..Oh Dear!

Today On Earth

Blonde & Foxy

On second thought & look

'at's not a fox

It's a freakin' young coyote

BITCH!!!

Eruptions, Quakes, SuperStorms...The Usual

23 mountains began w/ description

The eruption at ___ continued w/

Lava oozes, ash explosions & quakes

Earth just doing what ever it takes

To relieve the pressure, get the gas out

Will it continue? Seems no doubt

Etna & Popo still going big

Nearby..ash shoveling gig...

Same w/ cyclone Mawar, still cat. 5

Trashed Guam, but all seem alive

Seems headed to Taiwan, we will see

2 quakes above mag. 6, seems to be..

Here front has come thru, again, dry

Weekend Low...will its rain pass by?

Just gloomy & cool w/ smoke haze

Will continue for ???more days??

Sunspots continue to form & grow

Super Nova...a little less glow

Mo-rons in DeeCee

About to crash the economy..

It's what the GOP does

Today On Earth

Tiger Beetle

Notice 6 white spots

Cool...

Lovely May Here...Not In Guam:(

Another storm trashes another grid

Turns out, power lines are best hid

Will they re-power Guam w/ solar?

Not exactly in a location that's polar

Could have done it in Puerto Rico..

But, donnie all talk & blame..no show

Still we ignore the Earth reality

Bigger storms we're gonna see

Power lines will continue to fall

Easy solution, solar power for all

For VEPCO & REC that's a big no-no

Gotta keep their power, run the show

Keep stockholders in the money flow

Maybe greed..not the best way to go..

GOP budget remains unknown, unseen

But, OK sending economy into careen

Then they can blame & lie & deny

Pretend they really gave it a try

But, as always..we see no plan

From any lying republican

Just pro-gun, anti-abortion, anti-woke

And, warming world remains a joke

Burn the oil, gas & coal

Ignore the reality of Earth recoil

That is already here

That much is clear..

Least no issues w/ big quakes

Sun, still average sunspot breaks

Here, another nice day ahead of wet

Weekend...seems the best bet

Today On Earth

Shit of unknown origin

Still smarter than any GOP idea

Popo Getting Busy!! Guam Typhoon!!

Mexico City's dealing w/ Popo's ash

Guam about to deal w/ a typhoon lash

Here, it's wildfire smoke w/ the haze

Sun still deep in big sunspot phase

At least it's cool, no monster heat

Coming weekend, big rain treat

Not for vacationers, to end a drought

That's what I'm talking about

Round the Ring, quakes a'shaking

In the yard, tree rats a'raking

Big dog just w/ 'need a walk' moan

Impatient w/ his dad on the phone

But, all is good, time to go

Today On Earth

Better Black than Copper!!

Etna Blasts..Cool To Last

Mt Etna has shut down air escape

Ashing up the Sicilian landscape

Lot of quakes around the Pac Ring

Pressure released, Earth goes zing..

Here, High pressure coolish air

Low off coast, formation unclear

Seems unlikely to be tropical storm

But, hurricane in May is new norm

We're close to wishing for big ole rain

Drought but green just the same..

Super Nova getting brighter still

Yet, still big scope for that thrill

Sun still blasting solar wind away

Chance of M or X class flares today

Ticks remain real issue here

So many diseases to fear...

60 Minutes, not a shocker last night

War industry overcharges, easy sight

As usual, congress will do nothing

Cuz, all are sharing the war bling

💲💲🔫💣💲💲

💵💵💵

And on it goes, borrow & spend

Deeper into mess we descend

Today On Earth

Tides slosh, waves crash

Ignore reality, crave the cash

Where will this sand be in 10 years?

Not here...:)

Rain Mostly Misses...Again

Another Front has moved through

W/ about the rain of a heavy dew

Still less than 1/3" for 3 weeks in May

W/ trees slurping ground water away

Seems Mexico City's airport's shut down

Popo's ash wafting all over the town

Quakes in SW Pacific have slowed

Momentary release of pressure load

New sunspot, unstable magnetic field

How big the blast will soon be revealed

Auroras still popping in middle latitudes

Ursa Major w/ supernova...dude!!

But, in another galaxy, need a scope

For your look-see to have any hope

Ahead of front, a warmish day

Now..back to the cool version of May

Today On Earth

A lil' sun beam

In the stream

How 'bout some fighter planes

To Ukraine

Let little Vlady, feel some pain

Loyalty Isles Still Rockin'!!

Mag. 7.7 yesterday, 7.1 today

But, only small waves on the way

SW Pacific/Aussie subduction slippage

Here, we got the May grass clippage

Ticks or blooms, I had to choose

Blood suckers, I'm trying to loose

Auroras snuck into northern USA

Magnetosphere crack, solar wind at play

Sunny now, Low moved from off coast

Later, Cold front w/ maybe a rain toast

Getting drier, droughts on the rise

Warming world, still not a surprise

20 days..only 0.2" so far in May

Garden watering tanks, going away

Birds squawking, 'where's our seed'

Seems provider, not meetin' the need

Big dog napping had good & bad day

Got to ride, but his 'ups' going away

Tonight..could be tiny crescent moon

Visiting Venus, Gemini & Mars..soon

Mountain Laurel starting to bloom

Late April rain, now a mushroom

Today On Earth

Ronnie DeSatan & Timmy Scott

Is that all they got

Still TrumpDickSuckers buy the con

Seems all mental power...gone

💣💣💣

Poor little Vlady

Troops still getting asses kicked

Highs & Lows With Solar Blows

Seems the Sun is set to constant blast

No idea how long that'll last

High to NE w/ Low off SE coast

Has us getting an easterly toast

That means clouds & cool

Way better than the 90's, fool!!

Mag. 7.7 quake roiled Pacific floor

Check tsunami..verizon closed da door

After shocks roll on and on

Crete, w/ 5.2, shaking now done

New Moon, will not be seen

Even Full, hard w/ forest so green

Giving 'Forest Bathing' a read

But, already got the trees I need

Claims Japan got great forest scene

But, waaay too many people on careen

Here, got a dog that gotta go

Time to wrap this blog show

Today On Earth

This is one anemic looking

Pine Tree..poor thing

Trump & Putin...

Shoot 'em both

World/humans will have a chance...

More Killings...Barely News...

Another day & more bullets fly

So common, we pass it by

Mass shooting, AK the gun

Everybody's in on the fun

(or we're all ready to run...)

In Pacific, El Niño sloshes east

What's ahead for that weather beast

Guatemala w/ a big shake today

Mo' headin' north, we all will pay

Except the pope that caused the mess

Though required, he won't confess

Popo rules the volcano list

Hundreds of burps were not missed

Usual suspects around the Ring

+Etna & Stromboli, Italian thing

Inter Milan & Manchester City

One game left for the Euro kitty

Here High pressure is in charge

Cool & dry, we're living May large

Heat is coming, seems not too soon

As we close in..on the New Moon

Auroras continue to delight

Last in Europe, flashing as disco light

Tree rats still flock in the yard

Pop w/ BB..still a little hard

But, gotta keep 'em honest

Today On Earth

The old wade & drink

Good dog

Extreme Rain Train...Miss

Down the James, just over the ridge

They got some rain, just a smidge

Upwards of 4" fell..and fast

Not sure how long flooding'll last

Here another less than impressive rain

But, not 4"..so I'll not complain

Another low earthquake day

But, sun still seems set to play

Monster blast just around the edge

Reliable grid..bets you should hedge

Moon is closing in on new

Nice day..maybe Venus & Mars in view

Man City v. Real Madrid today

To miss that...ain't no way!

Today On Earth

Gravity Rules!!

Another Spin...Earth

Will it rain, will it storm?

Will it stay cooler than norm?

Winter's snow is still on the melt

'Course, flooding is still being felt

More twisters likely?? today

Spring...threat doesn't go away

Biggest quakes today, only mag 4's

Means, friction holds, energy stores

Sun spotty w/ twisted filaments

Crazy magnetic fields, seriously bent

CBS not showing today's UEFA match

Been bragging about it, the catch???

Italian teams, so they don't care

Is the slime-ass pope aware

USA shutdown, no way, surely

But, why I took SS...early

Get what I could, for it's gone

Cuz, congress ain't getting it done

Lie & blame, deny & pose

While we all get the hose

Another state showing women the hate

NC..'merica is so far from great

Trump infection still rages

No abortions, lock kids in cages

8 billion & still rising

Major correction, won't be surprising

That should be fun

W/ everyone w/ a gun

Or rampage w/ a bat

Trump = Hate...where we're at

Today On Earth

Infected...kinda like this tupelo

Back In The Cool

After lovely Mom's Day, clouds & cool

Approaching 5 years with no school!!!

Able to walk and wander and play

Any weather and any day

Front is thru & minor chill is here

Not frosty but sure ain't clear

Did spot Venus & Mars last night

Split by Gemini, quite a sight

But, Venus is so ridiculously bright

And, high clouds hazing the light

Solar wind just keeps coming

Aurora watchers sure ain't bumming

No big quakes again today

Big one will be if USA can't pay

Same story, GOP makes a big mess

But, any blame will not confess

Fat donnie added trillions to debt

W/ big tax breaks, that they forget

Killed a million, crashed economy

Now ronnies Floriduuh plan we see

Will be no reading & none are gay

As anorexic wife wastes away

What she loses he seems to gain

But, only real plan is to complain

It's a sad state & we're all in it

Local, state, national, lotta dumb shit

Today On Earth

And this slime mold is smarter

Than donnie & ronnie together

🏌Jason Day & Tony F🏌

Nice examples for us all

Misogynist overbreeding pigs

Better hope the wife don't have

complications in Texass

Kid might live...but she gonna die

Where fetus rule, moms bleed out

Rain.. None Here But Lots Nearby - HMD!!

Still less than 0.05" of May rain here

But, near & far, it's pretty clear

Storms & rain are getting wild

Mostly where pregnancy = child

Warming deniers in no abortion states

For Earth's wrath, they no longer waits

Tornadoes, hail, big rain & floods

Against the heads hear the bible thuds

Seems..prayers ain't gettin' it done

Earth has the TDS* on the run

The big storms missed here, again

So..for May, groundwater's thin

Evil Buck moth caterpillars surging

Needle covered, going for a'purging

Japan tops the shake list today

Offshore but no tsunami underway

Sun remains spotty w/ solar wind

But, auroras only at top & bottom end

Today is the day we celebrate moms

Most are great, still too many bums

'Ho's w/ sperm donor dad

Feral kids, guns easily had

Deal w/ real issues, ain't no way

Cry, release balloons & pray

But, no change so we all pay

Hope you have a Happy Mother's Day

Miss ya Mom...

Today On Earth

Rather see this black rascal

Then the copper headed version

Saw another in a tree

Just above the creek

Yesterday..

Cool

Fool..

*TDS -TrumpDickSucker

More Drops..Or Actual Rain??

A few drops have begun to fall

Will it rain or be a repeat of all

May rains so far... a few drops

Barely started..and then stops

Elsewhere, tornadoes & heat waves

Our CO2 w/ Earth reset to: misbehaves

Yet, every photo, most everywhere

Hordes of people standing there

8 billion & it continues to rise

Major issues, why the surprise

Old white men ain't got no fix

Greed & lies from those limp dicks

And, since everybody has a gun

We're all in for extended fun

Close to home, after a tiny rain

Tiny efts quickly out again

A dozen yesterday on evening stroll

Looking for love & ready to roll

Nothing major in quakes today

Big solar blast just went away

Aurora scene was pretty weak

Backside..might be a super freak

We will see..in turn

As on our star does burn

Today on Earth

This was the last of the dozen

Some, tiniest I've ever seen

But, all are cute..

OK Tornadoes & Cali Quakes... No Real Surprises

Tornadoes in OK and Kansass

N. Cali, shaking yet to pass

Here we got heat coming on

Sparrow w/ dog hair, to nest, gone

Earth & the creatures here

Doing what they do so dear

We human too, doing the same

Kill & lie, deny & blame

It's Friday, off to the big city

To give aid to our economy

Moon just hitting 3/4 phase

Skies clear w/ a little haze

Got a mess at the border & in DC

With little sign of pending sanity

Pathetic donnie just lies & lies

Poser Christians in caring disguise

But, even more self centered than the rest

And, won't pass heaven's gate test

Sure better hope they got it wrong

Cuz eternal Hell, gonna be long

Sparrow back for more hair

Big dog got plenty to spare

Got to get him hopping

Time to go shopping..

Today On Earth

Lovely...

Natural Selection Rules!!!

Another dumbass teen, buried alive

Dig a hole in sand, you won't survive

Another Darwin Award recipient

Are certain Earth rules won't be bent

7.3 quake down Tonga way

Tsunami site?? verizon won't play

22 volcanoes, Fuego going wild

Sister Santa Maria, too, far from mild

Etna w/ a surprise blast, too

Earth... whatcha gonna do?

Sun is getting in on blasting scene

Southern auroras may be seen

High pressure keeping things cool

Warm coming, change only rule

Lying Georgie Santos under arrest

GOP..they are so not the best

Seem ok with economic collapse

More short term memory lapse

Cali's Diane..resign or die

We need to give new blood a try

Old & white ain't getting it done

Pose christian males, Earth on the run

Today On Earth

Apparently Dock..

Euro weed

Back In The Cool

Deep into the south, front has pushed

And, in the cool, dry air has gushed

It will be short lived..it is May

Late week warming is on the way

4 lb meteor crashed into a NJ home

From Eta Aquariid shower it did roam?

Left hole in roof, dent in the floor

Was still warm, but did no more

No 🔥..wheew!!

Another day of smallish quakes

Pressure relief = no big shakes

Sun still w/ very big spots

And, at Earth, they're taking shots

Could be auroras seen tonight

If no clouds, maybe a sight

Little Vlady, low key Victory Day

No new tanks were on display

Down in Ukraine getting blown away

Or, worried 'bout attacks at home today

His cyber hackers just taken down

We need little Vlady in the ground

GOP runs up debt when in charge

Now whining deficit is far too large

If Amazon & Exxon would pay tax

We'd get deficit monkey off our back

Border mess about to explode

Congressional fixes..in the commode

Overbreeding masses ruin their homeland

Now it's here, w/ the gimme demand

Be nice if we'd make it clear

Fix you own mess, don't come here

Dems want handouts, free for all

GOP, cheap labor, so they stall

But, every photo taken everywhere

Shows too many people standing there

Talk about population, not a chance

Religious wackos'd crap their pants

On it goes, Earth still don't care

But, it is getting warm out there...

Today On Earth

Crawdad escape route

Too bad we don't have one..