BurningbirdThe states bordering Missouri have been blasted by some unusual weather including an outbreak of tornados. It was interesting watching the storms fold around St. Louis, leaving us virtually untouched. This city really is located in a sweet spot, escaping most of the weather outbreaks, at least for now. The only impact on us was […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Hurricane Lili sputtered to a category 1 when it rolled into the US — enough to inflict damage, but not to the extent of first speculations, when Lili was a category 4 hurricane. Unfortunately, as much as I wish that Congress would have stood strong, forcing President Bush’s category 4 […]
A record number of salmon were killed in the Klamath River in Northern California, and the administration refuses to acknowledge that the cause was water diverted to help farmers in Southern Oregon. Though the administration was warned that to divert the water would result in death to salmon who use the river for spawning, the administration trotted […]
Well, wasn’t I in a melancholy mood before retiring yesterday? I blame it on the dog days of August. This time of year, the Dog Star–Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major–starts appearing in the sky just before dawn for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, after hiding behind the sun for most of the […]
The storm rolled in this morning, sending thunder ahead in warning, like the drums of a potentate’s caravan. Boom. Boom. I’m coming BOOM. BOOM. Getting closer! I got out of bed and stood at the bedroom window, watching the winds whip the trees, the flashes of lightning, and the heavy rain. I’ll never tire of thunderstorms. About […]