Tag: disasters
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Why not just Pump all of that Water from the Gulf States to the Arid West?
I’m sitting out on the river side of the house it’s a nice place to see the world first thing in the morning. Clear, bright blue sky with a 5 mile per hour breeze from the N.W. the prevailing wind. A splash of Rain has been predicted for the Central Valley up to just […]
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Will a Cell Phone work during a Storm?
“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure that you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”
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Wild Weather in the East, Mild Weather in the West, is there nothing we can do?
The Eastern United States has been taking a beating for the past several years, it’s no secret they are still recovering from Hurricane Harvey, Maria, and Irma.
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When does News become Olds? Is the 24-hour News cycle News worthy?
The 24-hour cycle has created an ocean of people obsessed with the news, the problem is there is not that much new news.
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Pay more Taxes and we will respond faster, are we being extorted by the Fire District?
There is another factor involved and I believe is detrimental to the Fire Districts co-operation with us. Bad mouthing the Fire Department, the Fire Fighters, and the Fire Fighters Union, it’s a bad action to take.
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Three Houses on fire one mile away.
As I was writing my last blog I was alerted that a house was on fire down the road from us. That is a huge problem I live in an area with no fire department
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Make the Study of Gun Violence Legal Again; Repeal the Dickie Amendment.
This will be the fourth time I have reposted this blog, I am presenting it again in light of the Massecre in New Zealand. Relevant to the atmosphere in the United States this current mass murder is not a simptom, but the end result.
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Storm Damage, how can we make sense of it all? Repairs are in progress, mostly.
Looking out one window to the North this morning all I saw was a blue sky with a few clouds mingled in, I told Skunkpuppy it looks like the rain let up. As I climbed higher on the ever-expanding flight of stairs gazing west from another window the sky was ominous, dark and foreboding. After […]
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Will there ever be a way to eliminate the threat of wildfires caused by transmission lines? Yes, there is.
Most mornings I get dressed in work clothes as if I have something to do, but I feel better when I pull blue jeans on topped with a working shirt. I have a morning routine that begins with giving Skunkpuppy a biscuit after she pretends like going outside is her top priority. All types of […]
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How much disaster insurance is enough? Will Earthquake, Flood, Wildfire, Homeowners and Automobile do?
The weather here compared to nearly everywhere else on the planet is good, practically boring. Our rainy season on the west coast will be over in two months, by the middle of May it will have completed its turn in our cycle. Then the dry out begins until the winds begin in late August with […]
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