Storm's a-comin'

in politics •  3 years ago 




As I write this post I am under a severe thunderstorm warning. If I step outside I can see dark, ominous clouds towering in the southwest.

There are reports of hail and high winds hitting the closest town in that direction.

I've put buckets over the tender garden plants (that also got pelted with pea-sized+ hail yesterday). I brought in all the plants on the back deck. I've moved the food for the stray cats under the front porch overhang and made sure the vehicles are under the carport the best I can manage. 

The clouds are now close enough I no longer see the tops. The sky is getting darker. I hear the thunder.

It may, as these things often do, somehow miss me. There's a mysterious weather-blocking force around this small area-- storms usually split and go on either side while missing us completely. But I am not going to depend on that happening.

In the same way, I see dark storm clouds of authoritarianism on the horizon. I'm preparing however I can, with the knowledge that it may a false alarm. I'd rather be ready for a storm that fizzles than be caught off-guard just because I believe it won't happen here.

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Sometimes its very difficult to predict about the strom how strong it, sometimes there is no sign and symptoms about th disaster ability of a strom, but alwalys stay alert is good thing to protect self and others. Be safe.

I hope everything remains safe over there! Take great care!

The storm did what most of them do: I watched it on radar as it simply evaporated just a couple of miles west of me. It's as though it hit a wall that doesn't allow it to get any closer. It's really weird how they do that. But that's why this area is so desperate for rain, too.