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Had been very hot and dry.  But now though still hot getting plenty of rain – rainy season.

What’s your rain situation like?

And to add to the Florida contingency, I live on Amelia Island.

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Parents Catch FBI In Plot To Force Mentally Ill Son To Be A Right Wing Terrorist

https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/parents-catch-fbi-plot-force-mentally-ill-son-right-wing-terrorist/

I’m in S. Venice near Manasota Beach. We’ve had more rain this year, but still below average. The past two years have been dry as a bone.

THE ALLIGATOR AT THE DOOR

Douglas J. Hagmann

He told me about a Louisiana woman who bought a stately, two-story home on an expanse of property that included a picturesque pond and cypress swamps directly behind the mansion. When she first moved in, she noticed a relatively small baby alligator sunning on the bank of the pond located nearest the house. Every day, the woman would hang clothes to dry on a clothesline attached to a rear pillar of the expansive back porch. Initially, it was out of respect that she would take a freshly slaughtered chicken outside with her, tossing it to the alligator before hanging the clothes on the line. As months turned into years, she began to buy fresh turkeys instead of the smaller chickens to feed the growing alligator. First, it was one, then two a day.

One day when she did not keep to her normal routine of hanging clothes outside, she heard a loud banging on her back door. The banging was not the knock of a friendly visitor but of something much more menacing. Peering out of the window in her study located at the rear corner of her home, she was horrified to see a well-nourished, 12-foot-long monster banging its snout against the back of the house. It was no longer the small, lean reptile she once knew. The banging was continuous and becoming more incessant as the alligator demanded his gluttonous due.

Frightened, the woman ran to her refrigerator, where she had one remaining fresh turkey, retreated to her second-floor rear balcony, and tossed the turkey onto the ground away from the porch. She heard the thuds of the alligator as it moved toward the food and watched as it consumed the large turkey in one snap, then retreated to the nearby cypress swamp.

She called animal control who sent a man to survey the situation. Upon seeing the size, girth, and aggressiveness of the alligator, he asked the woman why she had waited so long to call. When she related the history of her relationship with the alligator, the man nearly shouted at the woman, what were you thinking! Can’t you see the monster you created?

And so it is with the federal government.

As we discussed the groundswell of support by citizens advocating their state’s secession from the United States, my source addressed the motivation behind the movement. “You know, this is one issue they are terrified of. People are starting to wake up, and they don’t like that.”

As we walked, he appeared to be thinking out loud, asking almost rhetorically if there was a more effective approach or perhaps one that would be needed if people were really serious about secession. “Aren’t Americans, especially the God-fearing Americans, the Christians, tired of their tax money being used and misused by the bloated federal government for things they do not want and to fund programs with which they don’t morally agree or need?”

He noted that Americans already pay taxes every day to some 90 thousand different taxing entities for items they buy or use, while the taxes paid to the federal government, or federal income tax, is something different. He began to quiz me on my knowledge of the federal income tax system. Did you know that the federal income tax is a voluntary assessment? “Research it,” he said.

He then asked if I knew how many court cases per year, on average, federal courts adjudicate related to people refusing to pay federal income tax. “No clue,” I responded. Twelve, maybe 14 a year, he told me. One of the busiest years was 28. Do you want to know why, and do want to know why we don’t hear about this low number? He paused, “because sometimes the IRS loses, and that’s not good PR for the government.”

He continued as we walked. “Don’t you get it? It’s feeding the bloated alligator, and the alligator is now pounding on the door of every American, demanding more! Isn’t it time to recognize the bloat of what has been created and stop feeding the beast?”

Demos up to no good again. Must have told them they’re gonna win the (more…)

That seems unusual to me. Of the 4 times I’ve been there it’s always rained a lot. One time beating a hurricane out. The weather man saw a possibility but only a possibility of a hurricane forming off the cost of Africa.

Probably good to have flostions in your car too with a window breaker.

This is just, not just but a river cold and fast. Even if you know what to do and know how to get out you know why in a sudden flood why it’s important to have a life jacket or at least something that floats.  Things can get bad to worse real quick. Chance of injury are high along with it .

You can put those long flotation the kids use when they can swim but they can hold in to them to stay in longer. Spaghetti things they can be rolled up and put under the seat of a car.

Good morning, not sure where in Fla you live but we live right outside Inverness and our lake is so low we can’t get our boat off the lift😬

I think most of us don’t mind the rain less it just sits there and rain till it floods. But flood and surges another story. Near beachfronts has taken a lot of homes. When I saw that about surges I posted it for you.

I used to do a lot of river rafting since a teen, it was almost in my back yard plus the Kern River famous for drowning  hundreds.  and fast moving water waits for no one and can be cold where hypothermia can set in pretty fast a matter of minutes if cold enough and not sure how to explain it but you lose your muscle strength and nerve connection to it,  lose communication. Then there’s things in the water. In rivers it’s usually rocks you have to maneuver around. Some think if your in the water  it’s safer to swim on your back and use your feet to push you away from the rocks which depends where, other times there’s so much rocks you have to maneuver fast away  more dangerous areas and have to swim and push them away if too close. If you get slammed up to one it could trap you  there with the force of the water and drown you. Sometimes moving so fast it’s like getting hit by a bat or something. Those were times I was free swimming of thrown off a rubber raft at the Kern not in a boat. I think it would be more dangerous in a surge with the kinda debris in the water could even get thrown over you or cut you up. Then the bacteria from that water on open wounds. You’ll have no land or high ground to swim to. Maybe get at least a class 3 four person boast easier to maneuver than a larger one. Tie a long  rope to it on the inside In case anyone falls out. Wear life jackets due to hypothermia and or a wet suit and potential injuries. Even your dogs. A water proof compartment for a phone if it works you can wear. Bandanas for injuries.  If they tell you to get out get out. Those who stay or wait to long and can’t get out by then no one can help them. Hurricanes like to move at the last minute so if near you, you have to stay alert but the other issues is evacuating because they’re sure it’s going to hit or have a big surge and doesn’t then the cry wolf syndrome can make people mad they went through all that trouble for nothing and don’t go next time and that’s usually when they wait too long. Plus surges can come in early sometimes. Ax friend on the Texas Gulf told me about. Where some beach goers thought they had more time.

Maya – Godspeed brother. We had those back-to-back hurricanes here about this time two years ago. No fun. Ours were two weeks apart and there were many people that had already started to get cleaned up and replace things when the second one came and washed it all away again. Glad you didn’t put the generator up.

Goldie – most of Florida has been in drought for the last couple of years, although this year has been a little better. They used to go down to 60 ft. to dig wells in our area, now they have to dig 100+ ft. to get to the water. Not looking forward to flooding of course, which will definitely come in the river areas, but we are overdue for heavy rains. Since I’m close to the beach/bay, I’m more concerned with storm surge than anything when it comes to flooding. My neighbor does have a boat though. 🙂

When the bigger waves 50-70 ft come in North Cal  what it sounds like during El Nino any spectators better stay back on higher ground. Some waves ocassionaly will come inland and they’re not shallow waves.

East Coast could see storm surges. Double whammy both east and west with coastal flooding.

While the peak strength of the 2026 El Niño remains to be seen, scientists know that an El Nino can affect weather significantly, as warmer waters cause the Pacific jet stream to move south of its neutral position.

Elevated sea levels along the west coast of the U.S. can occur, causing high tides and strong surf to ride higher and push much further inland than normal.

Along the Atlantic coast, the shift in the jet stream often steers storms towards the mid-Atlantic, resulting in more storm surge events. Higher than normal rain can also occur along the U.S. Gulf and Southeast Coasts.

Hope you still have your CB radio.

Lots of batteries and or rechargable batteries solar powered battery chargers. They have these multi.power sources lanterns now you can charge a phone with but better for light that can charge on a USB cord even in your cars,  solar and a wind up for a minute or two to give you nhours of light you can keep by your bed if it comes at night. Case it last longer than your generator. Some of those car chargers with air for the tires have ports that can charge phones and ipads 14 or more times. Could be a busy hurricane season plus more than that.

• • Activity Level: Above-normal (70% chance), fueled by developing El Niño conditions that provide warmer sea-surface temperatures and weaker wind shear. [1, 2]
  • Seasonal Baseline: A typical, near-normal season in the Central Pacific usually sees only 4 or 5 tropical cyclones. [1]
  • Direct Impacts: Forecasters emphasize that the predicted range accounts for storms forming across the broader basin rather than direct landfalls; however, active El Niño patterns increase the overall threat level and potential tracking proximity to the Hawaiian Islands.
  • During El Niño years, Hawaii faces an elevated risk of severe Central Pacific hurricanes, prolonged droughts, and destructive wildfires. Historic impacts include devastating storms like Hurricane Iwa in 1982 and Hurricane Iniki in 1992. Residents should maintain a 14-day supply of food and water, secure outdoor items, and monitor emergency channels. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Having just survived Hurricane LALA and five days without power, we now have tropical storm MOKE approaching this weekend, bringing lots of rain.  I have not stored the generator away yet.  If I disappear for a few days again, you will know why.

Rain in the valley
https://www.railpictures.net/photo/910810/

The traitor socialist calling patriots protection of their country from boat  pirates ” selective sovereigns” because they won’t recognize this subversive kangaroo travesty handing over their country to these  dangerous scoundrel pirates and follow them over the plank into the shark infested water.

European socialists head towards showdown over divergences on migration policy. I chose the continue without agreeing to spam. Spam on page.  https://share.google/qm8Vb9stuciyTyTew

A conflict of interest going on between the Fed and Treasury?

Aug 20 (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has promised that the U.S. central bank will deliver price stability, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s decision on Wednesday to double buybacks of longer-dated U.S. debt may complicate any effort to do so.

Treasury’s upsized buybacks may complicate Fed’s monetary policy work https://share.google/qGa5B6GUqPxCbOFaa

Colluding with these invading pirates actually seem to already be trying it to get you to renounce your country and your faith to these bums and scoundrels. That’s what their subversive actions are actually doing in courts now. The criminals walk free the patriots imprisoned.

And we are too polite, and nowadays too scared for fear of being jailed for islamophobia, to object. Rather than simply banning the culture (would we accept a cannabilistic sub-culture being established?) which is in direct conflict with ours, our niceness will see the death of us.

Rd

BREAKING: Iran is systematically preparing to damage Trump’s presidency through economic warfare, aimed at making him lose the November midterms, per a senior Iranian official in Tehran familiar with the matter.

The plans include strikes on Gulf oil terminals to surge global energy prices

You mean that peaceful Iran would strike American oil even indirectly but Trump’s picking on them for nothing strategy?

I thought I read all the Hobbit books in my younger days but I’ve never seen that one. I’m gonna have to find it! 🙂