Excessive heat in Texas to continue, millions on alert for severe storms. (ABC News) Second ‘rare’ tornado in less than a month touches down in eastern Idaho. (Idaho Statesman) For the first time in decades, 2 tropical storms are spinning in the Atlantic in June. (USA Today) 100-mph tornado confirmed in North Carolina city, National Weather Service says. (The Charlotte Observer) ‘Beyond extreme’ ocean heat wave in North Atlantic is worst in 170 years.
The exceptionally warm waters could pose a deadly threat to marine life and impact summer weather in the U.K. and Europe. (The Washington Post)
I had, and have always been a fan of movies and TV shows, whose plot is about some APOCALYPTIC event taking place on Earth. Be it an alien invasion, Zombies gone wild, a Tsunami 5 miles high, Earthquakes, or comets about to fall onto Earth, I have gone out of my way to watch these, be they top-notch films, or the schlockiest of B-grade presentations. When I watch these APOCALYPTIC works, a few things enter my brain. The first is PHEW, I am glad this is not real. The second is, what might I do in these fictional situations? The third is, most end with the hope of tomorrow, except for those in which the Producers have already prepared sequels, prequels, etc., (then I know that hope will have to wait for part 2, or three or God forbid, part 10.)
The headlines at the top of this blog, are just a few from this weekend, as in this weekend in 2023, as in this weekend no on film or on TV, as in this weekend IN REAL LIFE.
AND THEN I READ ANOTHER HEADLINE. A headline from this REAL WORLD:
Now the Biden administration is facing a critical test of its authority to enact climate policy, as Republicans in Congress attack new regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency on emissions from vehicles and power plants as overly costly and overstepping the bounds of executive authority. (Houston Chronicle)
WTF? Seriously, the REPUBLICANS once again are trying to place their Wealthy Puppet Master Billionaire CEOs above the welfare, the hope, and the future of anyone who is not a CEO, a CORPORATION, or a Billionaire. Kind of sort of like they have always done regarding the TOBACCO CARTELL/OIL CARTEL/and of course the MURDER CARTELL of the NRA and Gun Manufacturers.
