Rain lashed down as lightning cracked across a darkening sky and thunder rolled across the firmament like massed guns on the Donbas salient. Terrifying. Of course I set up on the porch and braved the elemental power of the storm while the Compound shook and shuddered with each blast of celestial fury.
Then it was time to head to the kitchen and make coffee, wondering at the day turned to night. Was this the apocalypse, the Eschaton, brought on by our Old Enemy the Weather? Will there be anything left of this small Texan farming community when the waters subside? Discarded weaves, tamale husks, meth bags? Such is the wake of the flood.
Blue Ahab didn't venture an opinion, being unable to speak as well as blind, but he looked in need of a treat or two, delicious Alpo Variety Snaps, which he loves with fierce abandon. "Have these delicious snaps, my furry Bulgakov," I uttered, giving the faithful protector a couple of irresistible chicken flavor dry biscuit things. Yum.
Doggerland Utopia
At last the storm's subsided, and this part of Texas still stands firm above the waters of chaos. We have not sunk beneath the flood unlike the hapless DOGGERLAND.
Stay Safe,
LSP
Yep - we got a bit of drizzle down here in the big city as well - plus "thunder and lightning very very frightening" - not really although it was entertaining ;-)
ReplyDeleteWe got the sound and fury, and maybe 20 drops of rain... sigh...
ReplyDeleteAnd your fire danger is lowered!
ReplyDeleteWhen anyone says "We must save Earth," my question is, "In which form?" Much, if not most, of human history is below water because melted ice covered who knows how many hundreds of thousands of villages and maybe even cities. We say certain things are beyond debate, but that is only because our knowledge consists of what we can see or have uncovered. God did not tell man to save Earth, but "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the land."
ReplyDeleteYou guys got the remnants of what came through here early in the week. Sorry there wasn't more to share but those hippies down in Boulderia said it was sacred, and they wouldn't let much pass....
ReplyDeleteWe wound up with .7" here, and it would be wonderful if God blessed us with that much for the next several months....
The food bowl tasks me, says Blue.
ReplyDeleteAbout one & three-quarters in south central Kansas, which we sorely needed. Unfortunately, that appears to be it for a while.
We've had a fair amount of rain here and the Marais des Cygne River is near flood stage. Power also went down for about an hour last night. The forecast says we're about out of it now and that spring may finally arrive this weekend.
ReplyDeleteIt appears the inhabitants of Doggerland had advanced basket weaving skills.
You may be headed into the same fate as Doggerland, LSP if nothing more than for your flagrant failure to pay the weather tax to Hunter Biden.
ReplyDeleteBlue Dog needs his treats.
It's a real issue, LL, that's why smart people are investing in BOATS. But here's the thing. Doggerland sank beneath the waves because of Global Warming, tragedy. And now Global Warming is making the weather colder, we're looking at a new Ice Age.
ReplyDeleteWill Doggerland rise again? I call yes, Doggerland is OUR LAND.
That's one of the things about Doggerland, Jim, it was a... a... Utopia. Imagine, "Here, go out and gather up all the nuts and berries in the forest, take a wicker basket. And no thieving."
ReplyDeleteBeen really dry here, Wild, so the rain was a great relief. Let's see some more.
ReplyDeleteDam hippies, drjim... do they know no shame?
ReplyDeleteWell said, Sgt.!
ReplyDeleteI like Hancock's books on just that theme.
And yes, "be fruitful and multiply." Apparently one of our two political parties is against that. What demons.
Sorry about that, NFO. It was the full nine yards here and most awesome.
ReplyDeleteAnon, we must take our blessings as we find them.
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