tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4571397918038098080..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: BusyAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-36940725233054732962017-09-06T00:29:26.105-04:002017-09-06T00:29:26.105-04:00In Rockport here, we took the eye directly. Lots ...In Rockport here, we took the eye directly. Lots of wind, but not much rain, just a storm surge of 7 feet and 12 inches of rain, which isn't enough to flood our area. The wind was pretty amazing, though.<br /><br />We almost complete escaped death or injury, until a young electrical worker was killed not too far from here, which we have found very hard to take. They have been trying so hard to get power back on for us. Was he over-tired? Taking too many risks? He probably came across the country to help us, leaving his family and sleeping somewhere wretched when he got to sleep at all.<br /><br />With power and TV and cellphones out for the first 3-4 days, we had no news at all. Eerie. Now the news is back and we can't take our eyes off of Irma. 185 mph sustained is no joke. We had, I think, 109 sustained here, with gusts to perhaps 130, I'm not sure. That's enough. In a good building with luck you'll be fine. 185 will simply kill you.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-57904845041944123142017-09-01T13:29:59.078-04:002017-09-01T13:29:59.078-04:00SPLC is a hate group running a scam that needs to ...SPLC is a hate group running a scam that needs to be taken down, as I see it.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-44232223591668771932017-08-31T17:45:05.511-04:002017-08-31T17:45:05.511-04:00Some of the news is so over-the-top that you look ...Some of the news is so over-the-top that you look in vain for the "Onion" label. ...and then you laugh because...can they really be this stupid? as they say, I believe, on the 'net: for realz?<br /><br />http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/31/splc-says-army-bases-are-confederate-monuments-that-need-to-come-down/?utm_source=site-shareMurphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11865623200954289332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-58904780004055512002017-08-31T16:22:04.702-04:002017-08-31T16:22:04.702-04:00I have stopped following the news, and as CS Lewis...<i>I have stopped following the news, and as CS Lewis noted, you don't miss anything, because so many people will make sure you hear it anyway. </i><br /><br />Many of news themes of the last year- such as Trump a Nazi, or Trump a Russian stooge- have been proven to be fake news. Staying out of the news cycle means one doesn't have to waste time on disproving fake news.RichardJohnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490819511630683969noreply@blogger.com