Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 6:00 a.m. in "The City."

We have a current temperature of 27° under clear skies that feels like 27°, as we rise to today's high temperature of 39° under partly-cloudy skies. Spring is coming. I've found a work around for my missing ° symbol. Not perfect, but until I can find a way to actually fix the problem caused by my errant typing, I've copied the symbol from an earlier blog and I'm pasting it in as needed. The sun will rise this morning @ 7:50 a.m. and set later @ 7:55 p.m. Yes Virginia, the days are getting longer.

In Mesa, AZ, the current temperature is 62° under clear skies. Today's high forecast calls for 85° under sunny skies.

However, in both Lakeland and Ft. Myers, FL, the skies are filled with rain with 54° and 59° respectively and the forecast from the NWS calls for a 100% chance for rain today and high temperatures of only 65°.

Today promises to be another day of P/T with the benefits outweighing the pain of the activity. I am improving, but it is a long, drawn out process. My yak is coming along, but that too is a long process. Sigh.

We accomplished the indoor chores yesterday while John was painting the dining room. I used to paint the ceilings and walls, but I was never as good as John. I just wanted the job to be done, whereas John is a perfectionist and he takes the time necessary to do the job right.

Mary was going to make her world-famous hammish yesterday, but that got pushed back until today. I worked a crossword and read the Grand Haven Tribune too. I finished reading my latest novel and it was a page turner.

Yesterday, I picked up a copy of 1984 by George Orwell @ Booked for the Season, one of our local bookstores that specializes in gently previously read books.while I was out in the morning. I now have that to read for our book club along with watching the movie adaptation. I also finished my coloring on an owl portrait that I've been working on for several days. I like how it turned out. I wish I could show it here.

However, I can share some pictures from The Atlantic that were posted as part of an article about the floods in the Midwest and Great Plains.

A BNSF train trapped in flood waters near Platte, NE.

Offutt Air Base near Omaha, NE.

Flooded Camp Ashland, an Army National Guard Base near Ashland, NE.

I could go on and on, but these photos depict the dire results of Climate Change and the impact that that change will have on commerce and military preparedness now and in the future. The rail line that the BNSF train uses is also used by Amtrak. The damage to the railroad track bed will take a long time to repair and the loss of revenue to businesses and the railroad will be huge. This is the result of pretending that Climate Change is a hoax!

Enough for one blog. Ciao.