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Humans are not built for eating grains and sugar. The biome that thrives on that shit reaches all our organs and puffs them up.
Wind just this minute kicked up something awful. Hope it's just a friendly gust.
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AN ASIDE.
It's raining cats and dogs out there. The wind has been gusting hard enough to make the lights flicker. If this gets any worse, for sure the power's going out, so I just made a whole thermos full of coffee for if/when it does. Even if it's gone cold by that time, at least it's caffeine and I'll have a hope of pulling myself together and avoiding the dreaded withdrawal headache that makes it still harder to pull myself together.
It's the threat of power outage that is the good part about me not having any groceries here. The bad part is the lack of shit to eat, but... I'll probably live if I at least have some coffee.
Hard boiling some of my eggs now....
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
857 AM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016
CAZ101-104-161600-
COASTAL DEL NORTE-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-
857 AM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM FERNDALE...TO
WEAVERVILLE...TO TRINITY CENTER. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE THE MAIN STORM
CONCERNS.
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.
A FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.
A FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.
STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 50 AND 70 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG COASTAL HEADLANDS AND HIGH ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY
NEAR POINT SAINT GEORGE AND IN THE KING RANGE.
HEAVY RAINFALL LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING MAY RESULT
IN MINOR URBAN OR SMALL STREAM FLOODING.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY STRONGER WIND GUSTS AND LIGHTNING.
BREAKING WAVES BETWEEN 15 AND 19 FEET ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. STAY BACK FROM THE SURF.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. YOU
CAN REPORT AND DAMAGE REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICE...OR CALL US HERE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
EUREKA.
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
358 AM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016
...A POTENT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON SATURDAY...
CAZ101-102-104>106-160000-
/O.CON.KEKA.HW.W.0002.161015T1200Z-161016T0000Z/
COASTAL DEL NORTE-DEL NORTE INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-
NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-
358 AM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WINDS...20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FT ALONG COASTAL
INTERIOR MOUNTAIN RANGES. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF
KNEELAND...UPPER FICKLE HILL AND CRESCENT CITY.
* HIGHWAY IMPACTED...ELEVATED PORTIONS OF 36...101...199 AND
299. STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
* THESE WINDS COULD DAMAGE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.
UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE LOST OR DAMAGED. HIKING IN THE FOREST
IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING STRONG WINDS.
* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
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ANOTHER ASIDE.
The electricity here withstood the 70mph gusts a couple winters ago... but that was winter... so... trees' roots need to get reseated into the wet ground to hold up well against this shit. Flickering hasn't gotten so bad it's zapped my machine yet, and then I turned it off before I remembered to check the latest warnings.
Coffee battles senility, but does not cure it.
Anyway, five downed trees across roadways reported in the last 24 hours. Two on 101 [both on southbound lanes], one in a Patrick's Point neighborhood that took out their power, one on 199 and another on 36. This is why a Brookings motel is the safest route to shelter for me if things get too miserable here. No flooding spots on the roadway and few trees between me and there... but total carnage in progress or going to be happening between me and anywhere south. Redwoods lining all roads and winds even worse on the high passes.
Still, I think I'm getting it easy here compared to the zone between Seattle and Portland up north. My young tribe chief is eager to use his new generator.
This all, of course, leaves me whimpering about my lack of a man to hand....
always and any time....
