I got back from vacation to find work has piled up with one emergency after another.
Shockingly, some up and coming family law super star committed malpractice on a case I took over. There is just no other option to right the wrong that she has done to my client that he will pursue a state bar grievance against her, with my full backing. She has no business practicing law and just be disbarred. It was just so damn unavoidable.
She can make a living in the future selling Verizon phone plans at Walmart.
Gotta head to work!
Thanks for the OT, dear friend!

Got busy with chores and have most done already. Still going to bush hog a bit.

Beautiful, but dry, weather here. A cool 55F this AM, headed toward mid 70's.

We're concerned for friends in FL as Milton comes through. I hope soryang is safe and prepared. Helene was devastating, and now another destructive event. After watching some of the NC footage, it makes me think about better preparation. I need to crank and exercise the old generator down by the well house. You can't really prepare for every contingency because some are just unforeseen.

Well, everyone take care. Thanks for the OT!

In the old animistic/ shamanistic outlook that probably preexisted the Dao, and survived along with Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism right up to modern times, in the eclectic perspective of the Far East, natural disasters, storms, plagues, rebellions, and wars, reflected the loss of the "way." The monarchs obligation to care for the people.

Yesterday was the anniversary of the assassination of Queen Min. Coincidentally, the South Korean defense minister informed the National Assembly that Japanese troops could be stationed on US military bases in South Korea without the National Assembly's constitutionally required consent. A recent poll showed Yoon's popular approval rate down to 16 percent.

This day in history - October 8, 1895: Japanese soldiers and assassins entered Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul "and hacked Queen Min to death with a sword" in retribution for her seeking help from Russia "to remove Japanese influence from Korea." https://t.co/uswUPVJRHa

— Tim Shorrock (@TimothyS) October 8, 2024

Yoon Imperial Japan. "S. Korean Defense Ministry claims Japanese troops can temporarily stay in Korea without legislative approval." https://t.co/gipktpMLpX

— Tim Shorrock (@TimothyS) October 8, 2024

You can't make this up. Yoon also had a summit with Marcos. It's almost as if to compensate for his lack of accountability to the people of South Korea, he becomes closer and closer to the so called Indo-Pacific alliance, to compensate for his administrations increasing instability. New disclosures of corruption and election law violations by Yoon and the "Empress" of South Korea seem to be disclosed daily.

Been raining here all day, they are projecting 12 inches of rain, and hurricane one conditions. Hope we all get through this. May lose power later today for who knows how long. I'll stay and try to mitigate any damage that I can. I can't believe the neighbor left loose sheets of plywood in front of his home after boarding up. That can't be, maybe he'll come back.

Good luck to Orlbucfan.

Although one never knows where Milton will ultimately go, we're still in the zone of confusion. I'd rather not have the eye wall go through here. The further away the better.

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Only much worse.

https://unherd.com/2024/10/hurricane-helene-is-americas-chernobyl-moment/

There are 2 military bases in South Carolina, but they haven’t been deployed because they might need to be sent overseas if Israel attacks Iran.

Also too….do not pass go…do not collect $750.

My sources have no reason to lie. Perhaps some exaggeration but it all seems too likely to me.

FEMA is a charlie foxtrot, whatever its apologists and administrators say. Almost every person who applies for the $750 is denied. For example, if you have insurance, no $750 because your benevolent insurance company will pay. Yeah, but for many, only after being dragged kicking and screaming to cut the check.

An assistant rents her house in rural Georgia. Her losses are real but because she is a renter, no $200 to replace the farm produce and meat lost in her freezer due to a week without electricity. That’s all she asked for. $200B or whatever for Ukraine but no $200 for her. Some areas still do not know when power will be restored.

Compared to the mountains of North Carolina, these are the fortunate. This is the message the people are getting…It is likely to get worse when Milton slams into Tampa-St. Pete Wednesday night. Sustained winds back up to 150 mph with 24 hours to go. This can be a killer.

I saw pictures of areas in Florida that got hit by Helene and there are mountains of piles of house contents sitting next to the curb. There are blocks and blocks of debris including cement blocks laying everywhere that make a nice target for the wind to pick up and hurl wherever the hell it wants to.

Read the article and see how Bush at least moved resources into the area before Katrina hit. The Biden administration is too busy getting its wars on to help Americans! And of course the media isn’t riding his ass like it did Bush.

Trump started a go fund me that last count had raised $4 million for hurricane victims. Some few billionaires donated $100,000….

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evacuating. Plus some shots of the debris laying everywhere and some of preparations for Milton.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cr753r34n3rt

Did you watch the video I posted last night on how bad the storm surge will be in some areas? If not do so. This is beyond life threatening. 5-15 feet surges are not survivable.