Day of Kings, 16th of Summer, 525 M.E. (Helios): A military parade is planned for Washington this weekend, the ostentatious tanks-rolling-down-the-street kind of affair seen in the old Soviet Union and in North Kora, ostensibly to celebrate the US Army’s 250th anniversary but also timed to coincide with Trump's birthday. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend the event, and thousands of agents, officers and specialists will be deployed from law enforcement agencies from across the country. 

“For those people that want to protest, they’re going to be met with very big force,” the subliterate Trump said ("very big force"). "I haven’t even heard about a protest, but you know, this is people" (I can hear the grammarians groan) "that hate our country, but they will be met with very heavy force.” God, the man's an imbecile.

I wonder how Trump's "very big force" plans to oppose Mother Nature. The current forecast for the weekend is for cloudy skies on Saturday morning followed by scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and continuing through Sunday. It very likely will literally rain on Trump's parade.  

It rained here in Atlanta again today, and again cancelled by planned alternating-day walk. I had a dentist's appointment at 2:00 (cleaning) and hoped that the weather would clear by 3:00, but the rain was pouring down when I got out. The only day in the current 10-day forecast when rain is not expected is tomorrow, which is a sitting day but I may have to both sit and walk tomorrow if I want to get any mileage in the next week.

This stupid soggy weather! After recent storms, I've noticed a lot of downed rottenwood branches in my yard and the surrounding area covered with lichens, It seems the trees can't dry themselves out after the rain and are starting to rot in place. Rot quick in damp earth, the lean old ones tougher. Our annual rainfall so far this year (23.02 inches) is only slightly above the average (22.55 inches). But according to the NWS, last month Atlanta had 13 clouds days, 15 partly cloudy days, and only 3 days of fair skies. To look at it another way, we had 17 days with light rain and 9 days with heavy rain. We had thunderstorms on 14 days last month and fog on 17 days. On top of all that, Georgia experienced 15 confirmed tornados last month, with some of them rated EF1 and one an EF2.

Seasonal affective disorder. In the summertime! 

Climate change sucks.

No kings.