Heavy Weather

 Today Jack will meet his first gale, with lashings of  rain and possibly hailstones. Quite the ordeal for an old fellow,  but his timbers are sealed from the elements & he had two layers of wet weather gear all tied down.  I'll be watching over him as well & spending my best.  

In just 2 hours that strong cold front passing over the state, will arrive.  Snow will fall to 800m elevation, there will be rain & hail elsewhere. So they say. There are no school holidays or public holidays in the offing,  so one can assume they're being only moderately overly cautious. For years I have suspected that the Bureau of Meteorology puts the fear of god into people as they are about to leave on road trips during school holidays.  I get that forewarning is warranted,  but it's commonly overcooked with threats of hell & damnation to any that venture forth.  When it typically fails to eventuate nothing is mentioned of the "error". And the public remain at home;  overweight, reclining in comfy chairs & mesmerized by blue screens. Just like in the Wall-E movie.

We have entrenched corruption in all layers off government & the word compassion is being expunged from the national agenda,  so no one gives a fuck & we expect to be lied to. 

Real people doing honest work of caring for family, planting trees & trending bees as a hobby,  are out there, being ignored.  As sporting heroes, politicians & celebrities are continually paraded about doing drugs,  violence & being generally deviant.  Yes,  no not all,  but enough to distract Average Joe - if he's bothered.  Keep it real people!