Looks like we might get some intermittent sun today. The temps are still above normal for mid March. I really want things to dry out on the patio so I can simply sweep the dead leaves out and not have to handle heavy wet decaying leaves. I don't expect to see much that would interest me in the garden centers. That usually starts in mid April.
Interesting brief comment on the Weather Channel weather news: in California, authorities are urging residents to keep 2 weeks worth of supplies on hand. It's interesting because the standard advice from FEMA had been a minimum of three days supplies. The weather has become so extreme and the effects last so much longer that people should prepare for longer periods cut off from supplies. Yesterday I saw a news piece on the "rebuilding" in the areas of Florida hit by the hurricane last year. The news wasn't really good. The reporter said he had been asked why he would go there because surely they were well along on rebuilding. His short answer: NO. He featured one man whose house was totally demolished. By his own effort he got his lot cleared but the insurance only cleared his mortgage and he hadn't been able to get a new one to rebuild. And even getting insurance would be a problem if he had found a mortgage lender. Worse, because of the zoning restrictions he can't pitch a tent on his own property so he has to try to find a rental (hard given the number of people wanting such accommodation) which would simply eat his resources which can't then use to fund rebuilding.
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