Extreme Conditions

Today winds at 20 miles per hour The temperature is 90 no electricity no power Santa Cruz Halloween costumes will be about the Joker and surfing Wild fires red and orange, windy and smoky San Francisco schools are closing Muir Woods blackened as wood is disappearing San Diego in the hills have evacuations Tornado Warnings for Mobile, AL the basement shutters in a storm rotation New Orleans severe rains and flash floods where jazz music and instruments are floating An Arctic cold front sweeps through the north friends fighting breathing in Dakota aware of the potential for pneumonia And the snow storms from the skies We are back to the times when mankind and wildlife fought for food and shelter as even technology fails White sharks are roaming at Rio Del Mar at 90 in October the living bay waters are hot I share my peanuts and water in the heat of the 90s but I notice that the squirrels and crows do not