Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for January 18, 2025

Anywhere you go you can find something there that, for lack of a better description, is going to be a character builder.

Ah, the story line about moving to the coast is finally back!

Things that go thump in the night

Get you a good generator and take it with you.

The truth is out!

That’s the thing about the US, pretty much anywhere you live, you get screwed by the weather, earthquakes, or volcanoes (Hawaii). All you can really do is decide which is the least bad option for you and try to live there.

One thing about hurricanes is you have enough warning to plan your course of action.

Everywhere you go, you always take the weather with you

Jimmy Buffett. and others

How is everyone’s home owners insurance holding up? I expect to get cancelled in a couple of months, probably before my roof gets repaired. It took forever to get adjusters out and then get on a waiting list for repairs. They stressed us out when the lowest tree removal bid for the large oak laying across the roof was $20,000, (steep land) they said go ahead, then stalled and tried to deny payment. Allstate, but all of them are in a bind. We need insurance co-ops for different regions, imo.

Hurricane Helene was a devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across the Southeastern United States in late September 2024. It was the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Big Bend region of Florida, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Maria in 2017, and the deadliest to strike the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005. Wikipedia

No comparison between the effects of an ice storm and a hurricane…. IMHO

Well that tree needed trimming anyway.

Yes! Tell the kids, “We’d love to be closer but we’re staying put.”

Hurricanes. A couple of days/nights without power is more of an inconvenience than devastating destruction.

Things around our coast are not too rosy at the moment.

How true it is that no matter where we are there is something that will irritate us : (

If a branch breaks under snow and ice it shouldn’t be in a place, where it can destroy your house or installations. You should be aware of the risk and cut it accordingly.

And moving to the coast won’t help when it may snow and freeze there, too. It just adds more severe storm conditions into the threat scenario. Maybe even flooding.

Hail? Hurricane? Fire? Tornado? Earthquake??? Name your poison.

Flimsy pine trees. Those little live ones you buy at Xmas and then plant out back. Their best size is small.

Google “Maine 1998 Ice Storm”.

There’s nowhere you can go where the weather, or something else, can’t kill you.

Ah, so the “do we move or not” arc makes an appearance.

I lived through an ice storm in Jimmy’s home state and when the thaw came there were no more standing power poles in town. All the roads were blocked but what had been our lovely interlocking oak trees. Even the heavy cross country towers were down like dominos. No power at home for 19 days. My office in town 23 days. Lineman more than earn their money.

Fires in LA.

Thunderstorms beat wild fires, earthquakes and mud slides.

Is no place safe?

Yeah, I don’t it was the weather.

No one is safe, and it’s getting worse.