Hurricane Irene

Well, its here. Irene is on our back doorstep folks.

In 24 hours its been downgraded to a tropical storm since hitting the Big Apple. Right now, its just a steady gentle rain with a few wind gusts. We caught the western fringe of it as New York City was cowering in terror. I filled up water bottles 24 hours in advance, brought in the garbage cans and grill, and got medication stocked up for myself and food for the rug rats. Nope, not sorry about this in the least. Better to prepare and have it be nothing than not prepare and find yourself up shit creek without a canoe.

Synapse noticed something else about Irene. Even as it's withering away into a tropical depression, its ignited a storm of another sort... the degeneration of American society. People are actually complaining that it was only a Category one and not a three or four. They're disappointed that it wasn't alot more destructive. And only 10 or 11 deaths what the hell is that? One hapless Weather Channel reporter was giving a televised report on the storm only to have a group of tards flounce past in their bathing trunks... one mooned the camera. Then he "sunned" it. I'll leave the rest to the imagination :D

Maybe there is no saving this country's politics after all. There is no electing officials who are reasonable and honest when the rest of the population leans away from those trends.

At this point, I can only witness the stunning spectacle of the downfall of humanity while munching on my popcorn... in amazement. And it's going to keep downpouring stupidity long after Irene dissipates...