What happens when a strong cold front meets a heat wave that contains an "off the charts" amount of precipitatable water? Strong storms with a LOT of rain.
Precipitable water is in the 2-2.5 inch range with standard deviations nearing the 3 and 4 inch range for today and tonight. Flood warnings will go up later. Heavy hail and strong winds are a worry starting about 2ish.
Tomorrow the high will by near 69 with lingering showers. Middle 70s Wednesday and Thursday and then Friday rain and a highs around 66. MAYBE 70 on the weekend and nice next week.
OH - today - 83ish with thunderstorms beginning in the afternoon- heat index about 90 - the talking heads on TV are just making crap up I think when they say temps in the uppers 80s? No!
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In other news I hope y'all have a chance to drive by the water tower as the ground cover is blooming that Elwood and I put in with the help of 2 pay loads of dirt provided by Columbus Water and Light.
This is self sustaining and a weed minimizer. Actually if you like them feel free to pick some sprigs and plant them. Lay the sprig down horizontal, break off the bottom leaves and cover with dirt. DON'T poke a hole and plant them, lay and cover the bottom.
Perhaps when Darvin comments to me "What the hell have you ever done for the city" I can point to getting 16 people to paint the inside of the train station for free AND planting the water tower rocks.
Although - I think most people drive by the tower and never even notice.
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When Mexico's “Chucky” Lozano scored (you know that country full of rapists and illegal's) a goal yesterday the celebration was actually registered on Richter scales. Seems they were happy.
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While baseball attendance is down 6.6% this year do to weather and the lack of competitive balance (6 teams might not win 65 games this year and Baltimore might not win 50) the box office is UP 5.9%. Also rising are comedy club attendance which is up 25% in the last few years.
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The National Institute of Health (NIH) has canceled a 10 year study on drinking alcohol when it was discovered that the $100 million study was basically funded by the alcohol industry that put in $67 million and who basically designed the study.
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Starting in 1826 the Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling contest is NOT - I REPEAT NOT on my bucket list. It involves rolling a 9 pound piece of cheese ( Double Gloucester cheese) down a very very steep hill. The cheese can reach a speed of 70 mph and YOUR goal is to be the first to touch it.
GO!!
https://youtu.be/gNj67kwWBoQ
I think this is something Columbus needs to look into for ANYTHING young adults can do. It seems the rec department does everything for children with play grounds and so forth and ignores middle school and high school students.
I think we found something. All we need is a hill and a big piece of cheese.
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When I was on council I felt every member of the group had a forte' I thought it was a GREAT set of members that all had their expertise. My forte' was to bring more beauty to Columbus. I was a Council Member lite. There is no arts council and the city sort of ignores beauty and puts money into roads and infrastructure, which is fine. But beauty is part of infrastructure.
If Columbus can always spend a LITTLE more on making the town presentable it's not a waste. That was why I was constantly pushing for trees and bike racks and benches downtown and flowers for the Police Department - ANYTHING.
OH - I have been asking about trees since I STILL see no trees or bike racks downtown. I was told they are still coming and I won't let it go.
BTW - Editorial comment.
ONCE AGAIN - a LOT of complaining about downtown and how it SEEMS to be ignored by the city.
There are SIX people on City Council and the Mayor. Those SIX are in charge of running Columbus. I stress . . SIX. Not like Madison that has like 40 or something and many other towns that have more. Columbus? it's SIX, (Kewaunee population 2,900 has eight)
In the last few years those SIX have been inundated with working on the amazing transformation of the new TIF district which is almost full. A great success nobody talks about. Meetings after meetings and issues on top of issues taking up time.
NOW - you might say - screw the TIF district - concentrate on downtown and YES - that would be great right? But do you tell a companies that will deliver 60 $50,000 a year jobs to look elsewhere? We're busy go to Stoughton?
After being IN City Council for 4+ years the real problem is you have to play the cards you are being dealt. We would ALL have love to concentrate on downtown (seriously) but it seems to me there is always something to take time away. What is REALLY needed is a Beautify Columbus Task Force that will meet and inform the City what is needed. Have plans for bike racks, plans for benches.
The six elected officials really have no time to "get things done" as they have so many other committees to attend. There were so many things I WANTED to do on council but geez with 6 meetings a month on various committees and many of them taking an entire night and then add in personal clubs and meetings and family . . . . . See where I'm going?
The members of City Council are not full time employees (not employees at all actually). Like MOST people they work and have 4 hours of private time each work night.
Just sayin'
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Hand held image of rock wall sedum
RUNNING GOVERNMENT LIKE A BUSINESS
In the private sector, we need people who are willing to take great risks, to run the chance of failure in a competitive effort to grow. That benefits us all. In the public sector, we need people who are obsessed with stability, who shun risk with the recognition that local government is a platform for people to do good things, that the role of the city isn’t to grow but to provide the stability necessary for prosperity to emerge.
If a private sector business fails, the ecosystem of businesses becomes stronger and society becomes more prosperous. If a local government fails, people suffer and society becomes less prosperous. There is no symmetry between those two kinds of failure.
OK - there ya go!
Wear a helmet this afternoon - hail
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