History: August 2015 Archives
This app from NOAA shows the tracks of all tropical depressions, storms, and hurricanes in its record books and allows you to search for storms that have passed within a certain radius of a particular place. The closest a tropical storm has come to Tulsa: On August 7, 1918, a tropical storm dropped down to a depression near Webbers Falls in Muskogee County. The storm had hit the Gulf Coast as a Cat 3 hurricane south of Lake Charles, Louisiana, 24 hours earlier. Three other tropical storms have passed through Oklahoma: On September 10, 1900, a tropical storm, leftovers of a Cat 4 hurricane, maintained 35-45 knot winds as it crossed the territory from Jefferson County to Kay County, passing through the western parts of modern day OKC. On June 28, 1902, the remnants of a Cat 1 hurricane that made landfall at Corpus Christi clipped the southeastern corner of the Choctaw Nation. Cat 5 Hurricane Carla, which had made landfall near Victoria, Texas, the day before, was still barely at tropical-storm strength when it crossed the Red River on September 12, 1961. 2010's Hermine was the last time the remnants of a named storm came through Oklahoma, but here it was only a tropical disturbance.
Freeman's Perspective: It's 460 AD in Rome: This Won't Be Fixed
Paul Rosenberg looks to the writings of Salvian, just before the fall of Rome, as a preview of coming "attractions" in our own culture. You might call this another take on the "Benedict Option."
"Even if this system doesn't crash for another century, everything done within it is a waste.
"It is fully corrupt, from top to bottom, and I don't believe there are any "good guys" inside, waiting for 'the right time.' It is OVER.
"I withdraw. I forsake them. I refuse to waste my energy on their politics. Humanity deserves better and I aim to do my part in building it.
"I will shed no tears when this system finally collapses - it will be a liberation.
"From here on, I'll build new things and will have nothing to do with the old....
"The good and productive people of this world deserve something better than the abusive dominators that seek to control their every move, and we are more than capable of building it. But we have to stop waiting for permission from the lords of the status quo - they will never give us permission to bypass their domination.
"We have to make our own decisions and simply start building something better. We are able, and this system is unworthy of our efforts.
"Now would be a very good time to start."
