STORM CONDITIONS

As you know, coffee functions as a diuretic. As well as stimulating one and keeping one from falling asleep in the evening (a very useful circumstance) it eventually leads one to the loo. If, like me, coffee doesn't keep one up at night, that latter characteristic jumps into sharp focus. And hour or two after I've fallen fast asleep, I shall have to get up. And seeing as the body wakes up slower than the mind does, it's a laborious process.

Bit of a pain in the gand, really.
Well, not so much there.
Mutranali.

So I now abstain from too much caffeinated liquid in the evening, just a little stronger. It won't keep me from falling asleep. But with luck I can go all night without even once having to go.

When I was in my early twenties I could bound out of bed with alacrity, filled with vim, vigour, and the urge to pee and get it done with. Why, I was bouncing off the walls on the way to the bathroom. Yay! And then be asleep again seconds later.


Which brings me, more or less, to the weather that's been happening.

Here in California, it's been heatwave after heatwave and the usual apocalyptic wildfires out in the interior, columns of refugees fleeing with their computers, the family photo album, and the cat, seeking shelter in red cross shelters and on couches.

On the coastal strip we've barely noticed.
The fog is warmer than usual.


The American Deep South has been hit by at least one monumental hurricane. Temperatures have been either quite a bit hotter than usual in parts of Europe, or much colder. The war and slaughter zone (Mesopotomia and the Persian Gulf) have become almost uninhabitable.


Six years ago, Typhoon Mangkhut wreaked havoc in the Philippines and on the Guangdong coast. Two weeks ago I mentioned in conversation that this years typhoon season might be as bad. And that appears to be happening. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next few months.


Gotta go pee now.



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