LongeCity - Flood Alerts Up My Ass

Yesterday I got a red message on my phone, flash flood alert. Got another one today. Don't know how they even do that. Three flash flood alerts on the T.V. recently, breaking into normal programing with staccato noises. Their flash flood alerts last until a precise minute: 1:13 p.m. to 6:13 p.m. An electronic voice mispronounces the place names and even common English words. I wonder how immigrants deal with that. The information isn't as useful or accurate as it could be, but it sure is delivered as if it was. In reality it was a clear day today as far as the eye could see, but thanks.

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It's the evening of the next day now. Today was another clear, warm summer day. They supposedly have the tenth hurricane of the summer coming at us. There's ten times more of these warning than I remember. Almost all of them come to little or nothing. I wonder if there are really ten times more hurricanes or just ten times more hurricane warnings.

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