Yeah, well….. about that Chilean vacation.
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Dear Citizens of Kalifornia, Comrade Governor Jerry Brown has signed emergency power authority to control water use due to an excessive drought in the state.  Part of that alarming reality was an admission by Governor Brown that citizens would be fined heavily for taking too long a shower.

Many non-California readers responded to the news with questions about how California was going to be able to enforce the length of a shower, or the use of water within the construct of personal activity taking place in the privacy of a citizen’s home.

Today some clarity begins to emerge.

REPORTING YOUR NEIGHBOR! State implementing ways to report ur neighbor when water is wasted. #CBS13 @CBSSacramento pic.twitter.com/LjxVJmWToI

— ronjonesreports (@ronjonesreports) April 7, 2015

California is currently creating a program for neighbors to turn-in other neighbors who are deemed to be in violation of the State Water use emergency laws.  (more…)

…BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT…
• THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING… • WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT.  • LOCATIONS…NEW YORK CITY AND SURROUNDING IMMEDIATE SUBURBS…LONG ISLAND…AND MOST OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. • ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 20 TO 30 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. (NWS ALERT)
(CNN) — The National Weather Service has upgraded its blizzard watch to a blizzard warning for the area from northern New Jersey through southern Connecticut, including New York City. Twenty to 30 inches of snow is possible with winds gusting 55 to 65 mph. The Weather Service says whiteout conditions will make travel extremely dangerous in the affected area. The blizzard warning is in effect from 1 p.m. Monday through Tuesday, with the worst conditions expected from late Monday evening through midday Tuesday. (more…)

You know this guy is strong to have survived 3 days under these conditions. You know this guy is Chuck Norris strong to have battled with an Alaska Wolverine and lived. (make sure you watch the video as he describes exactly what a Wolverine does during a hunt).

ALASKA – A man in Alaska says it’s a miracle that he survived three days in the wilderness while battling sub-zero temperatures and a wolverine.

Craig Johnson was halfway through an 80-mile trek through remote Alaska on Dec. 15 when his snowmobile fell through the ice. He was on his way to visit family for the holidays.
“I almost gave up … But I couldn’t give up. I had to do it for my boys, my family,” he said. “I think it’s a miracle that I’m alive.”
Johnson, 38, said he had to crawl back to the thicker part of the ice as his snowmobile sank.
“Everything just happened so fast,” he said. (more…)

Well Past Midnight – While looking for a couple of kids missing in the neighborhood a cop spotted a partially buried shovel sticking out from a massive pile of snow almost 10′ high.  The cop pulled out the shovel, then decided to dig a bit – he found nothing. 
Something, just a sense, he can’t quite describe it in interviews, nagged him a little, and an internal whisper told him to just try digging a little deeper, so he did.   He dug a bit more, a little deeper, deeper still….
and spotted a boot…
(CNN) — Two little boys have something to be thankful for this year following their rescue after spending hours buried under a pile of snow in New York.
The boys, ages 9 and 7, were building a fort Wednesday evening when a snow plow came through a parking lot near their homes in Newburgh.
It pushed even more of the white stuff into the snowbank in which they were playing, leaving them trapped underneath the snow for several hours, according to police. (more…)

(Via Fox News) Hurricane Arthur strengthened to a Category 2 storm with winds of up to 100 mph Thursday night as it prepared to batter the East Coast on Independence Day.
https://twitter.com/twc_hurricane/status/484876403221872640
Thousands of vacationers in North Carolina were forced to flee the coast as heavy rains and winds were expected to pound the state’s popular flood-prone Outer Banks overnight and into Friday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said that little additional change in strength was expected Thursday night and Friday and that the storm would begin weakening Friday night. (more…)

Each Tornado estimated at 1/2 mile wide.   (more pics here)

UPDATE HERE

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20,000 “California” homes and it leads the AP Newswires !   Back in 2011 Texas was battling its worst fire season in state history. A record 3.5 million acres — an area roughly the size of Connecticut was burned — and AP seemed to scarcely consider.

SAN DIEGO (AP) – Wildfires pushed by gusty winds chewed through canyons parched by California’s drought, prompting evacuation orders for more than 20,000 homes on the outskirts of San Diego and another 1,200 homes and businesses in Santa Barbara County 250 miles to the north.

No homes were reported damaged in either fire, but hundreds were considered threatened. The rugged terrain and unseasonably warm temperatures made firefighting even more difficult.

The flames that erupted in the fire-prone Rancho Bernardo area of San Diego quickly grew to 700 acres, driven by hot, dry Santa Ana winds that whipped through areas dotted by hilltop estates and pricey new housing tracts. (more…)

ALABAMA – A University of Alabama athlete died after protecting his girlfriend from a collapsing wall on Monday evening.

A retaining wall collapsed on men’s swimming and diving team member John Servati, 21, while he stayed in an off-campus home’s basement with a friend, WSFA reports. He was taken to DCH Regional Medical Center and later pronounced dead.
Anna Rae Gwarjanski, captain of the University’s women’s swimming and diving team, tweeted that Servati managed to hold up the wall and save his girlfriend’s life that night, Al.com reports.
‘John Servati died a hero. Held up a concrete wall long enough for his girlfriend to get out from under it before it collapsed again on him,’ she said. (more…)

Prayers for all the communities in the affected areas.   Updated CNN Report HERE
https://twitter.com/TWCBreaking/statuses/460601741780606976
ARKANSAS – Major damage is reported in Mayflower and across Faulkner County. Buildings and trees have sustained damage. There are reports of roofs being taken off homes and trees being stripped of leaves. Multiple vehicles along I-40 were damaged. One fatality has been confirmed along Highway 365 in Mayflower, according to Arkansas State Police. There is also damage confirmed in and around Vilonia, including damage to homes and to a fast food restaurant. Channel 7 has reporters and storm chasers collecting information across Central Arkansas. (link)

Never seen a #tornado radar image remain so violent & evident for this long. Now, passing through Letona, AR #arwx pic.twitter.com/nah3N4QdFY

— Tornado Trackers (@tornadotrackers) April 28, 2014

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