I'd planned to post some good news on Friday night but we've
had two nights of severe weather here in Vegas. Both nights were typical storms
in our monsoon season - heavy rains, severe winds and abundant lightning strikes.
Friday night, our winds hit 75 mph in many neighborhoods and
we recorded over 700 lightning strikes. Last night, our winds hit 85 mph and we
recorded over 500 lightning strikes and golf ball sized hailstone in some
areas.
The senior mobile home park I live in wasn't too badly hit.
Some home were without power. Several folks lost their front porch and/or back
driveway carport awnings. One woman's large mulberry was yanked out of the
ground by the roots and is laying on her lot. A large piece of palm tree hit a
neighbor's home almost across from my home, put a hole in the back of her coach, and
hit with such force that one of her bathroom medicine cabinets flew open and
the contents dropped into her sink.
Our home was spared. I had to recover the garbage can and
some recycle bins. I also had to pick up the rain spout from the ground and
secure it. It just missed the car window. So, we were very fortunate.
We expect some peace until this coming weekend when we might
have a repeat.
Good News a Little Late
Friday morning, we finally received a county medical
assistance card for my nephew. It will cover primary care visits to a clinic as
well as prescriptions. It must be renewed every three months. This is not a
problem considering what a blessing this is.
Frank has had no coverage since April of 2011. That was the
last time he had any diabetes medicine. We have been having a hard time
financially and make no excuses for the fact that, for both of us, food is a
comforter.
We were blessed with a really quick appointment - this
coming Tuesday (day after tomorrow).
Getting the prescriptions is inconvenient because we must
drive over 10 miles to either of the two places which accept the county card.
Also, when he finally gets SSDI, he will need this card for
medical coverage until he hits 60 (he's 57) and Medicare kicks in.
Our goal, then, is two-fold - get the diabetes and his other
conditions under control; get a doctor to state that he is functionally disabled
regarding his ability to maintain a job.
Firefox Mozilla Update
And, finally, I have made my peace with Firefox. I'm now
familiar with their "look" and their most immediately needed
features. I find Firefox to be much faster than IE8. It also seems to use less
RAM. I'm told that IE8 forces folks to use Java and that this eats up memory.
More on Firefox later. I'm just happy that I have absolutely no trouble posting
in Blogger since I switched over. I should have listened to my brother two
years ago and made the switch back then.
Well, that's enough for one night. God is good. Enough said.
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