Grab and Keel

Since it is Saudi Arabia, our allies, and because it happened on 9/11, I’m sure we are going to be buried with endless wingnut speculation. No doubt here will be an investigation. However, there was a big windy  dust storm, at Mecca, the day before, on Thursday. Cranes don’t like wind. Some contractor is in deep doo-doo.This is horrible:

Crane collapse at Mecca’s Grand Mosque kills at least 87

Three weather events came together and made a big mess in Japan.Three dead so far, 25 missing, and 100,000 people displaced. This ongoing and horrible:

2nd River in Japan Bursts Banks; Dozens Stranded

All that storm water overwhelmed the drain system installed to keep the river water from entering the Fukushima calamity site reservoirs. That meant that “hundreds of tons of radioactive water” had leaked from the facility and spilled into the river water and ocean.

Fukushima leaks radioactive water after Typhoon Etau busts drainage system

Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, around the world are limping, or floating, harassed, toward the hope of a better life. We know Mother Nature’s desertification response has a lot to do with it.

Its a lot of sadness and pain-almost too much to wrap your head around.