An early morning mountain view on our way out to a Papillon meeting.
Problem 1. Lately the oil prices per barrel fluctuate wildly between high and low, as it is due to the USA-Iran war. It really hits all of us in the pocket and we have to improvise.
I will tell you about our late-night rush to fill our car's tank. The first Wednesday of every month depends on the oil price, as we have a system that works according to the latest Opec prices for a barrel of oil. And so, if the oil price drops, then we go to fill up on the Wednesday. But when the price per liter rises, then we do a late night fill up on the Tuesday before the price increases on the Wednesday. We don't go to fill up during the day, as the queues of cars waiting to fill up at the pumps are too long. So that's why we rather do a late night fill up.
Yes, you can see that the service station is still very busy, but it means a half an hour wait, instead of during the day, as then the waiting period can be much longer.
Problem 2. We have received a yellow warning from the weather bureau to expect dangerous winds and floods, as The El Nino guy was busy building up a low-pressure system that is on its way to our area. Why a yellow warning? Well, they run a system that is graded according to colors. Green is good, orange is not so good, yellow is dangerous, and red is a catastrophe. So, let me show you some random views about the unstable weather patterns that are starting to build up, all views taken on the same day.
We see nature's sun halo as a warning in the sky that a storm is on its way. If you look carefully at the left-hand side of the ring, you will see a plane starting to fly through it.
Didn't see the plane in the shot above, no worry as here is a closer shot inside the ring.
Two shots below of what things looked like after lunchtime.
Then it all started to clear up again later in the day. (4 shots).
An attempted sunset also started to appear.
It is what it is, and nothing can change it, as it is said that even if we stop to pump the tons of toxic gasses into the air it will make no difference, as we are past the red line of a cure, and that's why the El Nino system started to develop. It is also said that the oceans are warming up, and that's bad news for the future. Just to say that I am no expert with regards to the weather terms, but I know what nature tells me every day.
Once again there is nothing that we can do, and I know that warnings about the damage to the ozone layer was sent out many years ago. But it seems that nobody listened and soon we will all be in the dwang across the world. Some scary pictures are seen in the media about what the world would look like in the year 2050, and I am so happy to say that I will not see it as by then I will be long gone. This is only the build-up, and as soon as I have shots of the storm's arrival, then I will surely share it here.
Such is life.
I hope that you enjoyed the random views.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
Until next time, cheers!
