We had an incident earlier today due to someone having a compromised account. If you're reading this but can't log in, create a new account and make sure your password isn't something that I can Google search for.
Well, I forgot to update this little development. A big nothingburger thankfully in terms of conflict even if it was very out of the ordinary.
But it was a wakeup call to Israel. I am reading that Iran spent some $60 million in it's launch of it's assortment of cannon fodder. I use that term because Iran was sending a message and not its good stuff, as any research would show. The response cost? About $3 billion!
The fact that the U.S., Israel, and Jordan all participated in intercepting the low cost drones and missiles and still a few managed to strike Israeli land is one hand a testament to the effectiveness of high tech interception efficacy, BUT it is also a sobering reality for the U.S. and Israel that if Iran wanted to play hardball, it would be mass destruction in Israel. That is very unlikely.
What is very likely; however, is the fact that it is a confirmation to Iran that there is a massive cost/benefit in its favor regarding its effectiveness of its long game: proxy war and skirmishes. It's draining Israeli money and costing U.S. taxpayer money.
Israel needs to get this through their heads: They are on borrowed time in terms of what the global community will tolerate - act accordingly.
This article spells it out nicely: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/04/israel-economy-deterioration-worsens-as-gaza-conflict-and-other-hostilities-grind-on.html
And before smooth-brained Andrew excoriates me in another unread-by-me reply, no, I do not support Iran's government. They are religious whack jobs oppressing their own people... just like the religious right whack jobs keeping Netanyahu in power in Israel. They are pretty much the same: Delusional religious whack jobs who should drop dead already. I am pretty sure the liberal/moderate Jews and Muslims would rejoice.
In the last 10 years, Seattle has seen a whopping 3 rain events totaling more than 0.25” rain in July. That’s it.
In my experience, a drizzly convergence zone behind a marine push totaling 0.05” is where most of the July rain comes from.
Is it climo for the PS area to get a decent rainfall every couple of weeks in the peak of summer? I might believe a light sprinkle every 2-3 weeks, and maybe a decent rainfall once a month, but I have a hard time believing every 2 weeks. Maybe I'm wrong though.
And just so you know, in the summertime we get thunderstorms occasionally, the month of July here averages .66" of rain, which I doubt is any drier than Seattle.
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