They say the Central valley was an island due to the amount of water.
The Native Americans claimed there was two lands.
The one next to the mountains and the one next to the water.
Two different lands which they resided.
The idea the peninsula of San Francisco
Was an island is not that bizarre.
Look at the current situation in the American river
Those boats should be at least 10 feet below the bridge.
The old town of Sacramento was flooded regularly.
So, when the Capital was finally decided upon
As Sacramento they moved it up the road
And made the second floor the entrance.
Everyone goes into the bottom floor
As no one is allowed to enter any of those upper doors
Anymore due to people like Jimmy.
The bottom floor is mainly the museum
With only the Governor's office
While the rest of the politicians
Are on the second and third floors.
No mistake about the rising flood waters
If anyone has to deal with wetness
It won't be the smart ones
Who go to higher ground.
Meanwhile two levees have broken
The levees were developed to keep
This from happening every year.
The roads and highways in the Central valley
Are unusable at this moment
If one more levee breaks that bridge won't stand
Nor will the trains be able to enter the city.
Once this was a port city
With a ferry to San Francisco
But those riverboats are not meant for travel
It will be a brave man who goes to work
If these storms continue
With his office on the first floor!
The expression is
"Being on the ground floor"
Meant that they were there when it began
And therefore, have first dibs
Best wishes Gavin!
Now for my area
The San Diego River always floods
Every time it rains.
Originally it was called the Rosa Rio.
The Russian River of the south.
Before everyone had to pick up
And move north to the last remaining
Fort of the Ross company
Thier Russian river has a different name
But no one remembers how to pronounce it
They at least still have Russian orthodox churches
And a Metropolitan who blesses the fishing fleet
Every year in the town of Bodega.
Meanwhile, I walked out on Sunday
Only to take a bus back to the nearest stop.
And the bus detoured around what looks like a creek.
It is not a creek and has risen
Quite high when I was younger
Remember the boats and canoes upon it.
Now it smells like a swamp
From being blocked from its normal strength.
Except for the Golf course next to it
There are many residences with views
I had to cross the street and waddle
Through mere inches of fast-moving water
The cars were being turned back from crossing
The other side was deeper
Too deep for a pedestrian.
I was told to turn back but the other street
Is even more under water
I knew do it quickly before the guard came back
My feet were attached by the water
And only with my steady walking stick
Did I get through the few inches.
There were more foot soldiers coming down the street
While the cars were turned back
They made it to the other side
Where the transit spot is for the entire valley
They have everyone meet here
Instead down the road at Hazard.
Where they have less flooding
And the busses begin their routes
Ignoring all the stranded bus takers
Who sit there hugging the bus stop pole
Wailing about when the bus is coming.
It's not today, not until the water recedes
Then I walk into the residence building
Squish, squish
There has been another flood
From one of the apartments
There is an overflow of water
I have had to have my carpet
Dried out so many times
And just last week there was a drier
Located right there at the same spot.
Same guy with the toilet?
Or a new one?
Won't know till the office comes back
I did not realize that if New Years
Is on Sunday it is celebrated on Monday
Even the annual Rose Day parade
Was rescheduled for Monday morning
And then not shown due to a football game
Until the late afternoon on just one channel.
Sniff life is just not the same anymore.
Like that guy who worked so hard
He went to a gym everyday
And had a coach to work on his build
As well as a stagecoach to make him
Look good in those movies.
Hawkeye is the best archer
In the world
Or at least the Avengers.
Most people forget he was the jerk
In the Mission Impossible movies
Second to Cruise in his desk job
They always mention the muscle man
Of Avengers with his cool outfit
And gifted bow and arrow.
This guy likes to play in the snow.
He is raising his daughter outside of Hollywood
They live in mountains above Sacramento
He appears to have just laid down on the snow
And allowed his snowplow
To roll over on top of him.
Really, he had an accident
Where his driving skills are not questioned
But his mind, who lets a vehicle
Roll over on top of you.
Did it decide to drive itself?
Or was it climbing a molehill?
Look at the size of those towers!
There is no way he missed it coming at him.
Unless he was unconscious.
They said the helicopter
Almost did not come because
They thought the snow was too thick
To land on top.
At least he was not dropped off the top
Of the twenty-story hospital
Unlike myself who scored nothing
With those girls who only knew
I was size zero and deserved nothing.
His family are at his side
And his friends have him in their thoughts
But how does one just lie down....
Oh Jimmy, you aren't in Reno
Are you?
He is well known for getting into
Those type of vehicles
The bigger the better
If they do destruction even better
There is a story about a project
Of Donald Trump
Way back in the seventies
The kid was not even old enough to drive
The wrecking ball vehicle lit up one day
And swung around.
There were at least three buildings
That went down that day.
Imagine going to work
And coming home to a domino effect
Of old wood and brick structures
Laying on top of each other.
Jimmy are you sure
You don't have it in for an archer
He is just an actor playing
A hero with a bow and arrow.
He has a thing about that weapon
I was forced to learn how to use it
For my Olympic team
As a native American
They chose my sport
I did medal and he has been after
That medal and the assumption
That he is the one who won it.
Maybe it is because Jeremys
Father is a Silicon Valley
Computer geek genius.
He probably knows a thing
Or two about computers himself
He might even know how to get rid
Of an online stalker.
Best wishes on his survival
And not losing his legs.
Lots of blood loss they said.
I had no blood loss
But they turned black all the way down
The doctors kept circling my bed
Saying nothing until they had enough
Of the stories the ladies were telling
In the waiting room
Who were saying I was making up
The auto accident!
I cleared the observation
They required from me.
No diagnosis of mental illness
Not even mild depression
Nor a suicide attempt
Can't get a piece of paper
To show as this is not how it is done.
I keep being psyched by this woman
Named Rebecca
Grey hair with a small dog.
She is never seen without that dog.
I see her everywhere I go
And then she makes a report
On me that gets me in trouble
I have confronted her about it
As she is not doctor
But keeps doing it anyways.
As I was walking up the street
After wading through the overflowed
River and covering an additional mile of detour
I was taking advantage of the bus stop benches
There is no place to sit
Nor go to the bathroom nowadays.
There she was heading towards me
At a jog as if it was normal
For her to pass me
And without her dog.
She must have found out I was coming
And flew out the door.
Just to cross my path.
People say I make these things up
But it happens all the time.
No reason for her to be out on the road
Without her dog and the wrong time of day
For her walk with her dog.
Anyways, it was wet Sunday
As I walked to the trolley.
I spent the morning in my favorite spot
In the East Village
Which was once home to my family
And the Russian refugee community.
Now it is all uppity dog walkers
And call girls going into those tall towers.
My spot is an old stagecoach stop
The wooden building has a sign
That says Rosario Hall.
The Russian River building
Which has been moved many times.
Wetness is something one has to understand.
Cats hate to get wet.
When will we all learn?
Oh, by the way...
The Pope died!
He is being laid out for all to see.
Those who want to queue
How many days does Rome
Want to stand in line?
To see a man who was accused
Of many things including being a Nazi
But his family have a strong German male line
And a female line that leads back
To a Rabbi family in Moravia.
His family would not have survived
If the Nazis had known, they were conversos
They did not care about conversion.
Perhaps he will be buried near
Peter the former Jew who helped
Create the Christian faith.
Best wishes to him as well
On his journey towards his reward.
Good thing Jimmy is not in Rome.
No one knows where he will pop up next
But it is always going to be trouble.
Maybe his blond wife and him
Could wake up in the water below
Imperioal beach.
Where the Tijuana sewer
Is overflowing and contaminating
The beach to the point
That no one is supposed to get in the water.
Talk about getting wet!
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