2024-09-22ELECTION MONTH

We’re just over 40 days from the Presidential Election in Nov.

If you’ve been reading the news and keep abreast of the positions of everyone running then you likely have concerns about the aftermath of the the election.

If one side wins then there will almost certainly be violence in the streets in reaction. That violence will continue indefinitely. Those living in major cities will need to exercise extreme caution. If the other side wins then government inserting itself into our lives will almost certainly increase dramatically along with the suppression of speech and dissent. Worst of all there will likely be Price Controls imposed. If imposed on food then there will almost certainly be rapid food shortages as occurs whenever Price Controls are imposed.

Vote however you like. Quite bluntly I have little faith in the U.S. Election system and believe it to be fatally compromised. The “results” of the election come down to how many Ballots are counted for each side and between election day when the polls close and the end of counting I expect lots and lots of “Ballots” will be discovered and counted.

In the last two national elections there were counties where the number of “Ballots” counted significantly exceeded the number of registered voters in the county. I expect that to increase even more.

I don’t care about you political affiliation. JustĀ  know that the aftermath of this coming election is almost certainly going to be chaotic regardless of who “wins” and be prepared for it.

The Librarian

2024-09-20BULK DOWNLOAD SCRIPT REMOVED

I reluctantly had to remove that Bulk Download Powershell Script I had posted.

My wife is a Triage Nurse Manager who works from home and relies on the Internet to stay connected to all the Nurses and Medical Practices around the country. While bandwidth use by folks using browser plugins gets a bit large at times it doesn’t fully saturate the line to the point she cannot work.

Recently however bandwidth use has gotten so heavy some nights and weekends that she had to use her cell phone hotspot simply in order to work. That’s a breaking point.

So the only practical option was to remove the bulk download script. Sorry for the inconvenience but the site’s been running for over a decade without one and I imagine it can continue a bit longer.

The Librarian

2024-09-17X-4.5 CME IMPACT AND LIGHT SHOW

The CME from Saturday’s X-4.5 Flare hit the Earth late yesterday afternoon. The Aurora was visible as far South as Texas. Sadly we had storms all day yesterday and overcast with rain last night so we missed it. We haven’t seen the Northern Lights since we left Alaska many years ago.

That Sunspot is still passing across the face of the sun and is still a threat. Still the sequence was a good reminder of the process.

The Flare occurred last Saturday. The CME arrived Monday afternoon. Thus we had about a 48 hour lag between the actual Flare and the CME impact. Hopefully if there is a large one, X-10+, we’ll have at least some warning before the impact.

Not sure how much good the warning will do for most folks but for some of us anyway it will be a short time to store away a few more supplies, put a few more things in a Faraday Cage, maybe make a run to the local Farm Supply store for seeds and other last minute preparations.

The Librarian

2024-09-012SOLAR FLARE FUN

New sunspot has just emerged around the edge of the Sun and it’s popping out high M-Class and low X-Class flares almost hourly today.

It won’t be directly facing the Earth until early next week but definitely something worth keeping an eye on.

Check spaceweather.com for updates as it progress across the face of the Sun.

The Librarian

2024-09-02HERBALISM ZIP FIXED AND BULK DOWNLOADS

It turned out that the Herbalism Category Index Page was linking to the old static table format. As a result it was only showing about 70% of the books and was not listing the .ZIP file for that Category. That’s been fixed.

I’ve added a new page on ways to Bulk Download the Library since it is so often asked about. Look in the FAQ page from the main Menu at the top. It’s in the first section of Links at the bottom.

The Librarian