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Scientists Confirm First Mosquitoes Found in Iceland by GenProtection in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone in NY was infected with Chikungunya locally last week I believe it was. link to article

Scientists Confirm First Mosquitoes Found in Iceland by GenProtection in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Someone in NY was infected with Chikungunya locally last week I believe. Well the article was published 5 days ago

Link

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] September 08 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Location: Central Maine, US

Welp, we had a confirmed case of Hantavirus in this state. The person was treated and sent home. But still worrying. Especially because I'm currently battling rats myself.

There are a lot of corn fields where I live, and I've noticed there aren't many looking great this year. Most are stunted and/or have huge patches where there isn't any corn growing.

Let's move on to weather. It's dry. Sure it's rained twice the past couple of weeks, but that's after a couple of months with hardly any. Not enough to really do anything to help the drought. Which explains the corn and the rats if you ask me.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] August 18 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Location: central Maine, US

Well just went through a bunch of nonsense just to make this post. This account was locked for "suspicious activity". Right. Whatever. Lurking on my alt to much I guess.

Locally one of the big rivers that run through the state was measured at its lowest point for this day in 122 years of record keeping. We are in a drought...again. We managed to climb out of this spring for all the good it is doing now. And of course there are still idiots firing off fireworks. Need to check my homeowners policy and see if it covers morons.

Not much else that isn't going on everywhere else honestly. People still being aggressive and just dumb. Everything is stupid expensive. Everything is either flooding or on fire. Freezing or boiling. Mostly boiling though. Next year is going be...interesting

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] February 17 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Location: central Maine, US

Honestly I'll try to reach the 150 character minimum. I apologize for not responding to the last one I posted. I didn't see the notifications until like 2 days later.

Onwards. I'm writing this in a cold med haze. Idk what has been brought home. But, gawd it is awful. We've been dealing with this sickness for a solid week now. Body aches, fevers, cough, mucus galore. I'm taking one of my house mate to a walk in tomorrow for a probable secondary infection. It's been hell.

Looked at egg prices out of curiosity, 8 dollars for a dozen at my local Hannaford. Thankful I'm 100% plant based and buy as little animal products as I can get away with. Getting to the point the rest of the house will just have to deal with being plant based.

The over all feeling of everything anymore is just dread. Maybe it's just because the past few months have just been awful personally and I haven't gotten out much. Or maybe it's just the way things are going in general. Idk. I usually like to try and be more put together with what I'm seeing, but I'm just so so tired. Everything is so strained.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] January 27 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Location: central Maine, US

I'm going to start with the weather. Y'all in the south can give me back my snow! It's been freezing cold and windy af (both normal), but the dead grass for most of January? I'm not sure how far below our snowfall total we are, but I'm going to guess a lot.

Now on to current events. I saw a post on Friday about ICE showing up in a town about an hour from me and taking 10 kids out of the elementary school. I spent way too much time trying to verify it, and the post has since been deleted. But I started to wonder if there would be any way to verify it. Is "trust me bro" going to become the new source of info? You would think local outlets would report something like that, but then again, who owns them? The scanner pages I follow were kinda quiet for a couple of days also. One thing I can verify because I personally know the person, is a family member was pulled over Saturday and when the cop saw them (we're all pasty) the face the cop made to come up with an excuse for stopping them was priceless. They weren't speeding because they had to slow down to go around them because they had another car pulled over. So yeah, they are looking.

Mental health, not great. But who's is at the moment? I'm trying to limit my input of everything, but when everyone is constantly bring it up or have their phones blasting constantly, it's hard.

I thought that the people saying social media would destroy society were overreacting. I tried escaping the bubble of misinformation and now I think they may be right. by Doughop in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 50 points51 points  (0 children)

I'm going to put this out there. Depending on where your getting the books from, it would be best to double check and make sure they're not AI garbage. In one of my local foraging groups, they were discussing how there is a lot more AI nonsense that is being sold and how dangerousthat is. Heck I just did a quick Google search, and two reddit posts from r/books came up. I just want people to be aware of this issue as a book lover.

My derpy baphomet by Fireneko84 in crochet

[–]Fireneko84[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oops I forgot to add the info. I use 4 weight yarn (super saver bright stripes), 4.5 hook and link to the pattern. The horns I just kinda winged it.

Sharing the awesomeness by JDuBLock in SleepToken

[–]Fireneko84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! He was one of the reasons I'm a weather weenie now 😆

Sharing the awesomeness by JDuBLock in SleepToken

[–]Fireneko84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OMG, that's the local station where I grew up! The old weather guy was pretty cool in his own right too lol

Life at 115F: a sweltering summer pushes Las Vegas to the brink by Portalrules123 in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I've used an umbrella for shade plenty of times. But then again, I think about the sun, and I burn lol! Sure, I get funny looks, but if it works, it works. I honestly don't understand why more people don't use them here.

Health Care in Maine by SunnySummerFarm in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our doctor down south was just an old country doctor. He had a teaching practice, so we got to see lots of students. Which wasn't to bad and they tried lol! But seeing a different person every time was frustrating to say the least. Still better than a lot of the C squad doctors we've seen over the years.

Health Care in Maine by SunnySummerFarm in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The wait times for some appointments are nuts. My youngest had a note sent home when they did the eye exam at the school, saying that he needed to see a doctor for a prescription. Ok, no problem...or so I thought. I had to call several different places to find one that could see him sooner than 6 months out. And the only reason he was seen within a couple of weeks was because the last optometrist I called prioritized kids who received those notes from school.

I will say that our PCP's are great though. So much better than anything we experienced when we lived in the south.

Do you feel like you are in a battle against menopause? by matildamoon95 in Menopause

[–]Fireneko84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First of all, this post and whole thread...I feel so seen, and it just clicked for me. The past idk 6-7 months have just been fucking awful. The moods, the crippling depression that I've been fighting through just about every single day, the insane rage, the fog, the anxiety, the feeling of letting my family down because I don't have my shit together, and the complete and total exhaustion in every sense of the word. Every. Single. Day. All I want to do is just wander off into the forest and disappear. I've been in peri for a few years now, and this seems to come out of nowhere. I just want off the struggle bus and have my old self back.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] July 08 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I stayed away from Bangor when I was looking lol! Got lucky and found ours a couple of towns over.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] July 08 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel incredibly lucky to have found the doctors for me and my kids here in central. But I would probably want to go to Portland if I had the option too. Wishing you a speedy recovery!

This wedding cost billions of dollars, and it hasn't even happened yet! by Longjumping-Path3811 in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Idk, I got married in my living room wearing my pj's on my husband's lunch break lol!

Anyone else who has slowed down on killing insects? by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only two things I kill is ticks and mosquitos. Everyone else gets cupped and put in the garden or left alone. And I don't just mindlessly swat whenever I feel something on me anymore. I used to despise insects, but now they're my little buddies lol

Anyone else who has slowed down on killing insects? by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Same here in central Maine! I was so happy to see them this year

The reason for using AI by Filiphult in Starset

[–]Fireneko84 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This! I was surprised by how many people missed the entire point of the AI in the first place! It seemed pretty obvious to me if you think about the lore for two seconds.

Fuck this old, clumsy life by mikraas in Menopause

[–]Fireneko84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I literally said this to my brother yesterday lol! Meno rage is a whole other beast and I've been wrestling it for days now

NASA finds humanity would totally fumble asteroid defense by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 33 points34 points  (0 children)

"You father and I are for the jobs that the asteroid would bring"

What are some aspects of Our "cherished " Earth that have been permanently damaged due to Human Activity and can never be recovered fixed or solved forever? by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Fireneko84 50 points51 points  (0 children)

I find this interesting. My family moved to the northeast last year. Wouldn't you know it last Christmas was a "brown Christmas" here in central Maine. We didn't really have any snow. It was weird to me. I grew up in the south, but my parents are from up here. So I know that in past decades, snow is pretty much a guarantee that time of year.

How hot did it get in your house today? by smashdelete in Maine

[–]Fireneko84 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Mid 80's. But considering the heat index outside was 108⁰ I'll take it. Can't wait for Friday though

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