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| Significant Storm hitting Bay Area, CA today and tomorrow. Storms and winter weather, blizzards, flooding are expected in many parts of the state, check and follow your local weather and expect changing and potentially extreme conditions. * Bay Area road closures due to storm (Developing story so all may not be listed and new ones may be added) Oakland, CA: I -580 has been closed in this area due to flooding. Niles Canyon Road closed between Pleasanton and Fremont due to flooding. HWY 84 west of Portula road hit with a mudslide, half a lane open. SR 129 closed between Murphy Crossing and US 101 due to mud slides. * Silicon Valley Bank: The bank has been seized by the FDIC as investors and tech workers started a run on the bank trying to get their money. This is the largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis. |   |
| World | |
  | * Hamburg, Germany: 7 people are dead including an unborn baby after a lone gunman attacked a Jehovah’s Witness meeting hall there. The attacker took his own life after the killings. It was reported that he had “ill feelings” towards the religious community, which he had been a former member of. * Mexico: In response to pressure from the United States to take action against Cartels or the US would, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would launch an information campaign inside the United States against Republicans. The Mexican President said he would tell Mexicans and Hispanics not to vote for them unless lawmakers changed their treatment of Mexico. * Georgia: Two nights of violent protests have forced leaders to withdraw a bill that limited foreign agent interference in internal affairs. Protestors claimed the bill would kill Georgia’s chances of joining the European Union. The current Georgian government is trying to make it harder for foreign “color revolutions” to be successful. That was the strategy used in 2003 to throw Georgia’s government out at that time and install the current government. * China: President Xi won an unprecedented 3rd five-year term, winning 2,952 votes for and zero against in the National People’s Congress yesterday (Such a tight race…) * Taiwan: The United States is in talks to send stockpiles of munitions to be stored in Taiwan. |
| National | |
| * The House is expected to vote today on a bill that would require the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to release all information regarding links/ associations between the Wuhan Institute and Covid origins. * House Oversight Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the Biden Family investigation, this part will focus on the Treasury Department. |  |
| Thoughts for the day |
| “Human nature is full of riddles and contradictions; its very complexity engenders art—and by art I mean the search for something more than simple linear formulations, flat solutions, oversimplified explanations. One of these riddles is: how is it that people who have been crushed by the sheer weight of slavery and cast to the bottom of the pit can nevertheless find strength to rise up and free themselves, first in spirit and then in body; while those who soar unhampered over the peaks of freedom suddenly appear to lose the taste for freedom, lose the will to defend it, and, hopelessly confused and lost, almost begin to crave slavery. Or again: why is it that societies which have been benumbed for half a century by lies they have been forced to swallow find within themselves a certain lucidity of heart and soul which enables them to see things in their true perspective and to perceive the real meaning of events; whereas societies with access to every kind of information suddenly plunge into lethargy, into a kind of mass blindness, a kind of voluntary self deception.” ― Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Warning to the West |
| Advisory |
| – Fire Watch * https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/ -Warnings/ Advisories (NOAA) * Winter Weather conditions, Flash floods, flooding, and winds are possible in many parts of the state. Check local conditions and be aware of changing conditions. Mountain areas that have winter weather conditions are facing further storms and Avalanche conditions * Bay Area will be hit by a Level 3 Storm Thu – Fri * Flash Flood Warning: Fresno, Kings; Tulare, Tulare, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Tuolumne, Fresno; Madera, San Luis Obispo Warning: A warning is issued when a hazardous weather or hydrologic event is occurring, imminent or likely. A warning means weather conditions pose a threat to life or property. People in the path of the storm need to take protective action. Advisory: An advisory is issued when a hazardous weather or hydrologic event is occurring, imminent or likely. Advisories are for less serious conditions than warnings, that cause significant inconvenience and if caution is not exercised, could lead to situations that may threaten life or property. Watch: A watch is used when the risk of a hazardous weather or hydrologic event has increased significantly, but its occurrence, location or timing is still uncertain. It is intended to provide enough lead time so those who need to set their plans in motion can do so. A watch means that hazardous weather is possible. People should have a plan of action in case a storm threatens and they should listen for later information and possible warnings especially when planning travel or outdoor activities. * Winter Storm Warning: Western Siskiyou County, North Central and Southeast Siskiyou County; South Central Siskiyou County, Grant Grove Area; Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge; Kings Canyon NP; Sequoia NP; South End of the Upper Sierra; Upper San Joaquin River; Yosemite NP outside of the valley, Motherlode; Northeast Foothills, Sacramento Valley. – Weather (South Bay/ San Jose) * Air Quality in the south Bay Area is Good. * Sunrise – 06278 hrs. Sunset – 1810 hrs. * Cloudy with rain, high of 56 – lows toward 49 * High Allergy Alert from Trees. Low allergy alert from grass. No allergy alert for weeds. * Today mid 50s/ cloudy/ rain. Sat – Mon upper 50s – low 60s/ rain. Tue – Wed mid 50s/ rain. – Vehicles * Vehicle EDC Go Bag: https://youtu.be/FtcH73kXxZY, https://youtu.be/PC7aj4oKMR8 – Ring of Fire * How is your earthquake kit? http://usgshandbook.com/165/how-to-make-an-earthquake-survival-kit/ * Build your earthquake kit: https://graywolfsurvival.com/200566/how-to-build-a-portable-earthquake-kit-for-the-city/ – Rallies/ Civil Unrest/ Terrorism * – Firearms Laws, Education & News: * The Perun X16 Rifle is Pretty Amazing: https://youtu.be/zEqJ-kMXy1o * ODNI Issues Annual Report: China Dominating Threat Landscape: https://youtu.be/sDHueCyc0BA * ATF Pistol Brace Rule At An END.: https://youtu.be/zBcOxAb3Gi4 * How to Zero A Red Dot Sight Using Your Pistol: https://youtu.be/awLj7Vzi96s |
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