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Weather: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 107. Light and variable wind becoming east 8 to 13 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. South wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
- Daily weather briefing from the National Weather Service in Jacksonville here.
- Drought conditions here. (What is the Keetch-Byram drought index?).
- Check today’s tides in Daytona Beach (a few minutes off from Flagler Beach) here.
- Tropical cyclone activity here, and even more details here.
Today at a Glance:
Art Dycke’s Celebration of Life is scheduled for noon at Santa Maria del Mar Catholic Church, 915 N Central Ave, Flagler Beach, followed by a 1:30 p.m. reception at Grand Haven Golf Clubhouse. If you would like to send a card to the family, the address is 5 Lagare St., Palm Coast, FL 32137. See: “Art Dycke, Co-Author of Palm Coast Charter and Dedicated City Historian, Dies at 92,” and the obituary here.
Local Ham Radio Clubs Test Emergency Capabilities June 27-28 and you’re invited! The local effort will include Hams associated with the Flagler Palm Coast Amateur Radio Club, Flagler Emergency Communications Association, and Flagler County ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) who will gather at Hammock Community Center, 79 Mala Compra Road, Palm Coast to operate multiple Ham Radio stations for 24 hours beginning at 2 pm. Saturday. Local Amateur Radio operators will be representing our community in American Radio Relay League’s annual Field Day. Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. The public is welcome to visit this local Field Day site to learn more about Ham Radio, local clubs and hams in our own neighborhoods. Opportunities will be available to operate radios under the supervision of Federal Communications Commission licensed Radio Amateurs. This event is free of charge, no advance arrangements are necessary.
The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at South 2nd Street, right in front of City Hall, featuring prepared food, fruit, vegetables , handmade products and local arts from more than 30 local merchants. The market is hosted by Flagler Strong, a non-profit.
Coffee With Commissioner Scott Spradley: Flagler Beach Commission Chairman Scott Spradley hosts his weekly informal town hall with coffee and doughnuts at 9 a.m. at his law office at 301 South Central Avenue, Flagler Beach. All subjects, all interested residents or non-residents welcome. The gatherings usually feature a special guest.
Palm Coast Historical Society Executive Board Meeting, 2 p.m. at the society’s location in Holland Park, 18 Florida Park Drive, Palm Coast. The meeting is open to the public and is preceded by an hour of mingling, from 1 to 2 p.m.
Gamble Jam: Join us from 2 to 4 p.m. for the Gamble Jam—a laid-back, toe-tappin’ tribute to the legendary Florida folk singer and storyteller, James Gamble Rogers IV! Musicians of all skill levels are welcome to bring their acoustic instruments and join the jam. Whether you’re strumming, picking, singing, or just soaking in the sounds, come be part of the magic at the Gamble Jam pavilion! The program is free with park admission! Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach, 3100 S. Oceanshore Blvd., Flagler Beach, FL. Call the Ranger Station at (386) 517-2086 for more information. The park hosts this acoustic jam session at one of the pavilions along the river to honor the memory of James Gamble Rogers IV, the Florida folk musician who lost his life in 1991 while trying to rescue a swimmer in the rough surf.
Grace Community Food Pantry, 245 Education Way, Bunnell, drive-thru open today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The food pantry is organized by Pastor Charles Silano and Grace Community Food Pantry, a Disaster Relief Agency in Flagler County. Feeding Northeast Florida helps local children and families, seniors and active and retired military members who struggle to put food on the table. Working with local grocery stores, manufacturers, and farms we rescue high-quality food that would normally be wasted and transform it into meals for those in need. The Flagler County School District provides space for much of the food pantry storage and operations. Call 386-586-2653 to help, volunteer or donate.
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Notably: Albert Camus for most of his life kept notebooks, referred to in French as “Carnets,” in which he jotted down ideas, deep thoughts of the kind SNL might parody (Susan Sontag did not like his Carnets, but Susan Sontag is an acquired taste that some, like Gore Vidal, never acquire), fragments of novels or plays, ideas for his deeper philosophical reflections, and just errant lines here and there. I like them, mostly. In a 1935 entry, he wrote: “Two friends: both very ill. But one suffered from a nervous condition—recovery was still possible. The other had advanced tuberculosis. No hope left. The latter: One afternoon. The tuberculosis patient sat by her friend’s bedside. “You see, until now—even during my worst crises—something remained with me. A very tenacious hope for life. Today, it seems there is nothing left to hope for. I am so weary that I feel I shall never rise again.”
Then the other, a flash of wild joy in her eyes, took her hand and said: “Oh! We shall make the great journey together.” The same two women—one dying of tuberculosis, the other nearly cured. The latter had traveled to France to try a new treatment. And the other reproaches her for it. She apparently blames her for having abandoned her. In truth, she resents seeing her cured. She had harbored the wild hope of not dying alone——of taking her dearest friend with her. She is going to die alone. And the knowledge of this fuels her friendship with a terrible hatred.” Nothing to add.
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July 2026
Flagler Beach Farmers Market
Coffee With Flagler Beach Commission Chair Scott Spradley
Democratic Women’s Club
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Chess Meet-Up At the Flagler Beach Public Library
Random Acts of Insanity’s Roundup of Standups from Around Central Florida
ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village
Al-Anon Family Groups
Story Time on the Farm at the Ag Museum
For the full calendar, go here.
If one is truly convinced of their despair, they must act as if they hoped — or kill themselves. Suffering does not grant any rights. («Si on est bien persuadé de son désespoir, il faut agir comme si on espérait — ou se tuer. La souffrance ne donne pas de droits. »)
–From Camus’ Carnets, May 1935-February 1942.
Ray W. says
A Daily Mail story has it that last year Floridians saw 45,696 American retirees move into the state from elsewhere. 44,881 American retirees moved away from us, for a net 815 more retirees coming to Florida. One reason given by the reporter is that in some state regions home insurance now costs nearly five times the national average.
Make of this what you will.
Ray W. says
The Boston Globe reports that two Massachusetts Republican candidates running for statewide office have been removed from the ballot for allegedly committing fraud during the qualifying process.
Anne Manning Martin, Republican candidate for Lt. Governor, was removed after a audit of the nominating signatures she filed during the qualifying process revealed 1,279 “likely fraudulent” signatures, taking the number of her valid nominating signatures below the 10,000 signature threshold.
Michael C. Walsh, Republican candidate for Attorney General, was removed after an audit of his submitted nominating signatures revealed 1,021 of them “likely fraudulent”, also taking the number of his valid submitted signatures below the 10,000 signature threshold.
It is reportedly too late for replacement Republican candidates to be added to the ballot.
Make of this what you will.
Ray W. says
The Associated Press is reporting that, after Thursday’s strike on a commercial ship in or near the Strait of Hormuz and after a number of nighttime American counterstrikes on Iranian military positions, earlier today Iran launched a number of drones toward Bahrain, plus a second ship was attacked.
The reporter expressed wonder whether the Iran War might spin out of control.
Make of this what you will.
Me?
I do not claim to know the status of traffic through the Strait. Like anyone else, I can look to maritime journals like Windward for some form of independent news. It sure looks like the Strait may effectively be closed once again to most shipping, at least for today. It’s been 120 days since onset of war. Not one of those days has seen normal traffic figures. A lot of lies have been employed on all sides, but the best analogy I have read thus far is that the worldwide crude oil supply chain is like a person’s circulatory system; it can lose blood and still work until blood loss reaches a certain volume, at which point overall circulation crashes.
Ray W. says
A number of months ago, perhaps many months ago, I commented to the FlaglerLive community about a salt water inversion that was taking place near the mouth of the Mississippi River. Freshwater flow had dropped so much that tidal salt water back flows were impacting community drinking water systems that drew directly from the river. The problem, from a hydrologist’s point-of-view, is that salt water is heavier than fresh water. During low-flow conditions, salt water from the Gulf can travel upstream underneath a layer of slow moving fresh water flowing downstream. Pipes drawing drinking water from the river can begin drawing from the layer of salt water, tainting community fresh water treatment systems.
Flash forward to Italy.
According to a Reuters story, despite engineering modifications built by hydrologists decades ago to limit salt water inversion, in less than two weeks during a heat dome event, the flow of fresh water in the Po River at its delta that is moving toward the Mediterranean Sea has dropped to less than half the minimum fresh water flow previously thought possible.
Salt water inversion, what the reporter calls “salt wedge”, has brought seawater inversion as many as 11 miles inland. Irrigation canals are being shut to limit the potential of saltwater intrusion, but that brings on issues related to drought. Crop growth cycles are at risk of interruption. Wetland ecosystems may become over-salty.
Make of this what you will.
Ray W. says
Euronews is reporting that two more Russian oil refineries were set ablaze last night by Ukrainian drones striking the plants. The reporter wrote that Russian authorities claimed that the fires were caused by “falling debris.”
Make of this what you will.
Me?
In a world where magical thinking is king, Russian propagandists cannot admit to their public that Ukrainian drones or cruise missiles ever get through Russian air-defenses. Hence, “falling debris” always starts fires at important Russian facilities that cannot otherwise be explained away.
Is a similar form of magical thinking at work when Trump administration officials release statements that reflecting pool waters are “crystal clear” when in reality algal blooms have turned the reflecting pool water a murky green?
As an aside, from a Ukrainian news outlet, the Saky “thermal”, i.e., natural gas, power plant located on Crimea’s west coast is now ablaze after Ukrainian drones struck the facility last night. Electricity to that area of Crimea is intermittent. The peninsula lacks adequate supplies of fuel and electricity. A state of emergency has been declared by Russian authorities. People cannot easily leave Crimea because road and rail bridge spans have been dropped and port facilities have been damaged and ferries sunk.
Ray W. says
More on magical thinking. The Telegraph reports that a pro-Kremlin Russian influencer has been announcing bi-weekly for about a year on a televised Russian talk show that Russian forces are advancing on, or are about to capture or have actually captured a particular Ukrainian village, pre-war population 3,000: Mala Tokmachka. The village, writes the reporter, is a gateway into a Ukrainian defense network, so it is strategically important.
The reporter adds that for 1,500 days, Ukrainian defenders have successfully defended against Russian forces and that the village, now a pile of rubble, remains in Ukrainian hands; it has never been captured by the Russians during the invasion.
Make of this what you will.
Me?
Of what political value magical thinking?
Invasion has a defined meaning. Malice has its place in that meaning, as does malevolence, venom and spite. Russian soldiers crossing a border with intent to subdue and kill and maim can legitimately be called invaders. But it is only by magical thinking that the pestilential among us can claim that immigrants crossing a border with the intent to make a better life for themselves and their families by working hard are invaders. The verb “to run” cannot ever mean “to stop.” That is why our federal legislature still defines crossing our border as “improper entry”, which act is a minor misdemeanor offense.
Pogo says
FWIW
As stated
https://www.bing.com/search?q=first+written+record+of+locust+swarm
Prophetic, or inevitable?
https://www.bing.com/search?q=locust+as+food
Sherry says
Thank you Ray! Yet we are “still” flushing our toilets with “scarce, expensive” potable drinking water!!!