{"id":22013,"date":"2023-08-20T15:57:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T22:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=22013"},"modified":"2023-08-20T15:57:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T22:57:25","slug":"first-post-sunday-august-20-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2023\/08\/20\/first-post-sunday-august-20-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Sunday, August 20, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2023\/08\/20\/first-post-sunday-august-20-2023\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-22013 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2023\/08\/20\/first-post-sunday-august-20-2023\/img_1537\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1537.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-attachment-id=\"22015\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2023\/08\/20\/first-post-sunday-august-20-2023\/img_1537\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1537.jpg?fit=2160%2C1620&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2160,1620\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1692543466&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hilary08202023\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;hilary08202023&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;When it rains, it pours&amp;#8230;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1537.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1537.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-22015'>\n\t\t\t\tWhen it rains, it pours&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2023\/08\/20\/first-post-sunday-august-20-2023\/img_6780\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1038\" height=\"1861\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_6780.jpeg?fit=1038%2C1861&amp;ssl=1\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1692542653&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"usgsalert08202023\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;usgsalert08202023&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8230;and the earth also roars? YEA, VERILY, IT ROARS!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_6780.jpeg?fit=167%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_6780.jpeg?fit=640%2C1147&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-22014'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8230;and the earth also roars? YEA, VERILY, IT ROARS!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>La-La Land, baby. No storms like this in August since 1939. Hey, why not a little seismic activity, too, while we\u2019re at it? All-natural Hollywood drama, no fillers or cosmetic surgeries or soundstages or CGI necessary! Scene&#8230;and&#8230;ACTION!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This storm\u2019s strongest rain, accompanied by its fiercest winds, is forecast to arrive here in the next hour or so, around 5 o\u2019clock local time. However, we have no certainty if the 2:42 p.m. PDT earthquake, a magnitude 5.1, was just a foreshock in advance of something even stronger. SoCal, let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n<p>But if we dig out of this OK after tonight, then Tuesday should be nice, dry &amp; sunny, with a high temp of 81\u00b0F on tap for Nichols Canyon; Valley temp a couple of degrees higher, at 83\u00b0F. Good again for tennis! See you on the courts!<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, we wait-out this once-in-a-lifetime double-whammy. Thanks, Hilary! Thanks, plate tectonics! Thanks, Obama! Later!<\/p>\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Recap<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No Del Mar (thanks, Hilary!), but Hawthorne, Louisiana, Laurel, Monmouth, Saratoga &amp; Woodbine earlier, with no reports of measurable seismic activity at any of those places.<\/p>\n<p>No rocking of the toteborad over here, either, sniff, sniff. At Stickney, Ill., #4 Nullarbor (.185 Win Prob \/ 4.41-1 Fair Odds \/ 5.49-1 Premium Odds) took the fifth at an unimpeachable $14.20. Come on, you Jonah!<\/p>\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Nightcap<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Back to<strong> The<\/strong> <strong>Mountain<\/strong> here.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Strongshots<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Race 2<br \/>\n#3 Devils Red (.486 \/ 1.06 \/ 1.47)<\/p>\n<p>Race 4<br \/>\n#1 Rejuvenate (.507 \/ 0.97 \/ 1.37)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Longshots<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Race 7<br \/>\n#1 Little Miss Cat (.283 \/ 2.53 \/ 3.24)<br \/>\n#2 Tel Aviv (.261 \/ 2.83 \/ 3.60)<\/p>\n<p>Race 8<br \/>\n#9 Savage Nation (.154 \/ 5.49 \/ 6.79)<br \/>\n#2 Colombard (.147 \/ 5.80 \/ 8.52)<br \/>\n#7 Honor Life (.139 \/ 6.19 \/ 9.07)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La-La Land, baby. No storms like this in August since 1939. Hey, why not a little seismic activity, too, while we\u2019re at it? All-natural Hollywood drama, no fillers or cosmetic surgeries or soundstages or CGI necessary! Scene&#8230;and&#8230;ACTION!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pavW5M-5J3","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22016,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22013\/revisions\/22016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}