I Like Mike
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December 14, 2025
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December 13, 2025
Quiet Accumulators – PLUG Power Issue #2: “Hydrogen Wars”
Quiet Accumulators – PLUG Power Issue #2: “Hydrogen Wars”
By: Michael D Tobin
Wk of Dec 15, 2025
Quiet Accumulators – Issue #2: “Hydrogen Wars”
Opening Scene
In Tickeropolis, the RDW battle has subsided, but a new storm brews around PLUG, the hydrogen titan.
Headlines scream about dilution and debt, while retail forums buzz with “clean energy salvation.”
The Quiet Accumulators regroup, sensing the villains are back with a new weapon: Hydrogen Hype.
🦸 Heroes
Professor Orbital: Warns that orbital data centers need clean energy pipelines — hydrogen could be part of the solution.
Retail Sentinel: Sees retail traders chasing PLUG’s swings, determined to stabilize their emotions.
Legacy Builder: Frames hydrogen volatility as a generational lesson in patience and stewardship.
🦹 Villains
Dilution Man: Returns, boasting of endless share offerings to weaken retail conviction.
Narrative Shifter: Spins headlines of “Hydrogen Collapse,” sowing panic.
Shortcut Syndicate: Promises quick hydrogen profits but undermines long‑term infrastructure trust.
⚔️ The Battle
Retail traders rush into PLUG, driven by FOMO.
The villains unleash dilution and doom headlines, shaking confidence.
The Quiet Accumulators counter:
Professor Orbital connects hydrogen to orbital computing’s future.
Retail Sentinel steadies traders, reminding them of discipline.
Legacy Builder reframes the chaos as a teachable arc: “Hydrogen wars are about resilience, not shortcuts.”
🌅 Resolution
The battle ends with PLUG volatile but visible — retail sentiment keeps it alive, institutions cap the upside.
The heroes declare: “Tickeropolis must learn that clean energy hype is only powerful when paired with stewardship.”
Teaser: “Next issue — ORN returns, building the foundations of terrestrial resilience.”
The Quiet Accumulators! RDW "The Dip Before The Dawn" Issue #1
The Quiet Accumulators! RDW "The Dip Before The Dawn" issue #1
By: Michael D Tobin
Dec 13, 2025
Quiet Accumulators – Issue #1: “The Dip Before Dawn”
Opening Scene
The city of Tickeropolis is buzzing with news of orbital data centers.
Retail traders panic after two days of decline in RDW, while whispers spread in hidden forums that “the worst is over.”
Enter the Quiet Accumulators, a secret guild of heroes who know the deeper cycles.
🦸 Heroes
Professor Orbital: Wields a staff of solar arrays, representing the academic foresight of orbital computing.
Retail Sentinel: A disciplined trader who can sense FOMO waves and stabilize chaos.
Legacy Builder: Turns every setback into a generational lesson, carrying a ledger of past dips and recoveries.
🦹 Villains
Dilution Man: A shadowy figure who floods markets with phantom shares, weakening retail confidence.
Narrative Shifter: Manipulates headlines, turning dips into doom with his “Fear Ink.”
Shortcut Syndicate: Contractors who cut corners, eroding trust in infrastructure and fueling panic.
⚔️ The Battle
The villains strike during RDW’s two‑day dip, spreading fear that orbital data centers are a doomed fantasy.
Retail traders scatter, but the Quiet Accumulators step in:
Professor Orbital reveals hidden knowledge from aerospace forums, showing the feasibility of orbital computing.
Retail Sentinel rallies traders, reminding them that dips are often precursors to stabilization.
Legacy Builder reframes the decline as a teachable arc, scripting resilience into the guild’s playbook.
🌅 Resolution
As Monday’s trading bell nears, the Quiet Accumulators hold the line.
Retail sentiment shifts: “The dip is done, the worst is over.”
RDW stabilizes, not because fundamentals changed, but because visibility and narrative survived the villains’ attack.
October 27, 2025
Jamaica Views Before Hurrican Melissa
Jamaica Views Before Hurrican Melissa
By: Michael D Tobin
October 27, 2025
Before we dive into Jamaica’s storm cams, I want to mark a legacy moment. Two years ago, I released a tribute episode honoring Shawn M. Chrisagis, featuring his twin brother Brian Z. Chrisagis. It’s still live on Spotify, and it threads grief, gospel, and generational ministry.
More on Brian Chrisagis further on in this episode.
Following is my Youtube stream of this episode, and further down I will have individual videos from featured artist's youtube links and bios.
Brian’s testimony, woven with this episode's indie artists and Jamaica's nations' LIVE Cams before and after Melissa puts her ferocious eye on the Island nation, reminds us that storms—whether personal or environmental—are thresholds.
Past Tribute Episode: “The Lookout Guy w/Michael D Tobin” – Nov 10, 2023 Featuring: Brian Z. Chrisagis (The Chrisagis Brothers) Honoring: Shawn M. Chrisagis Platform: Spotify Direct Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3UFwiuZURBPLpvUjyP1yRd
🎤 “As Hurricane Melissa approaches Jamaica’s southern coast, we’re documenting the storm’s imminent arrival, its pre-landfall rhythms, and its unfolding impact through a network of live cams across the island.
These feeds aren’t just surveillance—they’re testimony. From the Flat Bridge’s historic tension to Kingston’s urban pulse, each frame offers a timestamped witness to environmental resilience, infrastructural strain, and community presence.
Whether you’re tracking the storm’s trajectory, studying Jamaica’s flood-prone corridors, or archiving this moment for future modeling, these cams offer real-time clarity. This stream is not commentary—it’s recordkeeping. Let’s begin.”
Jamaica Hurricane Melissa LIVE-Cams (YouTube)
Continuous feeds from Kingston, St. Catherine, Clarendon, and more. Includes Half Way Tree, Downtown Kingston, Flat Bridge, and other key locations.
Real-time traffic and pedestrian flow at one of Jamaica’s busiest intersections.
Urban street-level view capturing movement, weather shifts, and emergency response.
Historic bridge cam often used to monitor flooding and river surge during storms.
Special stream showing 9 different cams across Jamaica during Hurricane Melissa, including air and marine scanner feeds.
Includes live cam footage from Jamaica during emergency broadcasts and extreme weather updates. Artist List for This Episode
I want to play some video songs as we watch all these LIVE cams together. From Kimberly Ward Music from the Georgia/North Carolina regions. Kimberly Ward is a young mother of two wonderful children, a boy and a girl, whom I had the privilege to meet them all a couple of years ago at the Atlanta International Singer Songwriter Awards. She was nominated in several album and song categories, while I was a finalist for a couple of media categories. Kimberly Ward is an accomplished Gospel indie and church pianist, singer, and songwriter. Wolfe Milestone is from Canada, and I want to play Wolfe Milestone's country music song "Where My Truck Stops". Milestone is an accomplished award award-winning Indie Country artist, and An Vedi's latest classical song available online. An Vedi is a young and extremely accomplished Russian Composer, singer-songwriter, instrumentalist proficient on piano, keyboards and violin, and recently achieved Conductor status. And she's smokin' hot. And I want to play the latest from Sticktight Akins from Kentucky. He's currently in production of a cinematic video song production of his yet-to-be-released new song.
And concluding I'll have Brian Z Chrisagis with his hit Christmas song, A Shepherd's Prayer
🎶 Kimberly Ward (Georgia/North Carolina – Gospel/Indie/Church)
Refined Profile: Kimberly Ward is a multi-nominated Gospel and indie singer-songwriter, pianist, and mother of two. Her artistry blends heartfelt worship with Southern storytelling, and she’s been recognized across several categories at the Atlanta International Singer Songwriter Awards. Her latest release, “Set Me Free”, showcases her spiritual depth and musical versatility.
Artist Channel & Live Events:
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Wolfe Milestone is an award-winning Canadian indie country artist known for his heartfelt ballads and road-tested storytelling. His song “Where My Truck Stops” is a fan favorite, blending classic country themes with a modern indie edge.
Featured Song:
An Vedi is a Grammy-nominated, multi-award-winning Russian composer, conductor, and instrumentalist. Proficient in piano, violin, and keyboards, she’s known for emotionally resonant compositions and historical tributes. Her recent work “Voices of Angels” honors children lost in WWII concentration camps and was a winner in the Ruzickova Composition Competition.
Artist Channel & Additional Work:
🎥 Sticktight Akins (Kentucky – Country/Cinematic)
Sticktight Akins is a Kentucky-based country artist currently producing a cinematic video for his upcoming release. Known for gritty storytelling and regional pride, his past work includes “Cornbread Mafia” and “Hillbilly Hollywood”, both celebrated for their raw authenticity and visual flair.
And on this episode we will be hearing one of his latest, Hammonds Creek Road
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Brian Z. Chrisagis is a legacy artist whose career spans decades of Christian Contemporary music, ministry, and theatrical storytelling. As one half of the Chrisagis Brothers duo, he’s known for blending 1980s and 1990s gospel aesthetics with modern testimony arcs. His work often features collaborations with iconic faith-based performers and actors, and his interviews on “It’s A God Thing” have spotlighted legends like Cheryl Ladd and Joe Penny.
Following the loss of his brother Shawn, Brian has continued the ministry with renewed depth, channeling grief into grace-filled performances and outreach.
A classic Christmas hit from the Chrisagis Brothers catalog.
Archive of interviews, music videos, and legacy performances.
October 26, 2025
Jamaica’s Hurricane Melissa - "What's Old Is What's New" - Miracles Happen
Oct 25-2025
Microsoft Copilot AI Inquiry based on my parameters, EDITED by my fine editorial skills. I've spent two days researching, and it's mind-boggling. My main point is that after Monday, Oct 26, 2025, Jamaica will be a different country in magnanomous ways. But as the old 1978 commercial says, "What's Old Is What's New".
(UPDATE: Here is the best source I've seen for a great look at how some are faring and preparing 102625 This man is a tour boat owner and owns several boats, but could only remove his smaller ones to hopeful safety. This video is from today and he has another more detailed at the harbor from yesterday)
There’s something poetic about rivers that vanish. Something haunting (pre-Halloween) about a canyon that once carried water, swallowed whole by the earth in a single seismic breath. Jamaica remembers. And this week, as Hurricane Melissa stalls offshore with 30 inches of rain forecasted, the island’s memory stirs. Haloween or not, higher prayers to the one who created the heavens and earth, just may change things in a way no man can fathom. The stories are yet to unfold.
I’ve been tracking Melissa’s path not just as a weather event, but as a narrative event, but as an event that we'll soon see resilience of a people who’ve rebuilt before, but never this intense, except for the June 7, 1692 earthquake that swallowed three rivers and created a region-wide canyon covering a great portion of eastern Jamaica. The original name for those three rivers was called, The Rio Cobre River, once a proud artery flowing toward Port Royal, was taken into the earth during the 1692 earthquake. What remains is Woody Canyon, a geological scar and spiritual echo. And now, with Melissa’s slow-motion deluge pressing against Jamaica’s southeastern coast, there’s talk of ancient flood paths reactivating. Not permanently, but rivers remember, as we recently saw here in the California and Arizona deserts, where hundreds of years old dry river washes were refilled, devastating whole towns.
I visited Jamaica years ago on a Bible school missions trip. I didn’t study the maps then—I was just excited to be part of something purposeful. But now, looking back, I wish I had traced the terrain more closely. Kingston, Ocho Rios, the Palisadoes peninsula, where Norman Manley International Airport sits near the sunken ruins of Port Royal. These places aren’t just coordinates. They hold stories of seismic collapse, colonial arrogance, and spiritual endurance.
Courtesy Denis Phillips- Meteorologist, ABC TV, Tampa, FL
Melissa’s projected rainfall is staggering. Thirty inches. It’s the kind of saturation that overwhelms drainage systems, reactivates dormant gullies, and tests every inch of infrastructure. Rivers like the Black, Martha Brae, Rio Minho, and Yallahs will swell. Buff River and Plantain Garden River may overflow. And the Rio Cobre—what’s left of it—may mimic its ancient course, carving through Woody Canyon with renewed force.
Jamaica's Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is trained for disaster response, with engineering units, airlift capabilities, and logistical coordination that rivals many larger nations. The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has already begun staging supplies and issuing alerts. This is a professional response system—rooted in experience. And earlier today, as all this information is being recorded here on my blog, Jamaica has closed all its airports.
Still, the scale of recovery will demand more. Infrastructure repair, coastal reinforcement, and hydrological recalibration. That’s where companies like disaster recover and marine infrastructure companies are going to have to come in, as strategic partners with expertise in dredging capabilities, and emergency mobilization protocols. They are exactly the kind of aid that complements Jamaica’s own response. Whether it’s reinforcing ports, restoring riverbanks, or stabilizing canyon walls, the need will be diverse and urgent.
And let’s not forget the symbolic terrain. Jamaica is preparing to become a republic, shedding the last vestiges of British monarchy. Their 2024–2025 referendum will mark a constitutional shift, replacing King Charles III with a Jamaican head of state.
Melissa’s timing is uncanny. A storm is pressing against the island just as it prepares to redefine its identity. A deluge testing infrastructure just as Jamaica asserts its independence. It’s almost as if the island itself is saying, “We’ve survived worse. We’ll survive this, too.”
For readers of I Like Mike, this isn’t just a weather update. It’s a legacy moment. It’s a chance to reflect on how terrain, testimony, and resilience intersect. It’s a reminder that rivers may vanish, but memory doesn’t. That storms may stall, but recovery moves. That aid may arrive, but dignity remains.
So here’s to Jamaica—its rivers, its scars, its sovereignty, and its future as a new nation in so many ways, especially post-Hurricane Melissa. (I could have titled this, "Hell Hath No Fury Than Melissa's Scorn. But nah...). And here’s to the people who rebuild, not because they’re rescued, but because they remember. (Come Back To Jamaica!)
Microsoft Copilot - Jamaica has faced dozens of hurricanes historically, but storms as intense and slow-moving as Hurricane Melissa are rare. Melissa could become the most powerful storm in Jamaica’s recorded history if it makes landfall as a Category 4. (READ THAT AGAIN).
Jamaica has never recorded a direct landfall from a Category 4 or 5 hurricane, according to National Hurricane Center records dating back to 1850.
Melissa’s trajectory and stall pattern make it a “slow-motion disaster”, with multi-day flooding and landslide risks.
And yes, here’s to Mike. Because every time someone reads this blog, they’re saying I Like Mike. Even if a comedian once said she hated all men named Mike. I’ll take that friction and turn it into testimony. That’s what survivors do.
Further reading of great interest would be on Jamaica's history of their first Governor, former privateer/buckaneer and of pirates and such, but that would have been a whole different thing. In conclusion I would just say may Jamaica have favor with our Lord and Savior, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. I like to refer to him as, The Ancient Of Days. Look it up.
“By the way, if you click any of the curated links in this post, it helps support my work here on I Like Mike. No pressure—but Christmas is coming.”
A heartfelt note: I would like to pour out my heart just a tad. I have never had a good ol' great American Christmas in my life. I have also mentioned many times over the years of my involvement in the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team Chaplaincy and Samaritan's Purse. I would love nothing more than to support them financially as opposed to only deploying with them to many hurricane sites, fires, and floods since 2003. They have paid my plane fare, fed me, and provided ground transport to do what they do. I don't concentrate on these things. I have mentioned them as testimony only. So, I am admonishing my readers to, instead of being critical, be an encouragement. A good friend of mine in disaster recovery likes to say, "Share if you care." That was some deep thinking there. The last leg of my life would be nice if it could be a little bit better, at least on this earth. What a shame to not love life and live it to its fullest regardless. If all who are reading this share this post, it may contribute to my first good Christmas for me, my children and my grandson simply from exposure. And It may even be a defining factor of starting up my podcast again with live capabilities and then, I will set up the whole social platform gammet other than Facebook, youtube and Rumble. Meanwhile I have crawled inside my proverbial dead horse to shelter me from the snow and elements. I need another horse. Who knows? It may be that the Lord may send me to Jamaica again, after 35 years since my first missions trip there, exactly where the eye of Hurricane Melissa is going to devastate. PLEASE SHARE like you do all those silly memes that aren't silly to you and your friends. Zechariah 4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
October 9, 2025
Years Of Plenty 2025
Years Of Plenty 2025
By: Michael D Tobin
Oct 9, 2025
In this episode of The Lookout Guy podcast, I touch on current events, personal challenges, and the best in indie music. I discuss the second anniversary of the conflict in Israel, thoughts on my son’s health struggles, and the impact on his life and my blank space in this podcast journey of 15 years plus I mention the new developments with the RUSH band new drummer, Annika Niles, a recent SpaceX rocket launch from nearby launch site, and all my indie features for this episode of the Lookout Guy podcast.
Don't forget to support the podcast through PayPal at paypalt.me/michaeldt. Every bit helps keep The Lookout Guy on the air!
I was fortunate to have finished it without losing everything. That's the new AI for ya. Podcasters are dropping like flies, but I'm still here. The better news is that the next episode will be all dialed up. But going forward, with this new format, I feel much more confident that my podcast will be more effective for future indie and featured artists. But PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I CAN NOT CONTINUE UNLESS PEOPLE LIKE, SHARE, AND subscribe to my podcasts, blog, and YouTube. Clik those blogsite ad link$. (-; Please subscribe to my blog, Rumble, YouTube, and Truth Social accounts. I follow dozens of Spotify pages alone, and I have ONE follower on my Spotify V-cast site. Here is my blog where every episode going forward will be listed for the viewer's reference and convenience.
Please note, I will no longer be posting to Spotify video and will begin again with YouTube as long as they don't give me crap about indie artist copyrights. If that happens, I will have to require files instead of using YouTube videos. All my podcasts will be heard on my YouTube and on Rumble. And all my links and descriptions will be posted to my blog right here at,And someone I saw mentioned this photo choice for the new 2026 tour showed Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson the "green light" to go now with a new drummer after Neil passed away. Very good choice in Anika Nilles.
April 2, 2025
Over my dead body by, Tracy Bickford
March 26, 2024
Ricky Davis Indie Hits And Bill Little Scott Films Latest Movies 032624
Ricky Davis Indie Hits And Bill Little Scott Films Latest Movies
On this episode of the Lookout Guy podcast, we unravel a couple of secrets behind seamless audio-video production, and remember Ricky Davis's heartfelt anthem, "Proud and the Blue," and get a sneak peek at Bill Little's spine-chilling horror film, Uninvited Spirits. Stay tuned for Ricky's latest release this month exclusively heard first on this episode of, Hurry Up. Get ready for an episode packed with revelations, exclusive music, and a preview of a film that promises to redefine horror.
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February 22, 2024
Censored Files Series ep1 "New Indie Music, Words Without Knowledge, and Ukraine": 1st aired, Feb 12, 2022. Censored on Feb 16, 2024
Censored Files Series ep1
"New Indie Music, Words Without Knowledge, and Ukraine": 1st aired, Feb 12, 2022. Censored on Feb 16, 2024
By: Michael D Tobin
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Censored Files Series ep1 Spotify For Podcasters
There's not much worse than being told by anti-Christ followers and insane political idealists, to shut up. What's worse, still, is how many people have no clue that they are being controlled and led off a cliff. I'm back...
Have you ever stumbled upon a podcast that not only entertains but challenges the status quo? Welcome to the 'Lookout Guy' podcast, where host Michael Tobin takes you on a journey through the 'Censored Files' series. Episode 1 is a bold declaration of defiance against the censorship that has plagued his content for over a decade.
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Hannukkah Hero Australia Dec 14, 2025 I know I've been scarce lately but I had to get this one off my back.









