Rain Water
December 1, 2022Rain and cold, blustery wind this early-evening Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, an escapade in another indication the winter season is quickly coming into view — today the first phase of a series of…
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Joe Manchin Acts Non-Cruel — Be Suspicious
July 27, 2022Topping off the news cycle this Wednesday seems to be the Joe Manchin/Chuck Schumer agreement in the Senate for a big, breakthrough bill for climate and health care — and if it does make it…
Heat Getting Hotter: Pacific Northwest Sets Records — Again!
July 27, 2022Not-so-bad heat near-noon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — almost pleasant you could say without being a sarcastic asshole. We’re forecast for a high of under 100 degrees today, so that’s the good news…
HotBoxing The Immediate Future
July 20, 2022Another melting-away heat episode this near mid-day Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley, with sunshine full-on hot and temperatures slated for triple-digits. Although it’s already hot as shit, we’re not alone as waves of unprecedented…
Heat Waves The New Normal
July 17, 2022Rinse and repeat, but with really, really hot water. Another heavy-air experience this late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley; we’re in a dangerous zone with high-ass temperatures and without any hint of wind. Our…
Heat Dome Again — Climate Change Sucks Big Time
June 9, 2022Summer explodes the environment: (Illustration: ‘Heat Dome’ across US Southwest and Pacific Coast this weekend, image found here). Overcast and though a bit warm, fairly comfortable outside here near noon Thursday in California’s Central Valley…
Climate Change: Another Warning ‘Our Weather Will Become More Extreme’ With Continued Addiction To Fossil Fuels — US Leads The Way To Disaster
May 11, 2022Breezy and cool this near-mid-day Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — weather just about out of sync with normal reality. Reportedly, we’ll see a 30-degree rise in temperatures by Saturday as the ‘whiplash,’ lopsided…
Methane-Inflamed Climate Change Melting Time: ‘Warming Feeding The Warming?’
February 10, 2022Another warm day here in California’s Central Valley, any distinction between just ‘warm‘ and ‘hot‘ swiftly fading from our daily weather. Summer in these parts is grossly livable — we experience way-too-few weeks of the…
Quake A Volcano Eruption And Get A Tsunami
January 15, 2022On top of all the other shit we got going, today/yesterday a big-ass volcano/earthquake: (Illustration found here). The event a peculiar one with a massive volcano eruption enabling a 5.8 earthquake, a double-bang situation that…
Republicans — Way-Serious Hypocrites
December 16, 2021Awaiting the clouds to roll away this mid-day Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, in a move that hopefully will spark some supposed sunshine this afternoon — no rain forecast until next week. Weathering the…