Oily Financials

Buried beneath continuous news awash with death, destruction, and The Donald, events in the oil industry are low-key, but financially catastrophic on many levels. Good nutshell-analysis at OilPrice.com: This downward spiral will lead to further credit downgrades and bankruptcies within the oil patch. All the while, access to credit is shrinking across all sectors due to…

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El Niño a ‘Mini Global Warming’

Faded-yellow sunshine this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, another mild day is expected, though, some patchy drizzle could happen in particular spots in the morning. Maybe rain late Thursday, with about a 50/50-chance Friday, but nothing forecast deep-wet until the end of next week. Beaches tomorrow will once again become ‘potentially hazardous‘ (the NWS),…

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Wave ‘The Blob’

Gray the dominate color and feel this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, a mood created by a sky of rain-infested clouds, and coupled to cold-dismal air. Apparently, temperatures didn’t fall that low this morning — mid-40s — but it just felt/feels colder. My environment probably just the opening act for another rainstorm expected later…

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Bright Not

Sunshine clear and bright this early Monday on California’s north coast, and cold-as-shit, too. Supposedly, we were down to freezing just before sunrise. If not the coldest morning so far this year, has to be way-close. A nice dust of frost on nearby rooftops, which quickly burned off. The NWS warns of more rain tonight, and…

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