War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Bright sunrise and cold this early Sunday on California’s north coast, a return to yesteryear of clear, crisp mornings with frosty rooftops, a nice break as the continuous rain was getting monotonous, though, we can use every droplet, and snowflake. According to my weather folks — WunderBlog/the NWS — we’re mostly-supposed to have this sort of…
Despite being in an earthquake-shaker zone, no news yet about a couple of heavy-duty quakes in the area yesterday afternoon within minutes of each other — I didn’t feel a thing. First, a 5.0 earthquake at 4:28, about 165 miles west of Mckinleyville, and pretty-shallow, too, at 6.2 miles; followed two minutes later by a 4.9…
Sunshine and warmth this early Saturday afternoon on California’s north coast as we catch a nice break from the overwhelming rain lately. And we got a real-drenching in the early AM, collecting nearly an inch in just a few minutes — seemingly drier for the week ahead. Mid-morning an unusual event — the odd phenomenon…
Overcast and rain, then vice-versa, here this early Friday afternoon on California’s north coast, as the NWS continues the narrative: ‘An atmospheric river is currently pointed directly at Northwest California, and will result in widespread moderate to heavy rain through the first half of the day.’ Or maybe all day, or forever and a day —…
A gloomy lull in the rain this early Thursday afternoon on California’s north coast as a major downpour is expected anytime now and continue on into Friday. And the coming storm is supposed to be a gusher — the NWS estimates we could possibly get nearly 3.5-inches of rain along my shoreline area (more than…
Dark-thirty this early Wednesday evening on California’s north coast as we saw sunshine in the morning, a deep, gray marine fog in the afternoon and gloomy clouds at sundown. In the presidential circus of a campaign this year, a big portion of the Republican brand is displaying a gross amount of smart anus. Hence, CNN asked…
Sunshine filtered by some low-lying, thin, hazy-like clouds this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast as we catch a break on the ‘conveyor-belt’ rainstorms. We’re forecast for another whopper late Thursday and Friday — according to the NWS, rain will start light, then ‘increase in intensity‘ closer toward the weekend. Also to ‘increase‘ is sea-level…
Overcast with some thick-gray, angry-looking clouds this early Monday on California’s north coast and we’ve got some chilled temperatures, too, also in the mix. Supposedly, this should be the weather picture for the next couple of days — no heavy rain until Thursday, and again, supposedly. Although pretty quiet for the West Coast over the…
Some faded sunshine this mid-morning Friday on California’s north coast — the big rain forecast for last night and today is tardy, or there’s not much off it for us. The NWS is labeling our upcoming precipitation as ‘showers‘ in forecasts, but you know, there’s actual ‘rain‘ in there someplace, as we’re expected to receive…
Mostly-overcast on California’s north coast this early Thursday, though, on occasion a sharp-crack of bright sunshine floods the senses, drops a surreal shot of color, then disappears way-too quickly back into gray-gloom. Just the rainy season… And supposedly a good one, especially along the shoreline here, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor‘s weekly update, there’s…
