Predicaments Perdure

Overcast with some heavy cloud cover this afternoon on California’s north coast, and a rising wind, portends the coming rain. Beyond the abnormal-new-normal chaos in Ottawa, Canada, that’s currently hammering through the news cycle, is this via the Washington Post: Since at least Tuesday, some satellite data – an important input to weather prediction models…

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Deadline

Dark-gray overcast this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, and a bit of a chilly wind, too. We’re forecast for rain, 100-percent supposedly for tonight — looks gothic and gloomy right now. Likewise for funereal news this morning, was the death announced last night of Ben Bradlee, the 93-year-old former editor of the Washington Post,…

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Ebola — Up the charts, Number 5 with a Bullet

Overcast with a near-calm wind this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast — sortie forth once again. Too cloudy earlier this morning for ‘orionid‘ watching,, unfortunately I was awake but the darkness passed uneventful. Life has become infected: Ebola was tied with the federal budget deficit, education, the battle against Islamic State militants and the…

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Orionid Peek

Rainy, dark clouds this afternoon, and pretty-much predicted for the immediate-near future, thus prohibiting us here on California’s north coast from checking out some shooting stars in the morning via the naked eyeball — only by some technological device. This time, the ‘Orionids‘ are coming. The Orionid Meteor Shower, which could produce 25 meteors an…

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