Hope Springs…Out The Window
May 5, 2015Hazy sunshine this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, but from all appearances so far this morning, we might have a full day of clear, or ‘mostly‘ clear skies, and if like previous days, a…
Category Archives: Cloud Gazing
Shaker Swarms Throughout The Land
May 4, 2015Fracturing the ground again this early evening — a little threesome-swarm of earthquakes. . One of those was a 4.3 on the Richter scale, though, measured to be buried 6.2 miles down and about 170…
Too-Low ‘High Bar’
May 4, 2015Clear and sunshine this afternoon on a small stretch of California’s north coast, a breezy wind keeps the clouds away. Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown set forth a self-proclaimed “very high bar” on climate change with…
Cartoon Cracked
May 4, 2015Once again the routine continues this early Monday on California’s north coast — thick-overcast, chilly and gray. According to the NWS, however, we’re supposed to go from ‘mostly cloudy’ today, to ‘mostly sunny’ tomorrow, and…
Crude Recovery
May 3, 2015Overcast still going on into the late afternoon here on California’s north coast, with some added patchy ground fog, only sunshine so far a hazy, faded-yellow glare shifting the gray every so often — a…
Deepwater ‘Dead Zones’
May 3, 2015Overcast, gray and gloomy this early Sunday on California’s north coast — supposedly, sunshine maybe before mid-day, but if yesterday’s any kind of an example as we received only a little peek-a-boo sun late in…
‘Relatively Simple Plumbing’ — for a Volcano!
May 2, 2015Fog-bound and chilly this early Saturday on California’s north coast, now in the depths of the weekend. As posted here before, I’ve come to prefer week days since retirement — Saturday and Sunday seems to…
Iraqi Irrupt
May 1, 2015Bright sunshine with a wisp of a cool breeze this afternoon here on California’s north coast — another weekend in store. As a retiree, I’ve come to appreciate the work week way-more than the next…
Mayday, Mayday!
May 1, 2015Thin, hazy sunshine this early Friday, the first day of May and 2015 keeps whistling on down the tracks. And rain’s gone, too. We’re not showing anything but fog, clouds and sun (in that order,…
Saigon Redux
April 30, 2015In a flight of American history, today is the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, actually bringing to a shitty end America’s shitty experience in Vietnam — iconic photos of helicopters lifting people off…