Pump Shock
October 28, 2014Overcast and chilly this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast with some rain sprinkles thrown in for good measure. Another week in the wet — tonight is supposed to be the rain high point, then…
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Crowd Control
October 27, 2014Bright and sunny with a bit of chilled wind, here this Monday afternoon on California’s north coast. Gorgeous now but more rain expected tomorrow. Late in the day for a first post, usually way-earlier I’d…
Water-Vote Yeah
October 26, 2014Gorgeous Sunday afternoon here on California’s north coast — sunshine-warm with windows open. What drought? Ready on the mind for most Californians: ‘A new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California found that 62 percent…
Physically Fiscally Frugal
October 26, 2014Thick, dark clouds this early Sunday on California’s north coast — supposedly rain is to slow today, down to cloudy tonight and back to fog on Monday. Just a respite, though, forecast is for more…
Ebola — Up the charts, Number 5 with a Bullet
October 21, 2014Overcast 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…
Drought Deluxe
October 17, 2014(Illustration: NASA satellite image of California’s drought, late January-early February 2014, found here). Drizzling sprinkles this early Friday on California’s north coast as the season slowly shifts, a little quiet, too, as yesterday afternoon turned…
Sales High
October 15, 2014Good news on the 10-month-old legal marijuana sales in Colorado front: No mass deaths, and sales are high as a kite. Some interesting figures from research-land Colorado — sales revenue off recreational marijuana continues to toke…
Oil Dreams
October 14, 2014Rain this afternoon finally, and apparently here on California’s north coast we’re expecting maybe a coming week’s worth of soaking. And beyond the beach, oil is making headlines, again — this time for a hefty, jig-saw…
‘Jinx’ Juxtaposition
October 10, 2014A fog-soaked early Friday here on California’s north coast, feels like it’s fog-soaked all over the world. The NWS calls it ‘patchy fog,’ but there’s not a empty/patchy spot anywhere, and we’re also forecast for…
Dream Middle!
October 2, 2014Part-n-parcel on the road to the Great American Dream (via the Washington Post): But then there are deeper factors at work. The economy has gotten bigger, but much of that growth hasn’t reached the middle…