Cup of Joe — To Go
February 27, 2014Steady rain with fog this way-too-early Thursday here on California’s north coast as we wade through a series of weather systems guaranteed to water-down the region, but not stop the dry. Fog with rain seems…
Category Archives: Environment
Nuclear Leaks, Pacific-Current Edition
February 25, 2014Beyond weather and the Olympics last week, a lot of shit went nearly unnoticed, one such was the highly-under-reported news story of yet another episode from the continuing horror tale taking place at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear…
Friday Cry
February 21, 2014Crystal-clear and cold in an alliterated early Friday here on California’s north coast — all is quiet. We’re supposed to have sunshine and warm temperatures the next few days, and no rain for some time.…
Dark is the New Warm
February 20, 2014High overcast and a bit on the cold side this way-too-early Thursday on California’s north coast, with not much rain in sight for the next few days. The weekend is forecast for sunny and warm…
Drought From On High
February 19, 2014(Illustration: NASA satellite image of California’s drought, late January-early February 2014, found here). Picture of brown — the photo above looks like it came from history, a snapshot of some past time. But no… In…
Fly-by, Near-miss
February 17, 2014Another piece of space rock, without much advance warning, will shave close to the earth this evening — known as 2000 EM26, the 885-foot wide asteroid (about three football fields) is scheduled to zap past…
Monday Again!
February 17, 2014Here we are again on another Monday and the start another work week — at least it’s clear with just a slight, chilled breeze here on California’s north coast. Rain has disappeared for a few…
Water Worry
February 16, 2014As awaiting the arrival of another rainstorm, a reminder of how near-ultimate-precious is/are/be ‘water‘ — from the American Museum of Natural History: Compared to the other animals featured in this section, humans seem to be…
‘Humanity’ — Oh, Sorry
February 13, 2014Rainy and warm this early Thursday on California’s north coast, another segment on winter 2014. And the word, ‘warm,’ is a major factor here — at 4 in the freakin’ morning, it’s near 55 degrees,…
Tea Time!
February 11, 2014Heavy ground fog this way-too-early Tuesday here on California’s north coast, and the rain storm scheduled for last night didn’t show up, so it’s been re-positioned for later this week. The rainfall off last weekend’s…