Rock-n-Rain

Clear and quiet this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — no heavy-duty ground movement either in the wake of a cluster-swarm earthquakes on Sunday. And we “…dodged the bullet…” again — although the 6.8 (downgraded from a .9) shaker was even bigger than the 2010 6.5, the effects were way different. Sunday’s tumbler was…

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Worse-Case

Gray skies covered by thick-looking clouds this early Saturday on California’s north coast — no indication, though, of the end results. In exactly 24 hours from exactly now, I’ll be an hour ahead of myself, so who really knows? Yesterday, Joe Romm at Climate Progress posted the horrific e-mail of the week — from one…

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Nuclear Leaks, Pacific-Current Edition

Beyond 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 plant: About 100 tons of highly radioactive water leaked from one of the hundreds of storage tanks at the devastated…

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Friday Cry

Crystal-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. Woke up in a sad funk this morning. On occasion I start a day like this, especially if my kids…

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