Rain Brain

Rain, rain and more rain as the storms keep pounding us here on California’s northern coast, and the end is still a couple of days away. Right now a few minutes from the weak light of a dawn, we’re in what’s considered a light rain stretch, which in the parlay of the moment could mean…

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Galling Protocol

Overcast and cool this way-early Monday morning on California’s northern coast, an apt start to another grind-employment week, and a tale-tell online crank-off to cyber business. Disavowing Black Friday’s horror, and since consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity, business folks are wow over Cyber Monday — even the day after…

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Weather Porn

Howling weather again this early Tuesday morning on California’s northern coast as some big storms have pounded the region, though way-much-more up in Oregon and Washington states — what we’re getting here is most likely just flutters off them. Still ain’t pretty — we’re forecast for heavy rain and wind for the rest of the…

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Loud Weather

Quiet right now on California’s northern coast, but just a few minutes ago wind was ripping the air and rain was pelting my back glass-sliding door, creating a huge discomfort way too early with a dreaded sense of ‘STORM.’ Yet suddenly the chaos was gone, seemingly as if in a flash, near-quickly like a snap…

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kickin’ the can

Clear and chilly this morning here on California’s northern coast, stars twinkling in the sky and sounds distinct from seemingly far, far away. Another day, another week as we grind onward toward the weekend. Best way-put down of the week — Nancy Pelosi on novice nit-twit Luke Russert’s most-thoughtless question on old people and reality:…

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Skewed Climate

Cold and rainy this early Friday morning up here along California’s northern coast — the first taste of winter a-coming, though, due to an elusive El Nino, the the NOAA has reported our region could be about 40 percent drier for the next three months. Weather, however, lives by natural rules, not slides and charts…

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