War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Republican William Ruckelshaus, 83, appointed by Dick Nixon in 1970 to be first head of the EPA (the Guardian): “The Republicans aren’t helping, they are just responding to the convictions of the base that climate change isn’t a real problem and feeding that back to them — it’s a vicious cycle “Instead of treating it…
After hanging afar all day, a moist and patchy-dense fog has finally settled itself down deeply here along the north coast — according to WunderBlog, ‘zero’ percent chance of rain for this locale, so it’s all bad-ass marine layer out there. No rain forecast until Monday. Although fog is way-normal for this area year-round, it…
Overcast coupled with a moist ground fog this early Friday on California’s north coast, and we’re reportedly to be dry through the weekend, the next decent storm forecast for late Monday, maybe Tuesday morning and supposedly could carry some weather weight. Snow levels may drop as low as 1,500 feet on Tuesday. According to a…
Clear and oddly warm this early Wednesday on California’s north coast. After some rainy/drizzly days, nice to experience a sharp, translucent morning unaccompanied by chilly temperatures — creates a somewhat amiable ambience to the air. Heavy-rain free for the next couple of days, supposedly ‘isolated thunderstorms‘ maybe, but seemingly just ‘patchy drizzle‘ until tomorrow sometime…
Drizzling showers this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast as the latest storm has dumped maybe half-an-inch or more since yesterday — mostly light rain, though, on occasion the wet stuff can pound down. Forecasts are for a dry period tonight though tomorrow afternoon, then another system scheduled later Wednesday evening. Par-for-the-course in ‘conveyor-belt‘ weather.…
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Michel Jarraud in a press conference today (Scientific American): “However, this event is playing out in uncharted territory. Our planet has altered dramatically because of climate change, the general trend towards a warmer global ocean, the loss of Arctic sea ice and of over a million sq km of summer…
Rain this Sunday morning, followed by more rain, then sunshine for a few seconds, quickly-swallowed by darkness and a drenching. Strongest storm so far this year — pretty heavy-sounding during the night, stroked by a clattering wind, prompting an earlier NWS ‘wind advisory.’ And another seasonal-overall advisory, too, with emphasis (LA Times): “It’s official. El Niño’s…
In a world getting warmer quick, what was considered ‘stable,’ might go unhinged, even in colder, drier climes — like Greenland’s northeastern glaciers. From Scientific American: But a new study detailed in the journal Science shows that two of those glaciers are showing worrying changes, and that one has been retreating at an accelerating rate…
Bright again and chilly this Friday morning on California’s north coast as we work our way toward the weekend. Rain is expected on Sunday and appears might last all through next week. Although mostly low ‘chance’ of rain, the forecast seems to indicate wet days ahead. Although it’s Friday the 13th, a mysterious object fell…
Clear and bright this Thursday morning on California’s north coast, and chilly, too. A goodly-sized rainstorm forecast for Saturday, maybe more than a half inch of rain, followed on its heels by another front carrying supposedly an-inch-and-a-half of the wet stuff. And a warning for beach-goers from the NWS: ‘A building northwesterly swell will impact…
