Warm Flight
January 4, 2015Cold and dark this way-too-early Sunday on California’s north coast — a forecast with a ‘slight chance of rain,’ though, could warm things up a bit. Right now, temperatures outside in the mid-40s, and maybe…
Category Archives: Environment
Quake Quickly
January 1, 2015Clear, cold and still dark-thirty this early Thursday, the first morning of 2015, at least here on California’s north coast, still three hours shy of the east and Times Square. Surfing through the news as…
‘Oild Lang Syne’
December 31, 2014Bright sunshine and chilly air this afternoon here on California’s north coast, as another year wraps down. Big surprise for 2014 — price at the pump. Since I don’t travel much, or very far, been nearly…
So Cold It’s Hot
December 31, 2014Clear and cold this way-too-early Wednesday here along California’s north coast — the last day of 2014. And to an old guy, anyway, a chill-ass ending to the year. Relatively-weirdly speaking, of course: ‘Las Vegas…
Hypnagogic Actuality
December 30, 2014Clear and cold this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — right now about 35 degrees, with a high of maybe the low-50s, but supposedly a lot of sun. Seems to have gotten colder, quicker…
‘Radical’ Shark Attack
December 29, 2014Amongst the news items this morning, an incident yesterday of the ‘all’s-well-that-ends-well’ genre after a 50-year-old surfer dude’s encounter with a great white shark — and in my old home waters. Kevin Swanson was surfing…
Pellucid and Peculiar
December 26, 2014Clear, clean sunshine this Friday morning on California’s north coast — not a cloud in sight, and frost on nearby rooftops, first time this year, I recollect. Thirty-three degrees reportedly within the hour right now,…
Bright
December 25, 2014Clear, brilliant-bright sunshine this early Thursday on California’s north coast — a nice, semi-surprise, some decent sun was originally projected by maybe on Tuesday, but later forecasts with more rain said Friday, but here it…
“Bleaching” Oceans
December 23, 2014Overcast with hanging ground fog this afternoon on California’s north coast, and chilly, too — local temperatures reportedly hovering in the mid-50s, but the air feels moist and cold. Totals for November rainfall from the NWS,…
‘Wartime’ Paradox
December 23, 2014Ground fog this way-early Tuesday here on California’s north coast — flashback yesterday afternoon and right now with the appearance of the thick mist low-to-the-road. Usually a summer, spring thing. The NWS is calling it…