Crowd Control
October 27, 2014Bright and sunny with a bit of chilled wind, here this Monday afternoon on California’s north coast. Gorgeous now but more rain expected tomorrow. Late in the day for a first post, usually way-earlier I’d…
Category Archives: Environment
Water-Vote Yeah
October 26, 2014Gorgeous Sunday afternoon here on California’s north coast — sunshine-warm with windows open. What drought? Ready on the mind for most Californians: ‘A new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California found that 62 percent…
‘Freakishly’ Flared
October 25, 2014Despite the deep, dark storm clouds now cowering over the northern California coast, and all the crazy shit happening all over, especially yesterday, another sight from the skies — from Space.com this morning: The solar…
Friday Fiends
October 24, 2014Intensely-thick gray skies this early Friday on California’s north coast, appearing as if we’re in some kind of cloud bowl, looking out — just some heavy rain apparently getting ready to come ashore. What a…
‘Partial’ Scrambled
October 23, 2014Still dark-thirty this early Thursday on California’s north coast — some heavy rain overnight, and at least the NWS local conditions are still reality. On their forecast boards, ‘Heavy Rain‘ means what it means. The…
Predicaments Perdure
October 22, 2014Overcast with some heavy cloud cover this afternoon on California’s north coast, and a rising wind, portends the coming rain. Beyond the abnormal-new-normal chaos in Ottawa, Canada, that’s currently hammering through the news cycle, is…
Ebola — Up the charts, Number 5 with a Bullet
October 21, 2014Overcast with a near-calm wind this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast — sortie forth once again. Too cloudy earlier this morning for ‘orionid‘ watching,, unfortunately I was awake but the darkness passed uneventful. Life…
Orionid Peek
October 20, 2014Rainy, dark clouds this afternoon, and pretty-much predicted for the immediate-near future, thus prohibiting us here on California’s north coast from checking out some shooting stars in the morning via the naked eyeball — only…
Drought Deluxe
October 17, 2014(Illustration: NASA satellite image of California’s drought, late January-early February 2014, found here). Drizzling sprinkles this early Friday on California’s north coast as the season slowly shifts, a little quiet, too, as yesterday afternoon turned…
Bears and Drought
October 15, 2014Clear with just a wisp of clouds here this early Wednesday on California’s north coast — big thunderous-looking clouds floating just in sight eastward, though, back over the mountains, but the view west, Pacific-Ocean way,…