Megadrought and ‘Bad Ant’
August 30, 2014Foggy and chilly this early Saturday on California’s north coast — an ordinary start to this three-day Labor Day weekend. But who’s counting? Always kind of moist here on the rim of the Pacific Ocean,…
Category Archives: Environment
Words
August 26, 2014A huge, banner head at the top of HuffPost this afternoon quickly snapped at me — ‘Here…Human-caused…Already dangerous…Likely irreversible,’ and with that last word knew it had something to do with climate change. And sure…
Sleep Shaking
August 26, 2014Fog and chilly here on California’s north coast this early Tuesday as the world stumbles on through the work week. Typical summer fare for the area, usually sunshine and a brisk afternoon wind to follow…
‘Quake Alarms
August 25, 2014Sucking water out of parched land may not be the best move in an already-congested earthquake country — this afternoon, the Bay Area is apparently on the mend after Sunday’s 6.0 earthquake jarred the shit…
Monday Climate
August 25, 2014Fog and quiet this way-early Monday on California’s north coast and modern life continues somewhat unabated. As the Napa Valley down south of us cleans itself up after a 6.0 earthquake yesterday morning — already…
Ground, Rumble, Ground…
August 24, 2014A way-ordinary, routine-acting morning-fog environment for here on California’s north coast, but just three/four hours south, Sunday came early with a bang for the graveyard shift: Erica Gregory, who was brewing coffee while working by…
Land of No Water
August 23, 2014Foggy and quiet this early Saturday on California’s north coast and the water war continues — it’s a conflict between us drinking H2O and not. The well-known and infamous drought has plagued the Western US…
Ash Attack!
August 19, 2014Cool and quiet this early Tuesday on California’s north coast and the silence feels good on the brainwaves — nothing like a nice time before daylight. In the midst of bad shit all over, there…
Worse than Half-Empty
August 17, 2014Deep-blanket fog, bordering on drizzle this Sunday morning on California’s north coast, but unlike a shitload of other places all over this anxiety-riddled, ridiculous world, in a little while we’ll get sunshine and warmth. Technically,…
Nuclear Radiation Harmful to Living Organisms — Duh!
August 16, 2014Latest update on the still-evolving disaster of Fukushima: ‘Interestingly, researchers found that instead of outright killing or obviously harming organisms, the low-dose radiation effects were insidious. In rice, for instance, low level gamma radiation in…