War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Way-wet and chilly this early Friday on California’s north coast, but nothing unexpected as we’re on the first-strike, forefront of a big storm set to roll across the state the next couple of days. Our region could get three to four inches of rain, further south, maybe up to seven inches between now and Sunday/Monday…
Sunshine Monday here on this little stretch of California’s northern coast — a cold-feeling wind does give bite to the flavor a bit, though. The word, ‘cold,’ is relative, of course. We’re at about 45 degrees right now, and near about the same time — Dr. Jeff Masters: ‘It’s weather whiplash in Buffalo, New York,…
Deep gray afternoon here on California’s north coast — rain, too, on and off, light to sometimes fairly heavy. Today, in a library a couple of miles from Sandy Hook Elementary School, a public hearing was held on a private nightmare. Nelba Marquez-Greene, a family therapist with trauma training, who lost a six-year-old daughter in…
War-zone Saturday: “This district is what you’d probably call the southwestern United States. That was before it was destroyed by the war.” “War?” “Yes. According to history, over 100 years ago, a man named Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear warhead.” — ‘Sleeper‘ Endless war, as perpetrated/proposed just this past week by the US…
Bright sunshine this afternoon, my little portion of California’s north coast clear and chilly. Hard words to handle: “Somewhere after the middle of this century human-caused emissions will have to come down to a net zero,” Achim Steiner, head of the U.N. Environment Programme, told Reuters. The statement a preparation for more grim news coming this…
Clear and windy right now this early Saturday on California’s north coast — we’re in the midst of hostile weather with high winds, gusts up to 45, and supposedly some heavy rain, maybe a bit of hail tossed into the mix. According to the Lost Coast Outpost last evening, the environment will be fit for…
Overcast 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 this via the Washington Post: Since at least Tuesday, some satellite data – an important input to weather prediction models…
Supposedly, Sarah Palin was on point with a ‘gotcha’ moment last weekend when she and her entire brood got involved in huge brawl. I first saw the story this morning at Raw Story, then there’s an update at Wonkette, and finally this version from Alaskan blogger, Amanda Coyne: As many of us have read, Bristol Palin…
Does bad news get worse? Sometimes, and lately, a lot: “We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But…
Fog and silence this early Friday on California’s north coast and we finally have the weekend staring us in the face. Weather is typical summer here — fog in the morning, sunshine and wind in the afternoon, though, yesterday was more fog than shine. And in new yearly rainfall totals for us was reported this week,…
