‘Humanity’ — Oh, Sorry

Rainy and warm this early Thursday on California’s north coast, another segment on winter 2014. And the word, ‘warm,’ is a major factor here — at 4 in the freakin’ morning, it’s near 55 degrees, which is about the temperature of mid-day around these parts. Meanwhile, way to the east, the US Atlantic seaboard is…

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Tea Time!

Heavy ground fog this way-too-early Tuesday here on California’s north coast, and the rain storm scheduled for last night didn’t show up, so it’s been re-positioned for later this week. The rainfall off last weekend’s deluge, though won’t stop the drought conditions, did give California’s communities a reprieve for awhile, but the months-long high-pressure system…

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Worse to Even Worse

Weather talk nowadays ain’t no more just idle chit-chat. Here on California’s north coast we had a near-about gorgeous day — overcast some, but warm temperatures, and on occasion, a bit of sunshine. Our environmental scenario supposedly shifts big-time tonight, though, with a cold front expected carrying more rain. We need the rainfall, but…nearly three…

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‘Our Children’s Children’ — Oh, Frack It!

Clear-as-a-bell and cold this early Friday on California’s north coast, but we can taste the fruit-filling of the weekend already and take courage from it. President Obama’s suicidal boast this week: America has  “…more oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world — the first time that’s happened in nearly 20…

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Spying on the Weather

Key to the latest Eddie-Snowden tidbit: Even more troubling, according to Information’s assessment, is that the top secret “document suggests that the NSA’s […] focus in relation to climate change was spying on other countries to collect intelligence that would support American interests, rather than preventing future climate catastrophes.” (Illustration found here). This newest sketch…

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Dry Rain

Overcast with shimmering ground fog this early Thursday on California’s north coast — but no rain. Our latest storm front is history. And so is water — the San Francisco Chronicle: It is a bleak roadmap of the deepening crisis brought on by one of California’s worst droughts – a list of 17 communities and…

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