War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Clear as a bell and still way-chilly this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast — this morning cold as dog shit, below freezing for the first time, with frost covering rooftops. Supposedly this should carry through today and on into tomorrow morning, but by late Wednesday afternoon, another storm front is scheduled to cycle through…
Surprise, surprise this early Monday on California’s north coast — sunshine! And cold, too. One distinguishing mark with rainstorms is warmth, even if flowing from Alaska-way, and when clear the temperature goes down. Today’s not rain free, however, as big, ominous clouds still can be seen hovering just to the east, and we’re forecast for…
As COP21, the UN climate conference in Paris, was wrapped this weekend, and seemingly the accord worked-out is on-its-face a noteworthy consensus, but maybe 20 years or so too late. Good/best analysis on the final agreement can be found at Climate Code Red, and Saturday’s CarbonBrief, among others, and an interesting overview of the deal…
Heavy, relentless rain this early Sunday on California’s north coast — strong downpours all morning especially right before first light, in less than an hour we reportedly collected nearly three-quarters-of-an-inch of rain, a shitload in a hurry. According to the NWS/FAA weather-thingy, we experienced a power-in, power-out for about 90 minutes, and seemingly with normal…
As the rains cease for a break this afternoon, there’s an occasional sliver of bright sunshine cutting through the gloom — last sometimes only for seconds, but it’s better than nothing. In the subject-class of daylight and catching rays, climate change is spot-on again — via today’s Guardian: The brakes will be more sharply applied…
‘Heavy rain‘ forecast for this early Friday on California’s north coast, and indeed, all morning on-and-off deluges –accordingly, we’ve already nearly two-inches in rainfall so far off this system. Nice to pluck weather information from the InterWebs — however, this week a shitload of local people, including some government agencies of Humboldt County, lost Internet…
Happiness is a metaphorical-philosophical endeavor — George Carlin nailed it: ‘More than happy. I bet you say that one. You say to somebody. “Oh, I’d be more than happy to do that.” How can you be more than happy? To me it sounds like a dangerous mental condition. We had to put Dave in the…
Thunderstorms, and a rare sighting for me anyway, lightning, although the thunder-part can be often heard. And sparked not too far away, either, judging by the time interval between the two parts. This morning, too, a decently-heavy hail volley for a few minutes, which rattled the timbers, so to speak — the NWS confirms. The…
Rainy, windy and chilly this early Thursday on California’s north coast, as our ‘conveyor-belt’ storm-style continues seemingly unabated. And circulating in that warm, surging, El Niño-influenced Pacific Ocean — along with our weather elements — are radioactive shit still coming toward us off the Fukushima disaster. Now coming upon five years later… Early on March 11,…
Dark and rainy this Wednesday morning on California’s north coast, and a hard rain, too, as an ‘atmospheric rivers (AR)‘ situation currently pile-drives through the region. Weather forecasts (and a peek outside my apartment) appear to indicate a thick-series of storm fronts will create heavy rain, indulged by gusty winds over the next couple of…
