War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Drizzling rain in way-chilly wind this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley, continuing this winter’s wettest-in-a-while season of storms and weather-whatnot (chaos and turbulence). Despite the way-wet environment, we’re not that bad off where I’m located — a goodly chunk of the state is snowbound, along with all that implies, like no power and…
Rainy, dark and ominous, and cold as shit this near-noon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — the big winter storm we expected yesterday came crashing down on us during the night, with heavy winds and a lot of rain. Blustery day and week ahead no doubt now. Our forecast ringing true: Big burst of…
High overcast and turning a little crisp this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — despite the right now scene, earlier in the day was sunny, nice and warm, making for a comfortable respite from chilly winter. Today’s domestic news item hasn’t happened as of this writing — Joe Biden’s SOTU speech scheduled in…
Rain and wind this Saturday morning here in California’s Central Valley — a familiar story for weeks now — and an even-bigger storm is expected later today. Forecasts call for a kind of letting-up respite of all this wet shit maybe the middle of next week. If nothing else, a welcome sign. My kids have…
(Artwork: ‘The Deluge,’ by Bill Russell, and found here). Quickly-darkening skies from the west this Tuesday morning here in California’s Central Valley as we await another deluge in a seemingly endless series of rainstorms to drown out real life on the west coast — creeks overflowing, roads closed, forced evacuations, weather-related horror stories continue. An…
Rain and more rain made wet-worse by swirling wind — a set pattern this mid-morning Monday here in California’s Central Valley. The seemingly never-ending storms continue unabated and are part of our natural future days. Today and this week appear much the same: Details via NPR just shortly ago: Another powerful winter storm system is…
Thickly overcast with just a slight sprinkle this near-noon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, and although we got rain-hammered last night, hopefully, the most-potent downpour is gone for a while. An ‘atmospheric river’ that collided with the coast yesterday will still play out in more wetness and subsequent flooding for days to come. Water…
Rain and cold, blustery wind this early-evening Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, an escapade in another indication the winter season is quickly coming into view — today the first phase of a series of storm systems forecast to sweep the state through the weekend. Summer is now just a wet memory. Our environmental stock…
Already in triple digits this near-noon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — extremely hot outside in the sun right now, such as even a sojourn in the shade sucks. All record-breaking shit. Supposedly ‘cooler‘ today (forecast high of 110, so ‘cooler‘ is way-relative or non-existent) as compared to yesterday: Even in this, I beg…
Another melting-away heat episode this near mid-day Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley, with sunshine full-on hot and temperatures slated for triple-digits. Although it’s already hot as shit, we’re not alone as waves of unprecedented high temps are spiking across the globe in a fierce display on the cutting edge of a way-sweaty-steamy future for…
