War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Foggy 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 for years, and in California the problem is going from bad to worse, to even worse still — and no…
Fog again this early Wednesday on California’s north coast as we quickly work forward — today is the fall day toward the weekend. Hip-hip hooray! Although the NWS calls it “patchy fog,” the shit here on the coast feels like a soft, wet rain. Yesterday morning walking to work I could nearly feel the individual…
(Illustration: NASA satellite image of California’s drought, late January-early February 2014, found here). Picture of brown — the photo above looks like it came from history, a snapshot of some past time. But no… In that time-frame with the image, California is in the midst of its worse drought since such record-keeping started, in 1885,…
As awaiting the arrival of another rainstorm, a reminder of how near-ultimate-precious is/are/be ‘water‘ — from the American Museum of Natural History: Compared to the other animals featured in this section, humans seem to be at a disadvantage when it comes to water. We’re dependent on the day-to-day availability of fresh, clean water. We can’t…
Rain this early Friday on California’s north coast, and a storm that might put a small dent on our horrific drought — nearly 5 inches of rain expected, and bigger rainfall coming for the weekend. And with the noted “pineapple express” — temperatures warm and near-balmy are forecast for the region. Meteorologist Dr. Jeff Masters:…
Misty-drizzly rain this afternoon on California’s north coast, though, actually it’s really just heavy moisture in the air — we’re forecast for maybe some real rain tonight and tomorrow, but it won’t much help shrinking water reservoirs. Since this particular ‘moisture plume‘ is coming out of the central Pacific, temperatures are up, and earlier today…
Clear and a bit on the chilly side this early Monday on California’s north coast — a big chunk of the moon still lights the western sky, shimmering now out over the Pacific Ocean. And no rain in anybody’s sight. No moisture, no water — last Friday, dry shit hit the fan as Gov. Jerry…
Clear, sunshine-filled skies this Sunday morning on California’s north coast — but no rain in sight for the rest of this year, and not much predicted for 2014, either. Walking-the-dog environment: “Increased heating from global warming may not cause droughts but it is expected that when droughts occur they are likely to set in quicker…
