Compatible Creatures by Bruce Maulden
War, Politics, and Life
(Illustration found here). Even among the weird weather here on California’s north coast, a report this morning a bellwether/watershed story — via the Guardian: The world’s tropical forests are so degraded they have become a source rather than a sink of carbon emissions, according to a new study that highlights the urgent need to protect…
Sunshine, and Whoa! Mid-morning Saturday finds this little stretch of the northern California coast sitting at 91.1-degrees, at least according to the WunderBlog‘s local weather thingy, and for us, that’s a-boiling. Or just weird: the NWS has us along the shoreline under a rare ‘Heat Advisory‘ until 7 PM today. The weather guys also suggested…
(Illustration found here). Beyond the mournful images of Hurricane Harvey’s staggering-impact on southeast Texas, the narrative could spin into a scenario of the worse kind of nightmare. Along the coast are a way-shitload of chemical plants now underwater, or near-about, and possible explosive events that could be really, really bad. Charles P. Pierce at Esquire this…
Overcast mingled with patchy ground fog this Tuesday morning on California’s north coast — short weather version, ‘AM Fog/PM Sun,’ reflects our normal in the face of extremes elsewhere. Later this week, maybe already, another prolonged heat wave is scheduled for the interior: An Excessive Heat Watch has been issued by the NWS, with temperatures climbing…
Sunshine and warmth again this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast — we’re sitting near 70-degrees here close to 5 o’clock, forecast for the high-70s along the shoreline for tomorrow and Thursday. Sweet here, but way-hot-shitty just slightly eastward from the beach — an example of our future. Research from the University of Colorado, published yesterday: Even…
Felt the shift, a gentle shudder as I had just sat down in front of my laptop — the reaches here off a decent-sized earthquake northwest of Ferndale, and about 65 miles southwest from where my ass had plunked down. According to the USGS, a 5.1 shaker rattled this Friday afternoon, a couple minutes after…
Time marches forward, no matter the bullshit tossed up into the fan of life — distraction is the byword now, and there’s plenty. Even as we digest T-Rump Jr.’s asshole antics, and the Senate’s confirmation hearings this morning for Christopher A. Wray as FBI director, the real, reality continues unabated. A massive Antarctic iceberg, more…
Sunshine and brisk ocean breezes this late-afternoon Wednesday on California’s north coast — warm temperatures, though, if you find yourself with a wind-break. ‘Warm‘ being relative, of course. Record heat down south — from San Diego County this morning (LA Times): ‘“The desert has two seasons — hot and hotter,” said Mark Moede, a weather…
Warm and bright the late-afternoon Friday on California’s north coast, rain expected tomorrow and Sunday, clear again by the first of next week. Early summer… Weather-wise as opposed to the DC comedy-of-errors, the climate continues to weird-out, now close to home — the US Pacific shoreline under attack (via Climate Central last Tuesday): A new study…
Sunny and cool this late-afternoon Thursday on California’s north coast — high, sparse clouds shining through a smooth, crisp ocean breeze makes life along the shoreline more-than fairly nice. Anti-nice and horrifying was the scene earlier today in the White House Rose Garden — the T-Rump announced he was pulling the US out of the…
