So Cold It’s Hot
December 31, 2014Clear and cold this way-too-early Wednesday here along California’s north coast — the last day of 2014. And to an old guy, anyway, a chill-ass ending to the year. Relatively-weirdly speaking, of course: ‘Las Vegas…
Tag Archives: Environment
Hypnagogic Actuality
December 30, 2014Clear and cold this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — right now about 35 degrees, with a high of maybe the low-50s, but supposedly a lot of sun. Seems to have gotten colder, quicker…
“Bleaching” Oceans
December 23, 2014Overcast with hanging ground fog this afternoon on California’s north coast, and chilly, too — local temperatures reportedly hovering in the mid-50s, but the air feels moist and cold. Totals for November rainfall from the NWS,…
Petro Rain
December 22, 2014Rain again this early Monday on California’s north coast, feels like it’s raining all over the world. Nearly two months of this wet stuff for most of the time, and the accompanying, gray-gothic clouds, real-gloomy-like…
Raining Feedback Loops
December 19, 2014Rain and gloomy-dark outside this early Friday on a small patch huddled near California’s north coast — getting close to a month now, of rain and gloomy-dark — more rain forecast for days to come,…
Snow Shades
December 18, 2014In the vast scope of weather, location is key. Last week, my youngest daughter, Melissa, moved for-some-reason from here in Humboldt County, California, to Kansas City, Missouri, and the shift in the environment is way-notable.…
Smokin’ Lamp is Lit
December 17, 2014Raining with thick cloud bundles huddling close — quick snapshot off my back patio this early Wednesday on a small stretch of California’s north coast. Just a little while after sunrise, one cup coffee sipped-away,…
Rain Cloak
December 15, 2014Rain pelts hard, then drizzles off into just hanging moisture — long-overcast clouds this early Monday appear ready to burst here on this little stretch of California’s north coast. And those clouds do occasionally open,…
An Annihilation
December 14, 2014Dark with a thick overcast in mid-afternoon here on California’s north coast, ‘rain likely’ so says the NWS and most-likely it will, but who’s to know? Beyond/besides just a warming planet, this yesterday in the…
Two Years Later: Shootings ‘Remain Common’
December 14, 2014Bright, sunny again this Sunday morning — two days in a row with full-tilt shine, but much-colder, though. Chilling in the sun. Today also, second anniversary of the ‘shooting‘ at Sandy Hook Elementary School in…