Weather Wronged
November 23, 2014Fairly-clear skies this early Sunday, especially after so much rain falling here-abouts on California’s north coast the last few days — and maybe we’ll catch some rays later. Alas, the weather… In the vast-sweep of…
Tag Archives: Environment
Gluttingly ‘Short Memories’
November 19, 2014One giant story given nearly-back-burner status is this steep decline in oil prices. Via Reuters this afternoon: ‘Benchmark Brent crude oil settled down 37 cents at $78.10 a barrel, after rising as much as 98…
Coal – Polar Bears = Dumb
November 18, 2014Overcast and chilly this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast with more rain on the way, a chance tonight, but apparently for sure tomorrow and a rainy week ahead. One local forecast read, ‘warmer than…
Dog Virus and Sea Stars
November 17, 2014Bright and cool this late afternoon, but without DST, nighttime seems to come quick, getting-darker faster. End-of-a-terrible mystery news: The “melting,” or “wasting” disease horribly killing sea stars — or ‘star fish‘ — along the…
Leonids’ Weather
November 17, 2014Clear and chilly outside this early Monday — way-high, wispy clouds, though, will most-likely tone-down sunshine — but this little patch of California’s north coast does feel the sense of real, around-here cold for the…
Rain, Rain…
November 14, 2014Dark and rainy this early Friday on California’s north coast, and on my back patio, a sight of a half-moon hanging slightly southward, but seemingly way-up there in a broken-cloudy sky. A lot of rain…
Freak-Out Funk
November 12, 2014Bright and breezy this late afternoon as the day is slowly falling-darkly away. Those gosh-awful midterms last week should have been called the ‘apathetic election’ as it had the worst turnout in 72 years —…
Un-Wire the Effect
November 10, 2014Bright sunshine and a cool breeze this afternoon — the day keeps on going. Oddly paradoxical, a couple of new environmental-related studies reported today reveal the weirdness and tragedy of climate change. One is on natural…
Fuk-Up ‘Fingerprint’
November 10, 2014Bright sunshine and a seemingly-warm breeze this early Monday here on California’s north coast, a kind of opposite to the weather across the US upper mid-west, where temperatures are “…about 20 degrees below the average…
Not-Grin and Bear
October 31, 2014Overcast and chilly here this early Friday on California’s north coast — on occasion, bright, quick rays of sunshine. Costume holiday — one of our more-weird, and disturbing festivities today, All Saints Eve, or Halloween.…