‘Shovel-Ready’ Climate
June 9, 2015Sunshine is fading away this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast — a thick fog bank has been slowly darkening the air, carried by a chilled breeze and our ‘heat wave’ slips away. The interior…
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Watershed Moment
June 5, 2015Bright sunshine and feeling warm — at least for up here along California’s north coast — and as it’s Friday afternoon, we’re way-close to the weekend now. In a pure instance of time-travel, mind-wise anyway,…
Heat No Rest
June 4, 2015Bright and blustery this afternoon on California’s north coast — the gusty-breeze a bit chilly and sharp, but if you’ve a wind break, the air’s warm and not unpleasant. Major climate news earlier today, as…
Rain and Water — Not Rainwater
June 1, 2015Thick, low and wet-looking clouds hanging above my back patio on an early Monday look like they’re ready to drop some water onto California’s north coast — rain started last night, and with the sound,…
Drought Busting
May 26, 2015Clouds by any other name is ground fog this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, creating a gloomy-gus gray at first light and supposedly, our mundane weather routine continues today with maybe some decent rain…
Jobless Digits
May 23, 2015In just more than week, it will be eight years since moving to Humboldt County from down on California’s Central Coast — what a trip a couple of days make. As a recent retiree, I’ve…
El Niño, Wildfires and Potent Pot
May 22, 2015Overcast with a slight-chilled wind this Friday afternoon on California’s north coast — woke up too early and seemingly a bit under the weather. And the “super El Niño” reported a couple of weeks ago…
A Dick’s Deception
May 21, 2015Overcast and chilly this afternoon here on California’s north coast — the fog was way-thick earlier, but now ever so often sunshine peeks through the mists, so all’s not too bad. What’s real bad is…
Saving Private Water
May 19, 2015Rain before sunrise this Tuesday morning on California’s north coast, but gone now two/three hours later — overcast still, but supposedly no more wet stuff until later in the week. Apparently, the downpour just dampened…
W as in War
May 18, 2015Rain clouds but little rain this afternoon on California’s north coast — we’ve received a few isolated ‘sprinkles‘ and that’s all. An occasional dash of sunshine, so there’s that. Last week, a couple of arrogant…