Compatible Creatures by Bruce Maulden
War, Politics, and Life
Gray skies covered by thick-looking clouds this early Saturday on California’s north coast — no indication, though, of the end results. In exactly 24 hours from exactly now, I’ll be an hour ahead of myself, so who really knows? Yesterday, Joe Romm at Climate Progress posted the horrific e-mail of the week — from one…
Overcast with a chilly breeze this early Friday on California’s north coast — the best couple of words almost-ever: It’s Friday! Yesterday was like summer around here — bright afternoon sunshine and warm temperatures. The country as a whole, however, is frigid in political spirit — one screaming-dysfunctional place. And the news media is whacked,…
Windy with drizzling rain this early Thursday on California’s north coast as we await another storm system expected to sweep through the area tonight. This morning’s precipitation is just a continuance of the ‘wet haze’ effect we seem to collect along the Pacific shore. Surfing online news sites reveals no breaking waves of interest —…
Rain and windy this way-too-soon Monday morning on California’s north coast as the wet season continues unsuccessfully to up-seat the notorious, upstart drought — the state’s farmers are so worried they’ve turned to the use of “divining rods” to locate precious water. Napa Valley vineyard owner Marc Mondavi: “It’s kind of bizarre. Scientists don’t believe…
Low-overcast, damp and gloomy this early Sunday on California’s north coast — time cracks quickly into a new month, and asshole Santa Claus is fading further back yonder. As I sit here in relative comfort, down south LA-way, there’s mudslides off some way-heavy rains, while out in Chicago, after another six inches of snow has…
Steady rain with fog this way-too-early Thursday here on California’s north coast as we wade through a series of weather systems guaranteed to water-down the region, but not stop the dry. Fog with rain seems unusual, but we get it all the time — unusual a way of life behind the Redwood Curtain. The state…
Crystal-clear and cold in an alliterated early Friday here on California’s north coast — all is quiet. We’re supposed to have sunshine and warm temperatures the next few days, and no rain for some time. Woke up in a sad funk this morning. On occasion I start a day like this, especially if my kids…
High overcast and a bit on the cold side this way-too-early Thursday on California’s north coast, with not much rain in sight for the next few days. The weekend is forecast for sunny and warm — Ha! to winter. However, the weather is after all, the weather and nobody knows the future. Especially, the guys/gals…
(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,…
Drizzling rain and chilly this early Tuesday on California’s north coast with extra precipitation forecast for the rest of the day. Tomorrow and the rest of the week is expected to be rain-free, and maybe a bit warmer than the last couple of days. Are weather warnings/forecasts just another form of ‘“too cute by half“‘…
