Sunday, August 16, 2015

July was a another really, really dull month skies-wise.

And so was the first part of August.
Except for some seriously nice cirrus that were a spinoff of some rather unusual conditions, hurricanes off the coast of Mexico. San Diego got rain, and perhaps you read of the flash flood that washed out a bridge in.. i forget... So.Cal.?.. or AZ?
Here's the lowdown at this excellent blog, much more scientific than I will ever be:

http://www.weatherwest.com/

Worth a bookmark for me.
Here's my skies - dancing, twirling, twisting, spinning:











 

 

RE:Cirrus
http://www.livescience.com/51576-cirrus-clouds-from-space.html

A lively month for wild fires, wasn't it? At last count, over 20 in California, 4 of them 'major'.
Today is a 'spare the air' day in the Bay area, there's a haze that's makes hills not far away look distant.

http://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2015/08/06/california-burning-photographers-notebook/

El Nino? Still 'sposed to be heading our way.


If this one is anything like the winter of '97-98, we will be in deep doo-doo.
Or should i say 'water'.
I was living in SF at the time, on a nice quiet street, the rain was soooo heavy, it set off car alarms on a regular basis.
The predictions at this point are pretty certain for So.Cal., less certain for Nor.Cal.
Researchers have written that while the data is strong, nothing is certain, nothing.
Mother nature is a fickle bitch.
I hope I'll be able to make and post some images like this frothy angry view:



Plenty of good links this month, lots of interesting reading if you're in the mood.

Lake Mead hits a new low, but the drought has a silver lining -- tourism!

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-83932619/
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Drought hastens decline of Joshua tree

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Drought-hastens-decline-of-Joshua-tree-6319456.php



On Parched Navajo Reservation, ‘Water Lady’ Brings Liquid Gold
By FERNANDA SANTOS JULY 13, 2015
NYTimes

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/14/us/on-parched-navajo-reservation-water-lady-brings-liquid-gold.html?_r=0

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Summer snowstorm hits California's Eastern Sierra - 7/11
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/1780/article/p2p-83967066/

http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2015/06/30/water-arizona-warning/29532993/

And while we're on the topic of drought and climate change... dig these two:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/21/opinion/mark-bittman-what-oysters-reveal-about-sea-change.html

A long read, very interesting:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/opinion/sunday/how-california-is-winning-the-drought.html?_r=0


(If you bookmark any news site, the NYT should be at the top of the list.)

I'm doin' my part, showering once a week or so... and people still sit beside me on the bus, no problem.