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A ‘Big Night’ for Newts

January 25, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

A ‘Big Night’ for Newts, and for a California Newt Brigade

Posted in: California History, Environment, Ethical and green living, Science Tagged: California, Chileno Valley, Chileno Valley Newt Brigade, Laguna Lake, newts, Petaluma, Sally Gale

The Elusive Future of San Francisco’s Fog

September 14, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The Elusive Future of San Francisco’s Fog  from the New York Times of 09/14/2022.  

Posted in: California History, Climate Change, Environment, Faits Divers, History, Science, Sea Stories, the Anthropocene Tagged: California, coastal fog, fog, fog catchers, fog horns, Golden Gate, mariners, Northern California, redwoods, San Francisco

Commentary: Utility profits the unspoken factor in California’s rooftop solar fight

March 30, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Commentary: Utility profits the unspoken factor in California’s rooftop solar fight

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Politics, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: California, Pacific Gas & Electric, Public Utilities Commission, PUC, rooftop solar, San Diego Gas & Electric, solar farms, Southern California Edison

Drought 2022

March 9, 2022 by sergneri 1 Comment

March 9, 2022, Petaluma CA I just searched this blog for the word DROUGHT and found all the entries dated from 2020. I decided to start this journal due to the household conversations we’ve had on how we are going to ration our irrigation water this year. Water is due to become even more expensive … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: California, Drip Irrigation, drought, Eel River, irrigation, La Niña, Lake Sonoma, Petaluma, Rain, Russian River, Sierra Nevada, Sonoma County, toilet, Water, Water Rationing, water year

BILLION WILL BE SPENT ON U.S. HIGHWAYS

November 19, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

San Francisco Call, 8 January 1919 By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Road building on an extensive scale is expected by government officials this year. Estimates by the Bureau of Public Roads and Rural Engineering indicate a minimum expenditure on highways of $300,000,000. Deferred construction and the improvement of existing roads so that greater use may … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Thinking about Tagged: 1919, California, construction, highways, Infrastructure, roads

The humble shrub that’s predicting a terrible fire season

April 19, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Over at Ars-Technia, an interesting view on “Chamise is kind of a crystal ball for understanding how badly California might burn. ” And nothing scares a fire weather scientist quite like a year with dehydrated chamise. If it’s dry, then that’s a good indicator that everything is dry. “Right now, these are the lowest April … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Science, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: California, Chamise, ecosystem, fire scientists, fire-season, flammable vegetation

Migrant Farm workers, 1940 California

January 1, 2021 by sergneri 1 Comment

Geyserville Press 5 January 1940 The FARMERS CORNER by RALPH H TAYLOR – Sec. Agricultural Legislative Committee of California California’s battle to escape being known the world over as the promised land of the migrant worker is still far from won. Wheezing relics of the nation’s second-hand car lots—the drab “covered wagons” of the victims … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: Arkansas, California, cotton picker, depression, drought, hoping for work, labor, migrants, Oklahoma, Texas

Wind Farm interference in NWS Doppler Radar

December 6, 2019 by sergneri 1 Comment

The National Weather Service (NWS) runs a system of WSR-88D Doppler radars across the USA, Guam and Puerto Rico. On our local northern California maps we often see a bright cluster of precipitation over Rio Vista CA, often on a sunny day with no rain. I’ve always thought that this was due to some local … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Science, Thinking about Tagged: California, doppler radar, NEXRAD, Rio Vista, Sacramento River, Wind Farm, wind turbines

COSO VOLCANIC FIELD VOLCANO

July 6, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

600+ Earthquakes recorded in the 24 hours ending 07/06/19 at 14:00 PDT CALIFORNIA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INFORMATION STATEMENT U.S. Geological Survey Saturday, July 6, 2019, 10:42 AM PDT (Saturday, July 6, 2019, 17:42 UTC) COSO VOLCANIC FIELD VOLCANO (VNUM #323180) 36°1’48” N 117°49’12” W, Summit Elevation 7874 ft (2400 m) Current Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL Current … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, Faits Divers, Science, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: California, California Volcano Observatory, China Lake, Earthquake, earthquake swarm, Inyo County, Mojave Desert, Ridgecrest, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada mountains, swarm, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Volcano

The Moron’s Dozen

May 8, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

By Dirty Matt Leonardo Traded for a small donation with Mr. Leonardo in Petaluma CA in 2018, a copy of an original 4 x 6 inches in ball point pen

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: art, California, Dirty Matt Leonardo, Moron, Petaluma, Roses
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