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Archive for the tag 'weather'

Jan 26 2010

Surf’s Up

Published by Laureen under Uncategorized

This just cracks me up:

Maximum height of extreme waves up dramatically in Pacific Northwest

Using more sophisticated techniques that account for the “non-stationarity” in the wave height record, researchers say the 100-year wave height could actually exceed 55 feet, with impacts that would dwarf those expected from sea level rise in coming decades. Increased coastal erosion, flooding, [...]

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Oct 11 2009

Grateful for Rain

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Everyone from NOAA to the Coast Guard is telling us that there’s a storm coming and it’s gonna be big:

Coast Guard: “Potent Storm” Approaching Bay Area
The U.S. Coast Guard is strongly recommending that Bay Area boaters avoid taking to the water early next week because of a storm that is expected to bring heavy rainfall [...]

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Feb 04 2008

Rain, Rain, Go Away

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I am absolutely sick to death of the rain.
This is, natch, not a unique sentiment around here this year. Given half an opportunity, pretty much everyone I know will hold forth about how they’re really, really done (really done) with the wetness. I hear from my landlubber pals that the ants are invading in [...]

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Dec 14 2007

Aware of the Wind

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The last two mornings have had the most spectacular sunrises.
This morning, the entire sky was puffy and pink and purple and red, stretching across the entire eastern horizon, with colors deepening across half an hour of my time. So spectacular that I didn’t even want to photograph it, because these things never come out like [...]

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Nov 08 2007

Not Sailing Today

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It is a great day to not go sailing.
The fog yesterday was really thick. I couldn’t even really see the marina wall, which is saying something, because we’re berthed right next to the thing. And then my pal Jonathan sent me this.
If you look on a map, this is really, really close to us. And [...]

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May 27 2007

San Diego Calling…

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This morning, Jason received a phone call from Chevron, Inc. This seemed, well, odd.
Until he answered, and discovered that Cap’n Ken and Minor had stopped in to this fuel station, “the first thing you see out of Mexico,” to refuel, and Cap’n Ken was in such a hurry, he had the fuel dock guys [...]

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