The Weather Underground reports that the Antelope Valley got a quarter of an inch of rain. It sure felt like more than that. My dogs’ bowl outside was empty before the start of the storm, and it had something like… Continue Reading
A severe storm has struck California. It promises to bring six inches of welcome rain between now and this time Sunday to the desert. In other parts of the state, it will be a little more severe — ten feet… Continue Reading
My last pair of sunglasses were eaten by the X-ray machine at the security screen for the Superior Court in Stinking Bakersfield. So over the weekend, I got a pair of blue-lensed sunglasses. I know the scuttlebutt and rumor is… Continue Reading
When you leave an unopened can of soda in a sealed car, in the desert, in the middle of June, for hours at a time, and then don’t attend to it until late in the day, this is what happens:… Continue Reading
Our friends came over today for a dinner and a walk along the aqueduct. The walk was very pleasant — or rather, it would have been, had it not been in very strong winds. Now, the winds defeated the high… Continue Reading
Imagine if the Ohio River ran dry. Or some other major river like the Arkansas, Missouri, or the upper Mississippi. In fact, the Colorado River does run dry, or very close to it, by the end of its course at… Continue Reading
Springtime has arrived in the desert, and with it came the beloved cherry blossoms and (allegedly) the flowering of the California poppies. We are starting to see temperatures in the eighties — that is, when we aren’t experiencing week-long windstorms.… Continue Reading
We’re in the fourth day of sustained high winds. For the past several hours, we’ve have sustained winds of 20-30 miles an hour with gusts up to 60; there is an anonometer on the roof of our building to let… Continue Reading
Today is the first day of the new daylight savings time. This is supposed to happen at the start of spring and a lot of people feel inconvenienced because it is coming earlier than usual (and earlier than expected, which… Continue Reading
It was a day of extreme weather today in the desert. It’s rare that the weather is so interesting here. Eight months out of the year, it’s warm and dry in the morning, then hot and windy in the afternoon,… Continue Reading