Cold. Wet. Yes, please. Could we have some precipitation?
A friend up the hill reported snow falling. His nibs said hail was causing havoc — and slips — on the Steps as he came home from his stint at the Academy of Sciences.
I was (relatively) snug and warm inside today. Thick sweater. Warm wrap. Fuzzy slippers. (Thermostat set at 65dF as is our wont. …)
And then the storm cleared and I took pictures …
Here’s one:
We were walking down to dinner and spotted the moon. Of the four shots I took, this was the least fuzzy.
The wind is kicking in from the south. White caps on the Bay. Planes landing from the north at SFO.
Rain soon! (x’d fingers)
Update: Rain was fast and furious for a bit, but now the wind and the rain are barely there. x’d fingers for more wet.
We’ve been having amazing weather, but, please, may it rain, really rain, soon?
[Cherry-headed conures, actually, but hey!]
via @NYRblog
Chris Jordan’s latest photography set.
These photographs of albatross chicks were made just a few weeks ago on idway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean collecting what looks to them like food to bring back to their young. On this diet of human trash, every year tens of thousands of albatross chicks die on Midway from starvation, toxicity, and choking.
We’ve been watching the Giulio Verne for the last few days as it slowly moves along the waterfront toward Potrero Point.
The TransBay Cable (a 53-mile long, 400 MW high voltage DC transmission line connecting the PG&E substation in Pittsburg with one down at Potrero Point in San Francisco) is becoming a reality.
Soon the spewing Unit#3 at Potrero Point will shut down. Unit#3 has the honor of being San Francisco’s #1 source of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. Take a bow, Unit#3.
When the cable is functioning, next spring, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) will allow San Francisco to close down Unit#3. The three peaker plants at Potrero Point must remain available, however, until such time as San Francisco has replacement alternative power generation in place.
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