Towse: views from the hill

October 15, 2009

Ferry. Fog.

Filed under: photographs,weather — Tags: , , — Towse @ 7:56 pm

Sunshiney here. Slight breeze.

‘twixt me and Yerba Buena Island, though? A belt of fog.

 

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August 17, 2009

Morning has broken …

Filed under: photographs,weather — Tags: , , — Towse @ 7:29 pm

 

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But that was then. Five hours later finds the sun shining and the washing machine whirring. Friends expected around 6-ish for dinner and conversation.

June 4, 2009

More clouds from yesterday

Filed under: photographs,weather — Tags: , — Towse @ 5:06 am

 

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Clouds. Bridge.

Filed under: photographs,SFOBayBridge,weather — Towse @ 4:17 am

I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now. …
This is a cloud shot from yesterday (Tues) …

 

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February 28, 2009

Schwarzenegger Declares California Drought Emergency

Filed under: California,culture,government,weather — Towse @ 10:54 pm

Schwarzenegger Declares California Drought Emergency

Some more rain is arriving tonight, if the weather mavens are to be believed, and carry over for a few days, but things aren’t looking good.

Step one: encourage farmers who suck up water to raise crops like cotton and rice to move their operations to places that are better suited for water-guzzling crops.

Step two: encourage folks who plant golf courses in deserts to transform them into something else and/or let the land lapse back into sand dunes.

Step three: see where steps one and two take you.

February 26, 2009

Grey day. Hoping for some rain.

Filed under: photographs,weather — Tags: , , — Towse @ 6:48 pm

 

 

 

 

Update: Day didn’t turn to rain. Quite the contrary. Sunny with interesting clouds.

 

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February 6, 2009

The sun adding shadows to the rain clouds

Filed under: photographs,ships,weather — Tags: , , — Towse @ 8:36 pm

 

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And then, a while later, a couple tugs pull a decommissioned vessel south … to dry dock? to repair? to ???

 

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November 13, 2008

Foggy day in town (and then not …)

Filed under: life,photographs,San Francisco,weather — Towse @ 10:52 pm

The fog had been creeping in since we woke up. The radio said the San Mateo Bridge, south of us, was fogged in, but we didn’t have fog. Then. … The fog from the south showed up at our doorstep.
7:54 a.m.
 
 
 

9:08 a.m.: The fog is hugging the underside of the Bay Bridge. The cars heading west come out of a cloud and into the sun, then head back into a cloud.

9:09 a.m. : Some birds hanging out in the notorious cypress tree down hill from us. Watching the fog that’s crept over the bay.
 

 

The cranes over at the Port of Oakland on the east side of the Bay are just barely visible above the fog.
 

10:06 a.m. An hour later, the fog begins to clear and a sunny, San Francisco fall day appears. Not unexpectedly.
 
 

The crows rule the cypress roost. Later they’ll make way for the parrots. There are a variety of bird types that share turns watching from the lofty perch. The only bird that’s unwelcome by all is the hawk.
 

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October 5, 2008

And ice cream castles in the air*

Filed under: photographs,weather — Tags: , , , — Towse @ 12:29 am
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Lovely clouds. With luck we’ll have more rain. With luck the weather cleared up and stayed sunny in bucolic Kern County, CA, for first-cousin-once-removed Davy’s wedding this afternoon.

[view of the N bay from Pacific Heights]

* “Both Sides Now” – Joni Mitchell

November 14, 2007

Morning fog blows in

Filed under: photographs,SFOBayBridge,weather — Towse @ 3:16 pm

Clear as a bell here since before sunrise. The fog, though, she’s blowing in.

 
 

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Update>And just as quickly gone. Clear, sunny day. And I have fish to fry. Back later.

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