Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

Sonoma County was inundated by torrential downpour for days. Santa Rosa received the most rainfall in a single day going back all the way to the earliest records kept in the 1800s. Rivers, creeks, and waterways overflowed. Streets, roads, and highways flooded. Residents along the Russian River received mandatory evacuation orders. Hundreds of miles away … Continue reading "Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument"

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February Challenge – results of weather

Well don’t expect any snow forts, icicles or snow drifts here…coz it’s hot, hot, hot and the middle of summer. It hasn’t even snowed here in winter since the last ice age. We’re too close to the equator, too close to sea level and the southern hemisphere doesn’t have the large land masses. I went … Continue reading "February Challenge – results of weather"

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It’s Not About The Weather, It’s About The Fun

Indeed, I am having fun with this month’s weather challenge.  Certainly I have fun showing off the weather in my part of the world, but I’m also having fun reading about all of the crazy weather the rest of you Cycle365-ers are enjoying–and trust me, I read every one of your posts.  I don’t always … Continue reading "It’s Not About The Weather, It’s About The Fun"

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You can’t photograph perfect weather either

I think we’ve figured out that you can’t really photograph cold or heat. Well, it turns out you can’t photograph perfect weather either. If you could… here it is. After 5.5 weeks of insane heat and then a week of high heat and high humidity we had two perfect days over the weekend (which I … Continue reading "You can’t photograph perfect weather either"

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February challenge: whiteout in PDX

Or, as we like to call it up here, Snowpocalypse.  After warnings of a killer one to three inches of snow though, all we got last night was a light dusting.  An insignificant showing compared to our friends almost anywhere else in the northern hemisphere right now.  I’m almost embarrassed to submit it, but for … Continue reading "February challenge: whiteout in PDX"

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FOURTH OF JULY WEATHER ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY

A person could be forgiven for taking one look at the featured picture and thinking something like this:  “That doesn’t look like Fourth of July Weather to me.”  But this post isn’t about that person, it’s about ME, and to ME it feels like a hot summer day. MY town has emerged from the Polar … Continue reading "FOURTH OF JULY WEATHER ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY"

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