It's 6:15pm and 42F degrees in San Francisco. That's wrong. You know it's cold because people on the street are wearing gloves, including me! There is a bright side, at least it's not raining right now.
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It's not so much the water as it is the wind that is making this storm so miserable. There are currently 55 mph onshore winds battering the city and 150 mph winds are expected in the High Sierras. Luckily, we have not lost power like a lot of other people in the Bay Area. Expect more mayhem between now an Monday, since this is only the first of three storms that will be hitting us back to back.
I want to wish a Happy 4th of July to all readers of The Nug! Melissa and I will be walking down to The Wharf with my cousin Elcira this evening to check out the fireworks show. If tonight is like last night, it will be a crystal clear and perfect for watching fireworks.
The temperature is 66°F degrees and the sun is out. Seems like the perfect Summer day, right!? Wrong! There is also 25 to 30mph winds heading in from offshore. It's crazy! You have to lean into the wind about 3 degrees just to keep your balance out there right now. Just got back from having a late lunch and almost fell since the a strong gust came and ended abruptly. It's bad. For those of you that are new here, welcome to Summer in San Francisco.
Melissa and I just returned home after taking a walk to the Ferry Building and back in what has to be the most beautiful February day in San Francisco history. It was 70°F degrees when we left, shortly after 10 am, at high noon at the Ferry Building it was about 74°F degrees, and right now it has cooled a bit to about 69°F degrees. By all intents and purposes, it's a perfect day in San Francisco.
Typically, the weather here from January through March means almost constant rain and cold. However, this year has been an anomaly with little or no rainfall for weeks and months at a time. Although the lack of rain is disturbing, you can't argue with the weather for the last three days. It's been fantastic!
Typically, the weather here from January through March means almost constant rain and cold. However, this year has been an anomaly with little or no rainfall for weeks and months at a time. Although the lack of rain is disturbing, you can't argue with the weather for the last three days. It's been fantastic!
While republican-sponsored climatologists claim that there is no such thing as global warming, the current heat wave is breaking all kinds of heat records in the Bay Area and in Northern California. In the last two weeks, at least one Northern California city has hit 100 degrees every single day. This is by far the longest hot streak, beating the previous hot streak of only two days set back in 1972.
I can say that the hottest it has ever felt in San Francisco was last Saturday when it was in the mid-90s with at least 40 percent humidity. The high that day, July 23rd, was 97 degrees and I thought that we were all going to die. Having skylights on our condo increased the greenhouse effect and made it feel pretty miserable. I am glad that the fog has rolled back in since Monday cooling things off in the late afternoon. At least we're baking and not shaking--that would be bad.
I can say that the hottest it has ever felt in San Francisco was last Saturday when it was in the mid-90s with at least 40 percent humidity. The high that day, July 23rd, was 97 degrees and I thought that we were all going to die. Having skylights on our condo increased the greenhouse effect and made it feel pretty miserable. I am glad that the fog has rolled back in since Monday cooling things off in the late afternoon. At least we're baking and not shaking--that would be bad.
Omagah! It's already 76 degrees inside our place. Who the hell knows how hot it is outside right now. The heat is expected to be just as bad today as it was yesterday before it starts to cool off on Monday. If this beatdown continues we are going to have to go to the movie theatre just to find air conditioning. Who cares what movie is playing? We're going.
It's too hot to even go out and shop for a fan. The high today is supposed to be 86 degrees (with 70% humidity), which incidentally would make it hotter than yesterday, and the low tonight is to be 66 degrees. I am sure that the Florida contingent is hearing these temperatures and thinking that it doesn't sound that bad and people in Vegas are laughing because it's 20 or more degrees warmer there. But all those places have air conditioning. Not here.
Again pray for fog, find air conditioning, and try not to kill anyone in this crazy heat.
It's too hot to even go out and shop for a fan. The high today is supposed to be 86 degrees (with 70% humidity), which incidentally would make it hotter than yesterday, and the low tonight is to be 66 degrees. I am sure that the Florida contingent is hearing these temperatures and thinking that it doesn't sound that bad and people in Vegas are laughing because it's 20 or more degrees warmer there. But all those places have air conditioning. Not here.
Again pray for fog, find air conditioning, and try not to kill anyone in this crazy heat.
I am officially a San Franciscan and not an Angelino. It's 84 degrees in the city right now and it feels like I am melting and about to burst into flames. Apartments and condos in the city don't come equipped with air conditioning units because it's never supposed to be this damn hot! This is by far the hottest summer we've seen in the city and proof positive that global warming is real. Pray for fog.
Inconvenient Truth: today scientists said Earth is the warmest in 2,000 years.
A chunk of ice the size of a microwave oven fell from a cloudless sky through the roof of a Loma Linda University recreation center Thursday. The piece of ice left a hole two and a half feet wide on the roof of the building before shattering into pieces inside. Nobody was hurt. A similar incident happened last week in Oakland. These "megacryometeors," as they are called, have been studied recently by a scientist named Jesus Martinez-Frias in Madrid, Spain. He hypothesizes that the ice is being created in the upper reaches of the outer atmosphere, which is being pushed further out by the lower atmosphere due to global warming.
Another scientist theorizes that the ice is building up on plane skins and breaking off while planes are in flight. And the conspiracy thoeorists claim that the ice is falling from secret goverment spy planes being tested over California. In any case, these are all theories for something that according to scientists has happened at least 40 times around the globe since 1999! This is scary. The entire world needs to do something about global emissions soon otherwise we will have to build force fields for our cars to deflect the falling ice meteors during rush hour.
Another scientist theorizes that the ice is building up on plane skins and breaking off while planes are in flight. And the conspiracy thoeorists claim that the ice is falling from secret goverment spy planes being tested over California. In any case, these are all theories for something that according to scientists has happened at least 40 times around the globe since 1999! This is scary. The entire world needs to do something about global emissions soon otherwise we will have to build force fields for our cars to deflect the falling ice meteors during rush hour.
A big chunk of ice fell from the sky and landed in a public park in Oakland, leaving a hole 24 inches wide and 18 inches deep in the ground. Nobody was injured and apparently nobody is investigating this.
We headed off to Tahoe at 2:30PM yesterday and reached Auburn at 6:15PM due to traffic through Sacramento. The news account is not exactly accurate, I-80 wasn't closed at Applegate until after 6:30PM, since we were allowed to pass the Applegate at that time. When we passed, highway patrol was diverting only large trucks off the highway, but allowing passenger cars to continue. We reached Alta a little after 6:45PM, where the highway was completely closed there.
We were only about 300 yards from the roadblock and probably could have passed the roadblock had we been only 10 minutes ahead. But who knows what would have happened then. There were so much snowfall that multiple accidents happened near Donner Summit. We waited for I-80 to open for almost four hours, until about 10:45PM, and then headed back down the hill searching for food and a hotel room.
Since I-80 was closed at Applegate, there were literally tens of thousands of people looking for a hotel or motel room at the same time. We found food, but no hotel rooms. We searched almost every hotel from Auburn to Roseville and they were all packed because of the highway closure. In Roseville, at about 12:30AM, we decided to head back to San Francisco and abort the whole trip. We made it back at 2:30AM, 12 hours from the time we left. We're glad to be back home safe and sound.
We were only about 300 yards from the roadblock and probably could have passed the roadblock had we been only 10 minutes ahead. But who knows what would have happened then. There were so much snowfall that multiple accidents happened near Donner Summit. We waited for I-80 to open for almost four hours, until about 10:45PM, and then headed back down the hill searching for food and a hotel room.
Since I-80 was closed at Applegate, there were literally tens of thousands of people looking for a hotel or motel room at the same time. We found food, but no hotel rooms. We searched almost every hotel from Auburn to Roseville and they were all packed because of the highway closure. In Roseville, at about 12:30AM, we decided to head back to San Francisco and abort the whole trip. We made it back at 2:30AM, 12 hours from the time we left. We're glad to be back home safe and sound.
Two storms have hit us and one more is on the way. It rained most of the day yesterday and rained continuously from yesterday evening to this morning. A few times it rained so hard that it felt like our skylights were going to break from the force of the rain. At around midnight, a loud howling whistle noise came from the bathroom. It was the storm's 60MPH wind coming in through the open vent in the skylight, I closed it. There are flood, hail, and surf warnings all over the Bay Area. All in all, it's not a pretty day to be outside, but New Year revelers will be out in force as always. It's a nice time to stay at home by the fire, read a book, and relax--that's exactly what we're doing.
Although my townhome has no power, I know someone that does. I am alive and well with minor damage to my townhome. My family is safe, but South Florida is a mess. People coming to blows over ice and water. People waiting hours (up to 16) for gas. It's like downtown Baghdad with better landscaping. I have posted some pics on my Flickr account. They really don't do the disaster justice. I'm just happy we weren't plowed like the Gulf Coast. I'm going to count my blessings right now.
Unfortunately, Wilma is not a stripper. She's the 21st named storm for 2005 that just got done vacationing in Cancun. You know this of course. You also know that she's about to plow into southwest Florida as a category 3 hurricane. I live in southern Broward county on the southeast side of the state. Although we won't experience a direct hit, we expect winds of nearly 100 mph as Wilma passes through. Since my townhome was constructed after Andrew, it should be able to withstand a category 5 storm. However, my biggest concern is that Wilma will park my Scion in the cul-de-sac or plant a palm tree in the glove box. As soon as it's safe to venture out tomorrow, I'll get some pics. I may not be able to post them because there's a good chance there will be no power. Wish me luck.
While the rest of the nation is seeing record high temperatures and basking in summer splendor, San Francisco sits nestled in a blanket of fog from the evening to after sunrise every summer day. The sunrise temperature in San Francisco today was 52°F, 3 degrees colder than the sunrise temperature in Anchorage, Alaska. The Chronicle ran a story on the summer fog today that, although informative, was not a surprise to longtime San Francisco residents. Nevertheless, the map of common fog formations was cool to see. Now, if the sun would only burn off the fog over downtown for a few hours today that would be really nice.
It's pretty clear that if you live on a street that has the work "creek" in it, bad shit can and will happen to you. A man in Scotts Valley who just recently bought a house on Bean Creek Road barely escaped with his life after a mudslide "moved" his house downhill. More evidence? We had good friends that lived on Creek Road in Fairfax and their power would continually go out during storms, the creek adjacent to their backyard would sometimes overflow, and their garage was also sometimes flooded by rain runoff.
Below are articles I found on Google by typing "Creek Road" and the words mudslide, flood, or fire:
Mudslide Wednesday closes road, McIntyre Creek Road, Canada, 02/2004
Gypsum Creek Road Mudslide, Eagle, CO, 07/19/2004
Floods, Juneau, Alaska, Montana Creek Road, Date Unknown
The Old Fire, Hook Creek Road, San Bernardino, CA, 10/25/2003
I hope my friend Larry doesn't take offense to this post--he loved his little house on Creek Road. Thankfully now he lives in a beautiful home in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii which will help him forget the good times and bad times in Fairfax. Hopefully he'll just forget the bad times.
Below are articles I found on Google by typing "Creek Road" and the words mudslide, flood, or fire:
Mudslide Wednesday closes road, McIntyre Creek Road, Canada, 02/2004
Gypsum Creek Road Mudslide, Eagle, CO, 07/19/2004
Floods, Juneau, Alaska, Montana Creek Road, Date Unknown
The Old Fire, Hook Creek Road, San Bernardino, CA, 10/25/2003
I hope my friend Larry doesn't take offense to this post--he loved his little house on Creek Road. Thankfully now he lives in a beautiful home in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii which will help him forget the good times and bad times in Fairfax. Hopefully he'll just forget the bad times.
It's the middle of the afternoon in San Francisco and it is hovering in the low 90's and it's about that in our loft. This is the third straight day of heat and we're melting, please make it stop. I never thought I'd say this, but where's the fog?
Yesterday's freak storm wreaked havok all over the city, but it left almost as quickly as it came. Nevertheless, meteorologists claim that it was by far the worst San Francisco downpour in 25 years.
The Bay Area has been hit by a huge storm. The rain started at around 1:00AM last night and hasn't really stopped even though it varies in intensity from time to time. The bottom line, lots of rain and wind to contend with. There is a "high likelihood" that trees will knock out power lines which adds to the fun substantially. Everyone knows that bad weather in San Francisco means really bad weather in Marin County. I hope that Larry and Tina, which live right next to a creek in Fairfax, are okay.
As for us, the parking garage in our building was partially flooded. Water pressure in street drainage pipes was so high that the garage drain starting spewing out tons of water. I saw a news report on television in which water pressure was so intense that it sent a couple of manhole covers flying through the air. That's pretty amazing when you consider that a manhole cover that is 38" in diameter and 2" thick weighs about 360 pounds!
As for us, the parking garage in our building was partially flooded. Water pressure in street drainage pipes was so high that the garage drain starting spewing out tons of water. I saw a news report on television in which water pressure was so intense that it sent a couple of manhole covers flying through the air. That's pretty amazing when you consider that a manhole cover that is 38" in diameter and 2" thick weighs about 360 pounds!
I'm going to Bermuda! Well, not really. But the hurricane that bears my name is still on the rampage and headed for Bermuda. Jeez, hurricanes get to go to all the nice places. Wielding 120MPH winds, the hurricane is being described as "very large." I am really getting a kick on hearing the media describe how "large" I am and to beware the "wrath of Fabian." That's right, respect or feel the wrath!
Well, I've been in Temecula, California since yesterday and, unfortunately, will be here all week. I have to admit, I was in serious heat denial until this morning. I had forgotten that hell is hot, but Temecula is hotter. I flew in early morning yesterday, worked indoors all day, and the evening was relatively mild--about 76F last night. I guess I forgot, or blocked from memory, that it gets hot as hell here. The expected high today is 94F with 80% humidity! Sadly, I'll have to go outside several times today, since I am doing a wireless access point discovery of the Guidant campus using Kismet and my laptop, walking around everywhere. One thing is for sure though, I am not bike riding in this heat with the guys that work here, like I did last year.
The French estimate that over 3,000 people have died from heat-related causes due to a blistering European heat wave that has affected France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain in the last three weeks. Over 2,000 have died near Paris alone! Officials blame the high death toll on the length of the heat wave and the fact that most Parisian buildings lack air conditioning. It's so bad, that the French government is calling health workers from vacation and even some morgue workers back from retirement to deal with the crisis. I think that it is fair to say that global warming is not only very real, but a threat to our very existence.
Hail the size of volleyballs were reported in Nebraska as the second day of storms and tornadoes pound the state. The reports have to be verified before they call Guinness, but this looks to be a new record. Falling hail reportedly ripped a hole in the roof of a car large enough for a man to crawl through. Crazy.
Well, Florida isn't really hell, but it is hot as hell there in the summer months. Florida is in the midst of a severe cold spell. Wind chill temperatures in the 20's have been recorded in Miami--that's just crazy. I am sure there are Cubans in Little Havana that are considering moving back to Cuba as we speak! Normally, even this time of year is pleasant with temperatures usually in the high 60's and low 70's. Damn, maybe we're slowly heading into a new ice age.
Well, Storm Watch sounds a bit dramatic--it's so NBC.
Anyway, torrential rain hit the Bay Area all weekend, particularly last night. Howling winds that reached 100 mph in some areas and heavy rain pummeled windows and made it hard to sleep. We only lost electric power for about two hours on Saturday afternoon. However, some people lost power for much much longer.
The last time that I saw weather this bad in San Francisco I was visiting in December, 1995, when rain and high winds destroyed the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park.
Anyway, torrential rain hit the Bay Area all weekend, particularly last night. Howling winds that reached 100 mph in some areas and heavy rain pummeled windows and made it hard to sleep. We only lost electric power for about two hours on Saturday afternoon. However, some people lost power for much much longer.
The last time that I saw weather this bad in San Francisco I was visiting in December, 1995, when rain and high winds destroyed the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park.
It's rainy, foggy, and downright gloomy here in the Bay Area. I can only imagine what it's like in Seattle, where there are more days of rain than sunshine throughout the year. This sucks. Maybe I'm just sad because I'm tired of writing essays for school--this rain isn't helping.
The deadly tornadoes that struck this weekend from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast left 35 people dead. Surprisingly, a lot of the states that were hit are East of the infamous "Tornado Alley". The people that live in Tornado Alley are resilient, if not stubborn. After each tornado they say, "we will rebuild." I'd take the insurance money and move the hell away from there. I'll take a 30-second earthquake over a 15-minute tornado any day.
A storm in the Bay Area is wreaking all kinds of havoc. At school, a huge branch flattened a student's car breaking the windshield and denting the hell out of the hood. Moral of this story--don't park under big ass trees when it's windy.
Absolutely nothing of interest going on in the world today. Just a lot of preparations for tomorrow's elections. I am freezing my ass off in Denver. Check out this realtime report from Weather.com:
28F Partly Cloudy, Feels Like 21F
UV Index: 0 Minimal
Dew Point: 23F
Humidity: 76%
Visibility: Unlimited miles
Pressure: 29.87 inches and rising
Wind: From the Southwest at 7 mph
As reported at Buckley Arpt., CO Last Updated Monday, November 4, 2002, at 10:56 PM Mountain Standard Time.
28F Partly Cloudy, Feels Like 21F
UV Index: 0 Minimal
Dew Point: 23F
Humidity: 76%
Visibility: Unlimited miles
Pressure: 29.87 inches and rising
Wind: From the Southwest at 7 mph
As reported at Buckley Arpt., CO Last Updated Monday, November 4, 2002, at 10:56 PM Mountain Standard Time.
The temperature went down to 22F last night in Denver, but it felt in the teens with the wind chill factor. There was light snow this morning and sprinkles of snow all day. Thank God the wind died down. I am glad I didn't forget my jacket in the car at the airport, like I did last week. It's really f***ing cold!