Category: flood

The Joke Is On Us

Posted in atmospheric river, California, climate change, drought, flood, memoir, mudslides, neighbors, snow, snow pack, TahoeLeave a comment

For twenty years, we heard the same thing: drought, longer fire seasons, save water. Blah, blah, blah. Last year the state of California had no measurable snow pack for the first time in 160 years, since people started keeping track of those things. The reservoirs were lower than ever. Then came 2023. The New Year’s… Continue reading The Joke Is On Us

Poop on the Patio

Posted in California, creek, drought, feeding wildlife, flood, humor, memoir, mudslides, neighborhood, philosophy, rain, San Francisco, Seattle, wildlifeLeave a comment

It’s been raining ever since 2023 started, pretty much nonstop. We aren’t used to this in sunny California. We’ve been in a twenty-year drought for well, twenty years. Usually Seattle gets this weather, not us. I can’t walk the dogs. I can’t work in the yard. But I can feed the critters and watch them… Continue reading Poop on the Patio