(March 8, 2009, David Curran, The San Francisco Chronicle)
I experienced the Bay Area droughts of the 1970s. I vaguely recall taking navy showers and reciting, “If it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down.” And I remember the dry times of the late 1980s when I was always in short sleeves and [...]
(Feb. 20, 2009, TimesOnline)
A carpet of snow blanketing the Forbidden City and the ancient halls and courtyards of the Lama Temple has transformed China’s capital into a fairyland. Hundreds have played truant from offices to sneak a peak of the first snowfall of the winter.
But nature has been given a helping hand. The heavy snowfalls [...]
(Feb. 15, 2009, USA Today)
Skiers and farmers rejoiced after another storm dropped more than 2 feet of snow in portions of the Sierra Nevada, but the range’s snowpack still is below average so far this winter.
The latest snowfall was just in time for the Presidents Day weekend, traditionally one of the busiest periods of the [...]
(Jan. 21, 2009, The Milpitas Post Online)
BASKING in the 70-degree sunshine, especially when envisioning the rest of the country’s teeth-chattering, it’s understandable that a drought scenario doesn’t come readily to mind. Many of us have put away the hoses and assume that our landscaping and lawns will do just fine through the winter. There was [...]
(Jan. 17, 2009, Mercury News)
This season’s lack of rain is so severe that weather forecasters already are comparing it to 1976-77, the driest on record for the Central Coast.
In fact, if the warm, sunny days and blue skies continue, thousands of county residents could be forced to ration water in a way not seen [...]
