It was a rainy morning which is strange in its own right around here when news reports began to make the rounds that a tsunami of some sort might find its way to Southern California. NOAA even set a time of about 12:30 here. So, I set about getting my chores done so I could [...]

When I first got to the coast, I had fled from a lifetime of what I referred to as “snow farming”, aka working in the snow skiing industry. I wasn’t going to have to worry much about weather anymore I thought wistfully…after all if there was going to be any weather it was going to [...]

Channel Islands National Park celebrates its 30th anniversary as America’s 40th National Park during the month of March! President Jimmy Carter helped Southern Californians protect five of their offshore islands beginning March 5, 1980. Many people don’t realize that there are islands off the coast of Southern California and are further surprised to find out [...]