Check out this graphic representation of how energy from the Chilean Earthquake is expected to dissipate across the Pacific and this animated model of the Chilean tsunami created by the Earthquake Research Institute of Tokyo.
Here are the latest official statements:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CA 1100 AM PST SAT FEB 27 2010 .DISCUSSION...AS OF 11:00 AM PST SATURDAY...UPDATE FOR LATEST TSUNAMI INFO: Read the rest of this entry »
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Since we commented a few days ago about a new study showing that average hours of fog have declined by about a third along the California coast since 1901, a number of people have come up to us and pointed out that at least one month last year was supposedly the foggiest in 50 years. Read the rest of this entry »
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Hard to believe, we know, but a new University of California study says average hours of fog have declined by about a third along the California coast since 1901. Read the rest of this entry »
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A new study by Oregon State University and the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries is calling attention to the fact that the biggest waves hitting the Pacific Northwest are now significantly larger than they were only a few decades ago. The increase is most dramatic in the far north and, so far anyway, barely detectable in Central California. Read the rest of this entry »
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As the first storm approached the coast last Sunday, the “Nanny State” tried to close the beach. The public was not impressed. Read the rest of this entry »
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The surf is up again in Carmel Read the rest of this entry »
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What better way to welcome the new year than to pick some chanterelles (Cantharellus californicus) … Read the rest of this entry »
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Can we make it five before the end of the year?
Dozers work, yet again, to breach the Carmel Lagoon sandbar after waves, yet again, brought water dangerously close to the floor level of Lagoon-bottom homes. Read the rest of this entry »
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Boletus edulis and the hearty cooking it inspires are just the thing for crisp fall evenings, but by the time we’ve finished our Yule feast we’re ready for something lighter and more delicately flavored. We’re ready, in other words, to eat some chanterelles. How good that the chanterelles oblige us by fruiting so heavily at just this time. Read the rest of this entry »
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For those who like to dwell on future calamity, the California Geologic Survey released a set of Tsunami Inundation maps yesterday covering major sections of the California Coast. The nice thing about a steep coastline is that most of us don’t have much to worry about – although parts of downtown Monterey and Santa Cruz may be in for a rough time when the Big One hits.
The maps should also serve as a reminder that the beach is not necessarily the best place to locate major projects. Projects like the Monterey Bay Shores “Eco-Resort” that the Coastal Commission turned down again this week – and that other beach hotel Sand City wants to build – come to mind.
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