Why am I starting with a satellite image of the northern California on this post? To show you that there is absolutely nothing between me and the sun today. No clouds, no precipitation, and from where I’m going to be in just a few minutes (the pool), not even a tree to block the insultingly [...]

Take a look at the radar map for the Sacramento area today:
Now usually when you look at a radar map and see green, you’re thinking, “Oh wonderful! We’re getting some much needed (or rather desperately needed) rain showers today!”. Your thinking would be wrong in this case. What you’re seeing here is the reflectivity – [...]

I hate the summer. I make no apologies for this and I will shout it from the highest snow-capped mountain until my throat is raw. I hate the summer.
I could list out all the thing that make me mad about the months of May through August…but let me focus on just a few…
1. It’s hot. [...]