Water, Water, Everywhere

From my vantage point beside the 10th-floor window of my Westchester office, if today’s wet and wild weather could be put to music it would be a meteorological mash-up of the Eurythmics’ “Here Comes The Rain Again,” and The Association’s “Windy.” Haven’t seen conditions this steady and unsettled in years, and it seems as if …

Drops

A two-minute timelapse (perhaps 115 seconds too long), condensing about 30 minutes of rain action against my Westchester office window this afternoon.

Of Bright & Boom

I can’t recall when might the last time someone in Southern California was struck and killed by lightning, but in the midst of yesterday’s freak strom, just such a freak tragedy happened to a 40-year-old woman who was reportedly just walking along a residential street. Next thing she’s dead, “with most of her clothes blown …

Snow Day

One of the coolest (literally!) of our house’s bonuses is the view to the north it offers the day after one of these rare arctic storms blasts through. This one not only dumped two inches of rain on our roof, but dusted the ridgeline of the San Gabriels with snow as seen from our kitchen …

A Driving Rain

Also known as An 86-Second DashboardCam Timelapse of Falling Water Against My Windshield On The Way To Work This Morning: Why? Why not?