Witty title? Nope.
I AM DEAD from that freaking test, man.
Have some of my favorite bookmarks, ‘cause I’m pretty much worthless for anything else today.
- 5 Second Films. Because they’re the best.
- This site gives you letters one by one and you have to make words out of them in a timed environment.
- Dogwood Ceramics. Want clay and glaze and related art tools? This is the place!
- Want to look at recipes? Foodgawker!
- I’ve linked to this before, but if you want to read fiction with a mathematical theme, go here!
- Powder Game. I remember Aaron playing this for HOURS when we first discovered it.
- A list of good redwood hikes, in case you ever get to northern California and want to see some amazing trees.
- Wind map for the US.
Oh, it’s just a little breezy out here–OH GOD
You know what’s fun? Walking in wind warning-worthy weather.
Oh wait, that actually kind of sucks.
I’m pretty sure I’m more dust than human right now.
But I got 15.87 miles in, which puts me over 550 for the year. Snazzy.
That’s all. My eyes hurt and I’m sure I’ve ingested more than my daily recommended value of dust and debris.
A List of Things I’m Good At:
- Nothing.
In other news: Mammatus clouds!
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We be gettin’ the Chinook winds, which explains why it’s so freakishly warm today.
TWSB: Santa Ana is Coming to Town
I don’t know how closely any of you dudes follow the news, especially weather-related news, but as of right now the Southwest US is being battered by what are known as the Santa Ana winds.
The Santa Ana winds, which arise in Southwest California in late fall or early winter, are the strongest they’ve been in nearly a decade according to CNN. Gusting at 60 MPH in some places, they’ve already knocked out the power to a large portion of people living in Southern California.
According to the Wiki article, the Santa Ana winds arise when the surface air in the Great Basin and Mojave Desert becomes cool and begins to fall to lower elevations. Sinking into the valleys and canyons of the lower desert, the air is often pushed through the land’s channels at near hurricane forces. In addition, its sinking in elevation causes it to heats up again (a process called adiabatic heating; as the air sinks the pressure around it increases, thus causing the air to heat as it is compressed). This, when combined with the fact that the air has already been dried by orographic lift before reaching the Great Basin, makes for extremely dry winds, often with relative humidity levels below 10%, gusting at extremely high forces. These winds push across Southern California and, as evident by the recent news, cause havoc.
Edit: video!
Woohoo, crazy weather!
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