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Like a broken record, I will say in regards to climate change “It’s Happening” and frankly a bit faster than originally forecasted.  4 to 5 years ago, I thought everyone’s hair would be on fire by 2030 and then pulled in my estimate to 2025.  Now I think it will land somewhere in between but … Read more

Been quite awhile since the last post as we sold our home in California and moved permanently to the Washington Farm.  The first few months were spent completing the sale and prepping the farm for winter.  Turns out the previous owners, who owned the farm since 1952, basically never threw anything away, nor mucked the … Read more

As we plunge forward, this article just reinforces the fact that not enough of the World’s governments are taking action to deal with climate change.  This is a freight train with no brakes  and stopping it (or taking action) will take a long time and as a result, the impact of climate change will get … Read more

Although according to the IPCC target of 1.5 deg C rise (an average over 5 yrs) has not been crossed yet, the reality is that we are already there.  More and more studies indicate we will cross 2.0 deg C rise by 2035 which will cause catastrophic damage to ecosystems, failure of food systems and … Read more

This article just came out which summarizes the consensus thinking of a large part of the scientific community in regards to climate change.  As a long time student of climate change, this validates  my own observations and thoughts about the scope of the problem that lies ahead.  It is not full of optimism and without … Read more

Well, it is the middle of May and the end of Phase 1 of the farm project is finally in sight.  Solar (~19kw + 60kw of battery storage) is done this week.  Livestock barn has been structurally re-enforced plus now has lighting and expandable electrical service (hay barn has light and a few outlets).  Hot … Read more

Well, here we are in the middle of April 2025 and things are moving forward on the Washington project.  Just back from planting the 1st phase of the fruit tree orchard (6 apple, 2 cherry and 2 peach trees) along with a 500 gal water storage tank and creek water pumping system (to the tank).  … Read more

Well, here we are in mid-Feb with snow covering the ground and a beautiful view off the front deck of the house looking up at the south parcel pasture.  This is the most snow on the property since I bought it in 2020 and I suspect this will increasingly become a rarity over time.  Despite … Read more

Climate Change’s evil hand has once again reached out in the form of devastating fires in Los Angeles.  Although skeptics could just say it is a coincidence that Santa Ana winds blew in January (which has never happened before) and the worst drought conditions (.16 inches of rainfall since May ’24) ever recorded are not … Read more

Below is reference to a paper from today (Dec 10th, 2024) and summary of their findings using AI based modeling.  Further comments from myself will follow, SZ Combining climate models and observations to predict the time remaining until regional warming thresholds are reached Elizabeth A Barnes*, Noah S Diffenbaugh and Sonia I Seneviratne Published 10 December 2024 Abstract … Read more