Qiet day in “Lake” Catalina; LA Times 1981 climate change quote

Do we really need the letter, “u” in “quiet”?  Just checking…  “Lake” is for all the puddles around right now in Catalina after the nice half inch to inch rain the day before yesterday. There used to be actual lakes in Catalina, btw, “Twin Lakes” they were called, as old timers know.  That’s why we… Continue reading Qiet day in “Lake” Catalina; LA Times 1981 climate change quote

Storm brings wind, rain to Catalina; snow to high elevations

Above, a typical Los Angeles Times headline for a southern California storm when the writer was growing up, one framed for Catalina.  Few storms don’t do this, so it was always kind of funny. To coninue on a nostalgic stream for some reason, the LA Times also had a very weather-centric publisher-owner1 in those days,… Continue reading Storm brings wind, rain to Catalina; snow to high elevations