Chasing Cirrus
@drymeadow.bsky.social
CA water/wastewater policy professional. Housing/finance/rural affairs. The ocean and sky call me (i.e. salt-water and weather nerd). Aspiring sci-fi writer. Sober. Personal Principles: Life, liberty, equity, dignity, good-faith, win-win, transparent.
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Chasing Cirrus
@drymeadow.bsky.social
· Sep 15
So since I have lots of new followers all of a sudden, a little about me: I run policy & advocacy for a non-profit that covers 13 western states and the pacific islands. I focus on water and wastewater, but I also work in housing, community finance, and a few other niche issue-areas.
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A few photos from my day at Monterey Bay aquarium
December 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A few photos from my day at Monterey Bay aquarium
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New post: Under resilient ridge, prolonged tule fog episode brings cold & damp weather to Central Valley but anomalously warm/dry weather elsewhere. Plus, update on what turned out to be record-wet autumn in some spots & PacNW flood risk this wk. elsewhere.
Under a resilient ridge, prolonged tule fog episode brings cold and damp weather to the Central Valley but anomalously warm/dry weather elsewhere - Weather West
An increasingly resilient ridge keeps California dry, but with markedly different daily weather in dense tule fog vs non-fog zones, following a very wet and relatively warm autumn Well, the final numbers are now in and they reflect what everyone has been talking about in Southern California: it genuinely was historically wet this fall in
weatherwest.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
New post: Under resilient ridge, prolonged tule fog episode brings cold & damp weather to Central Valley but anomalously warm/dry weather elsewhere. Plus, update on what turned out to be record-wet autumn in some spots & PacNW flood risk this wk. elsewhere.
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PSA: Kīlauea here in Hawaiʻi is doing its thing and you want to see it.
[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
PSA: Kīlauea here in Hawaiʻi is doing its thing and you want to see it.
Fifa peace prize, lmfao, the ultimate participation trophy
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Fifa peace prize, lmfao, the ultimate participation trophy
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"Nevada is completely over-allocated on its groundwater resources. It’s the driest state in the union. Our tribe’s number one goal is protecting our resources." | The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west
Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech datacenters
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"Nevada is completely over-allocated on its groundwater resources. It’s the driest state in the union. Our tribe’s number one goal is protecting our resources." | The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.
Kirk-Weiss Interview Promo Shots just landed
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Kirk-Weiss Interview Promo Shots just landed
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The SAFER Advisory Group is composed of 19 members that represent CA communities and aims to implement viable solutions in the communities most impacted by drinking water challenges. The new members will be serving a two-year term, from 2026-2027.
waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/p...
waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/p...
December 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The SAFER Advisory Group is composed of 19 members that represent CA communities and aims to implement viable solutions in the communities most impacted by drinking water challenges. The new members will be serving a two-year term, from 2026-2027.
waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/p...
waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/p...
From the Department of Two-Things-Can-Be-True:
(1) TrumpCo's pro-death climate agenda is just another demonstration of right-wing and business rejection of reality
(2) CAFE Standards are a text book demonstration of regulatory capture and badly need overhaul
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
(1) TrumpCo's pro-death climate agenda is just another demonstration of right-wing and business rejection of reality
(2) CAFE Standards are a text book demonstration of regulatory capture and badly need overhaul
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says he will repeal Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks
Move marks president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and support for cleaner-running vehicles
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
From the Department of Two-Things-Can-Be-True:
(1) TrumpCo's pro-death climate agenda is just another demonstration of right-wing and business rejection of reality
(2) CAFE Standards are a text book demonstration of regulatory capture and badly need overhaul
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
(1) TrumpCo's pro-death climate agenda is just another demonstration of right-wing and business rejection of reality
(2) CAFE Standards are a text book demonstration of regulatory capture and badly need overhaul
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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We are starting a lab newsletter to keep folks updated on discoveries about coasts, communities, and climate change. Also, if you are still looking for ways to celebrate #GivingTuesday, you can directly support students in the lab at the same link! www.oceanclimatelab.com/support-our-... 🌊
Support Our Work — Ocean Climate Lab
www.oceanclimatelab.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
We are starting a lab newsletter to keep folks updated on discoveries about coasts, communities, and climate change. Also, if you are still looking for ways to celebrate #GivingTuesday, you can directly support students in the lab at the same link! www.oceanclimatelab.com/support-our-... 🌊
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NOAA's #OceanAcidification Program is funding 6 new awards to help U.S. coastal communities adapt to ocean acidification.
Check out the project in Lingít Aaní, southeast Alaska. #AlaskaSky 🧪🌊🦑
oceanacidification.noaa.gov/funded-proje...
Check out the project in Lingít Aaní, southeast Alaska. #AlaskaSky 🧪🌊🦑
oceanacidification.noaa.gov/funded-proje...
Developing tools for resiliency planning in Southeast Alaska - NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
This project provides tools communities and decision makers in Southeast Alaska can use for assessing vulnerability and resilience to ocean acidification and inform adaptive strategies.
oceanacidification.noaa.gov
December 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
NOAA's #OceanAcidification Program is funding 6 new awards to help U.S. coastal communities adapt to ocean acidification.
Check out the project in Lingít Aaní, southeast Alaska. #AlaskaSky 🧪🌊🦑
oceanacidification.noaa.gov/funded-proje...
Check out the project in Lingít Aaní, southeast Alaska. #AlaskaSky 🧪🌊🦑
oceanacidification.noaa.gov/funded-proje...
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Every step in offshore oil and gas drilling presents a threat to our coastal and ocean environment and our tourism and recreation economy. In California alone we have a long record of spills that demonstrate this. Here's a list of the major spills...
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Every step in offshore oil and gas drilling presents a threat to our coastal and ocean environment and our tourism and recreation economy. In California alone we have a long record of spills that demonstrate this. Here's a list of the major spills...
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For the most part, it's looking like a mostly dry and warm start to December across much of the Southwest including much of California--with the major exception of the Central Valley, where a cold/damp tule fog layer may persist for a while yet. [Thread]
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
For the most part, it's looking like a mostly dry and warm start to December across much of the Southwest including much of California--with the major exception of the Central Valley, where a cold/damp tule fog layer may persist for a while yet. [Thread]
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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‘The precedent is Flint’: How Oregon’s data center boom is supercharging a water crisis thefern.org/2025/11/the-...
‘The precedent is Flint’: How Oregon’s data center boom is supercharging a water crisis | Food and Environment Reporting Network
In the spring of 2022, Jim Doherty kept having the same conversation with folks at the only grocery store in Boardman, his eastern Oregon hometown, or at the grain depot where he picked up food for…
thefern.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
‘The precedent is Flint’: How Oregon’s data center boom is supercharging a water crisis thefern.org/2025/11/the-...
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Following a very wet period in Southern California (even breaking some records for Nov and season-to-date precip!), dry and much warmer conditions will prevail this week. In fact, Thanksgiving will be quite mild & dry nearly U.S. West-wide EXCEPT for the Central Valley... #CAwx
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Following a very wet period in Southern California (even breaking some records for Nov and season-to-date precip!), dry and much warmer conditions will prevail this week. In fact, Thanksgiving will be quite mild & dry nearly U.S. West-wide EXCEPT for the Central Valley... #CAwx
Lmfaooooooooooooooooooo
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Lmfaooooooooooooooooooo
A **GREAT** sci-comms exercise! A reader might observe from this article that there *are* straightforward explanations for lift, and that people *can* explain why planes stay in the air. So what is the problem?
There’s no straightforward explanation for why airplanes stay in the air.
No One Can Explain Why Planes Stay in the Air
Do recent explanations solve the mysteries of aerodynamic lift?
www.scientificamerican.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A **GREAT** sci-comms exercise! A reader might observe from this article that there *are* straightforward explanations for lift, and that people *can* explain why planes stay in the air. So what is the problem?
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Major storms that soaked much of California in recent weeks sharply diminished drought conditions in the state. #cawater www.sfgate.com/weather/arti...
Atmospheric rivers nearly wipe out severe drought in California
Back-to-back atmospheric rivers have dumped rain across the state.
www.sfgate.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Major storms that soaked much of California in recent weeks sharply diminished drought conditions in the state. #cawater www.sfgate.com/weather/arti...
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Today, the California coast we cherish and the delicate ocean ecosystems just beyond it face a renewed threat from offshore drilling. We oppose the Trump Administration’s 5-year oil and gas leasing program and will continue to defend our coastline, wildlife, economy, and health from this threat.
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Today, the California coast we cherish and the delicate ocean ecosystems just beyond it face a renewed threat from offshore drilling. We oppose the Trump Administration’s 5-year oil and gas leasing program and will continue to defend our coastline, wildlife, economy, and health from this threat.
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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This work with rural communities whose groundwater is impacted by things like overpumping and potential mining contamination is what keeps me sane these days. Watching people really take on board that we’ve got to save each other is both wild and heartening azwaterinnovation.asu.edu/charting-sha...
Charting a shared groundwater future in rural southern Arizona | AZ Water Innovation Initiative
In the small town of Patagonia, nestled in the rolling hills south of Tucson, water has long been both a defining feature and a pressing concern. Established as a railroad and mining hub in the late 1...
azwaterinnovation.asu.edu
November 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This work with rural communities whose groundwater is impacted by things like overpumping and potential mining contamination is what keeps me sane these days. Watching people really take on board that we’ve got to save each other is both wild and heartening azwaterinnovation.asu.edu/charting-sha...
Instead of offshore oil development, how about we do near shore kelp forest restoration and tell the oil industry to piss up a rope.
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Instead of offshore oil development, how about we do near shore kelp forest restoration and tell the oil industry to piss up a rope.