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A long-awaited cleanup project along the banks of the Petaluma River got started last Thursday, as a crane brought in by the Environmental Protection Agency began clearing away some of the debris that has accumulated on a harl sunken barge not far downstream from downtown Petaluma.
It's merely the 4th day of June, and already 2011is going down in the books as one of the wettest Junes on record in the Bay Area.
DISCUSSION...AS OF 5:00 AM PDT SATURDAY...
ANOMALOUS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO SPIN OFF THE COAST AS BIZARRE EARLY JUNE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. ALREADY HAVE BROKEN THE RAINFALL RECORD AT KSFO FOR TODAY...ONLY NEEDING 0.16 INCHES WHICH WE`VE ALREADY SURPASSED. RAIN IS OBVIOUSLY STILL FALLING SO FINAL DATA WONT BE CALCULATED AND COLLECTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE CALENDAR DAY BUT POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL PRECIP RECORDS TO FALL TODAY.
Source: http://goo.gl/ey4KW
Also:
(as of 9am) JUNE 4TH DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS: LOCATION RAINFALL AMOUNT YEAR NEW RECORD ---------------------------------------------------------- KENTFIELD 1.00 1993 NAPA 0.53 1993 OAKLAND CITY 0.10 1993 (0.51 AS OF 6 AM) OAKLAND AIRPORT 0.04 1984 (0.57 AS OF 6 AM) RICHMOND 1.42 1993 SFO AIRPORT 0.16 1947 (0.43 AS OF 6 AM) SAN FRANCISCO CITY 0.49 1934 (0.50 AS OF 6 AM) SAN JOSE 0.18 1993 (0.25 AS OF 6 AM) MONTEREY COOP SITE 0.14 1993 SALINAS COOP SITE 0.18 1993 SANTA CRUZ 0.42 1993
An unusually strong cyclonic low-pressure rotation was visible in the 11:30am PDT satellite image shown below:
You are invited to attend the Town Hall meeting at the Friedman Center on 4676 Mayette at 7 PM on June 6th - Monday night.
Make your voice heard about what you want to see happen with the old Highway 12 right of way at this meeting.Please come and meet the American Institute of Architects Sustainable Design Assessment Team. (AIA/SDAT)
and talk with them and with your neighbors about the future legacy of 55 acres, 2 miles long of "raw" land that bisects zip code 95405 in southeast Santa Rosa and could some day connect downtown to Spring Lake or ??
Its up to you.
ASL and Spanish translation available both evenings.
www.southeastgreenway.org/imaginea-greenway-to-spring-lake.html
Child care is available if you call in advance 542-1906
See you there,
- Julie Combs
Santa Rosa Community Advisory Board,
Greenway Campaign Outreach,and
96406 Neighborhood Association
542-1906
2308 Lakeview Drive
Santa Rosa, CA 95405
Demand is high and the costs are relatively low for a new aquaculture crop that holds rich potential for expansion along the North Coast — mussels.
Farming of mussels is not new to North America, says Bodega Bay Marine Lab adviser Paul Olin, but the potentia for growing them in California's coastal waters remains mostly untapped.
