Recent Posts Tagged With 'Nature'

• Saving Water

  Posted on Wednesday November 26th, 2008 at 02:27 in water, weather, Nature, conservation

  The rain is finally here!   I’m glad because this year it has been particularly dry in Southern California.  The last heavy rain was in February 2008.  The lack of rain, combined with warm Santa Ana winds, is causing brush fires in Orange C...

• Brand New Day after Fire, Smoke, and Evacuation

  Posted on Sunday November 16th, 2008 at 17:17 in Nature, smoke, brush fire, anaheim hills

  Yesterday at 4pm, an Anaheim Hills policeman knocked at our door and told us there was a mandatory evacuation.  Earlier, my neighbors had been suspecting we may have to leave the area because of the close proximity to the smoke and fire.  They even...

• Anaheim Hills Fire and Smoke

  Posted on Saturday November 15th, 2008 at 17:38 in Nature, smoke, brush fire, anaheim hills, ahfd

  The recent dry and warm weather are causing havoc today near my neighborhood.  A brush fire started around 8am this morning and it spread fast northbound.  We live just east of the Yorba Linda Blvd and north of Highway 91.  We’re not in the ...

• Lunch Bits - Edition 25

  Posted on Friday September 26th, 2008 at 16:32 in education, gadget, vacation, geek, Nature, stuff, motion picture, lunch bits

  We went to various restaurants.  The days were warm and sunny, when we talked about: Mechanical Engineering.  The highest in demand major! Skype is a good VOIP app.  It’s good for video chat too.  Just need a webcam and one of these phone ...

• Earthquake!

  Posted on Tuesday July 29th, 2008 at 14:58 in Nature, map, Earthquake

  According to the USGS site, the LA area earthquake struck at 11:42am this morning. The location is about 8 miles north directly from my house! The tremors were felt all the way to west to Long Beach, and as far away east as Las Vegas. Below is the...