True, it's an unusually cool, gray and drizzly day as I'm writing this post. Â But outside of the last 48 hours, this has been a pretty nice July. Â I'm calling it 'Sussman's believe it or not' because when I was telling people at the office yesterday that it's been a nice July so far only … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
Awesome Clouds Fill Northwest Skies During Warm Summer Weekend
Some of the clouds were downright huge! This top photo took Darlisa Black a full five shots with her cell phone - then she stitched the photos together to create this awesome picture. She saw this lenticular cloud from her summer weekend vantage point in the Columbia River Gorge in White … [Read more...]
Friday Interview With OMSI Planetarium Manager Jim Todd
This is a picture of the final Space Shuttle launch in U.S. history. The Space Shuttle Atlantis. Weather was questionable but just good enough to get the job done. For my ongoing series of Friday interviews, I'm talking with the guy who runs the Planetarium at OMSI, the Oregon Museum of … [Read more...]
Fourth Of July In The Northwest: Trend Proves True, Again
It's here, the Fourth Of July Weekend. And while my cousin Mariana is sending me texts from Kansas letting me know about triple digit heat...here we sit in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington--waiting for a warm up. Well, here it comes. And it's proving that the Fourth Of July … [Read more...]