Mexican Gold Poppies (Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana), Superstition Mountains, Arizona.
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“Winter Sunset in Prescott” ~ By Brad
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Bowl Depicting a Bird with Outstretched Wings
Cibola, 1300–1400
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saw my first raven today! in the rain, too. it made some great sounds. we don’t have them in the midwest so it’s a treat for me
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Saturday Santa Fe
A trio of "warbonnets" move Santa Fe "hot" intermodal traffic Westbound.
Power up front are three Santa Fe exclusives: GE B40-8W, EMD GP60M & another B40-8W.
Winona, Arizona
February 1995
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Y’all in the American SW and west Mexico better check the national hurricane center and your weather for this weekend and next week.
Hurricane Hilary is about to make landfall and that whole desert area is supposed to get a years worth of rain or more. Death Valley is supposed to get twice the annual rainfall. Severe winds, massive flooding, and landslides are all strong possibilities.
This is gonna get ugly. Please spread the word. This is a majorly anomalous event and people may be unaware of the threat headed their way.
EDIT AUGUST 19th
Hilary will hit the Baja peninsula this evening at a category 2. It will arrive in southern California as a tropical storm on Sunday evening before weakening and moving into Nevada as a tropical depression.
THAT SAID: for the Americans here, even if the storm is “weak”, I want to emphasize that the main danger is rain. We are most concerned about flooding. If you are in an area at risk for flooding, take appropriate precautions as per your city or state officials’ or the noaa’s directions. Even if you end up only being mildly inconvenienced, it is better to be prepared. Go to a friend or relatives house if you live near a body of water or a very low-lying area. Make sure you have water bottles and nonperishable foods. Keep your pets indoors. Don’t wade or drive into puddles.
Anyways, here’s some maps from the NHC
And here’s a link with information in Spanish.
AUGUST 20 FINAL UPDATE
Updated info from the NHC website.
Newsom also issued a state of emergency for parts of Southern California. Widespread flooding is expected.
Good luck y’all
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BREAKING: New Jaguar Just Dropped!
A Center for Biological Diversity analysis of a trail camera detection by wildlife enthusiast Jason Miller confirms we have a new jaguar in Arizona, making it the 8th jaguar documented in the U.S. Southwest in the past 3 decades.
The rosette pattern on each jaguar is unique, like a human fingerprint, and it enables identification of specific animals. The pattern shows this jaguar is not Sombra or El Jefe, two jaguars who have roamed Arizona in recent years.
Jaguars once lived throughout the American Southwest, with historical records on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, the mountains of Southern California and as far east as Louisiana. But they virtually disappeared from this part of their range over the past 150 years, primarily due to habitat loss and historic government predator control programs intended to protect the livestock industry.
Read more: https://biodiv.us/3RORtQp
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