Tag Archives: Climate Change

Donations for Texas Flooding

Posted on July 7, 2025 by PB Rippey

Do your own research. This is mine, for now: MERCY CHEFShttps://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/where-to-donate-help-central-texas-flood-recovery/ KERR COUNTY FLOOD RELIEF FUNDhttps://cftexashillcountry.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=4201 SALVATION ARMY KERRVILLEhttps://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/donate-to-change-lives-1586 RED CROSS (hope I’m right)https://www.redcross.org/donate/disaster-relief.html/?srsltid=AfmBOooHyXBosa9d9XKEsL2VBfzrIYQm23_ICrIQP4mmZTioDcFmDCCD Children died needlessly. You know that, right? So donate. PB

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Los Angeles Fires

Posted on January 15, 2025 by PB Rippey

The same Pasadena cousins we watched the 2025 Rose Parade with evacuated their home a week later because: Eaton fire 1/7/25. Same day, my in-laws evacuated Santa Monica as the Palisades fire raged towards their home. I live in Valencia. … Continue reading →

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Disaster Adjacent (Eavesdropping Edition)

Posted on September 6, 2017 by PB Rippey

Time: 1:00p.m. Temperature: 109 & rising I was in Trader Joe’s for last minute holiday weekend supplies. I don’t usually notice conversations going on around me in Trader Joe’s as I squint at my list, trying to remember what I … Continue reading →

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Heat Wave Revision

Posted on April 21, 2017 by PB Rippey

Today’s spring temperature high is predicted as: 86F. Which, in my sweltering valley, probably means: at least 90F. If not more. The MG novel I’m almost finished revising (this time around) has everything to do with global warming, pollution, the (mis)use … Continue reading →

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Healing By Degrees (FB Edition)

Posted on February 18, 2017 by PB Rippey

“What wound did ever heal but by degrees?” —-WS, Othello  I’m talking Snapchattish-brief degrees. My impatience won out. I weeded Facebook ‘friends’ after the election and the first peaceful march–in which I marched, peacefully, surrounded by like minds. After this weeding and … Continue reading →

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