The day before yesterday Jim Berry called and told me there were two adult whales and a baby just offshore from our Punta Penca. Then last night I saw this story about a baby whale tangled in a net out by the Catalina Islands (also nearby):
I believe it is a fact that no storm with hurricane force winds has ever hit Costa Rica. Basically the country is at too low a latitude for the coriolis effect to kick in and give storms the rotational punch they need to become hurricanes. Google comes up with three hurricanes that have come close ...
Here in Atlanta: 37 degrees and a cold steady rain for the last two days...
When people think of summer vacations, they rarely think of going south. After all, in most parts of the Northern Hemisphere, things get warmer as you go further south, and to most people the summer tends to be warm enough already.
The rainy season ended on Monday. It rained for several hours that day, ending around 4:30 pm Costa Rica time (which is 6:30 Las Catalinas Time, but I’m not getting into that). Tuesday was sort of a transition day, Wednesday the easterly Papagayo Wind began to blow gently, and by Thursday it was ...
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