We took the 27 the way you take a local bus when you are not trying to “get somewhere” so much as trying to be somewhere. The bus as method. The bus as ritual. Travel defined by attention rather than distance. – Ben Yeoh I used to love riding Albuquerque’s blue buses. Not so much …
We need a tl;dr here, because I’ve got three or four different versions of this post on my hard drive half written, or in my head, half written. Actual publication as a physical object you can hold in your hands is still five-plus months away, but our new book is now available for pre-order (click …
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Inspired by this morning’s Downtown Albuquerque News Climate and Transport Index (come for the bus boardings and river flow data, stay for the Shawarma restaurant news), I give you data, one of those “Science confirms the obvious, but with graphs!” things. The overnight lows were 2.5F higher than the recent average. I wonder if that …
The Rio Grande gage at Albuquerque’s Central Avenue Bridge is reading 20.5 cubic feet per second this afternoon (Sunday, July 13). The last time we saw river drying in the Albuquerque reach, back in 2022, 25 cfs at Central wasn’t enough to make it to the wastewater treatment plant outfall, as flows dwindled in the …
Like a blog post, but with yakking! Rin Tara and I on the coming of Albuquerque’s summer rains.
One of my favorite examples of old ditches threading through our community is this spot, where the Armijo Acequia (AKA the Ranchos de Atrisco Ditch) emerges from a culvert that runs beneath the batting cages on Sunset SE near the Rio Grande. The ditch dates to the 1700s. Baseball is more recent, batting cages more …
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Unrestricted access and use of open space lands by motorized vehicles has caused severe erosion; led to the creation of excessive dust, noise, littering, dumping, shooting, and vandalism in violation of county ordinances; and the deterioration of the publicly owned resources; and is hereby declared a public nuisance. Bernalillo County Code, Sec. 58-96 Having …
We are heading into a remarkable year on New Mexico’s Middle Rio Grande. Here are some critical factors: The preliminary April 1 forecast from the NRCS is for 27 percent of median April – July runoff at Otowi, the key measurement gage for New Mexico’s Middle Rio Grande. Current reservoir storage above us is basically …
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My Utton Center pal Rin Tara and I are excited to launch “Water Matters,” our new podcast. Our first guest is Diane Agnew from the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, who is charming and also breaks some news. Find it here, or, as they say on podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts.