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	BlackChampagne -- no longer new; improvement also in question.: The only time I care about the weather... Thursday, June 22, 2006 The only time I care about the weather... As long-time readers will recall, my only real concern with the weather is when it's too hot. I like it cold, I like rain, I like hail, I like it cloudy, etc. I can tolerate boring sunshine, but after 20 years in weatherless San Diego I'm quite happy with some inclement conditions now that I live in the Bay Area, where they frequently occur. This was the wettest spring ever in Northern California; it rained something like 28 days straight in February, but did I complain once? (Well, complain about something other than peoples' general inability to drive on wet roads, I mean.) I like wind, I like snow (not that it's ever cold enough here for that) etc. All I ask is that it not be too hot, and the only times I'm ever driven to check the local weather and forecast is when it gets hot. And I've checked every day for the past week. Last weekend it was hot. Way hotter than usual, like 20 degrees (F, 8-10C) warmer than usual for any month of the year, much less late June, since we get our hottest weather in August and September. Things cooled down to just above normal early this week, but yesterday was hot, and today is hotter. Curious in my misery, I headed to the weather.com page for our local area, and found this discouraging sight. So um... yeah. It's so hot it's broken today's high? That current figure isn't correct because it's nowhere near 102 right now. Our back patio thermometer says 87, and while it's deep in the shade, it's not refrigerated. Besides, it's only 1pm; sunset doesn't come until 9:30pm this time of year and the hottest temps are around 3 or 4pm, when it will be substantially warmer than it is now. And it's not going to be 110 today. Nevertheless, it's 25-30 degrees above the average summertime high, and I'm not real pleased about it. And with the long term forecast ~~guessing~~ estimating more of the same for the next week, I shall now commence weeping. It's inconvenient too, after doing virtually zero work for the past week with house guests, parents visiting, Malaya's party, my b-day, etc, I was really hoping to get back into things this week. But we don't have A/C, and when I'm sitting here at noon with a fan on me and sweat running down my back, I am not really at my most productive. It cools down at night, with the help of a couple of fans blowing out the hot air, but bleah. And yes, it's all psychological; people lived in these temps for centuries without A/C and they had humidity too (something we're blessedly spared in these parts), I can escape to businesses with A/C, it was hotter every year in San Diego than it ever is up here now, etc. I still don't have to like it. Labels: summer, weather Posted by: Flux # 1:04 PM Comments: What the hell is with "Rehydrate at each tee"? Is golf the only 'sport' they cater to on that website? Are golfers somehow stupider than other people that they have to be told when to drink so they don't die from thirst? #: 2:41 PM posted by Anonymous That would be just too hot for me...I was in Tennesee for the Bonnaroo music festival last weekend, and almost died when it was 93 or so. Of course I'm Canadian, so I guess I'm weak when it comes to such things. You should come up north if you like inclement weather... #: 7:05 PM posted by Anonymous Post a Comment << Home Archives May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2012

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