WTF is with this bleeping weather?

[Ray McKigney]

i'll be in garden grove for church this saturday at the seventh day adventist church on 9th street starting at 11;00 am. come on by. open invitation for any of you.

 

you'll get to hear me sing and see me in a suit. i'll even allow you to sit with me at the potluck lunch after church.

 

Is the potluck free?

[2002_halos_II]

I think those answers should suffice, Adam.

 

As much fun as golf is, one doesn't need to do it all 52 Saturdays and Sundays in the year.

Not to mention the rain during the week would prevent having to be subjected to the honey do list on the weekends. 

 

We need water!    Two years of this extreme drought is long enough.

 

Besides, some of us like the change in the seasons.

This winter so far has been nothing but mid/late October regurgitated.

 

Speaking of norms, it seems like SoCal never, eeever anymore gets in the range of 10-20 inches for a year. 

It's always either real low like 3-6 inches, or real high like 25-30 inches during El Nino.

Whatever happened to getting anything resembling NORMAL rainfall (14-15 inches) in any year anymore?   

 

 

How long have you lived in SoCal?

 

We do have seasons : Earth (movement), Wind, and Fire.

[Blarg]

Only if he wanted to enjoy seasons

 

If I wanted to enjoy the seasons I would trade in the Mercedes for a Ford truck and move back to Montana.

[Sully151]

This isn't the Sequoias. l]

You are right, this isn't the Sequoias, but rain in So Cal typically equates to snow and, eventually, snow pack in the Sierras.

That snow pack isn't only vital to the ecosystem and those who enjoy it, the melting snow that makes its way to rivers becomes irrigation for farmland and water in our taps and sprinklers. We get about half our water from Sierra snow pack. Much of the rest is essentially purchased from various sources.

The farm land in the Central Valley uses this run-off along with water from the Colorado River and other sources to produce its crops. California has the largest agricultural economy in the country and 1 in 6 jobs in California is connected to agriculture.

With a lack of water produced by rain and snow pack, the farmers will produce fewer crops and will need to charge more for those crops in order to sustain a living. This means an increase in produce prices at the grocery store for you and me.

There had already been talk about asking for federal funding for farmers because of a lack of rain.

So yeah, I can play in the snow after a few hours travel, but that isn't the only concern.

If you would like to think more locally, cool.

Between Rancho Mission Viejo, Portola Springs, Baker Ranch etc, there will be thousands of new homes built in South Orange County. Each one of them needs water for its residents and irrigation to keep the lawns green and the palm trees growing per their HOA's. With a lack of water to do this, the price of water will increase.

I think I read that you live in Mission Viejo. I live in RSM and my folks live in Mission Viejo. We see a coyote or two a month in our yards. As the "wild" water becomes unavailable, the coyotes will become more prevelant as they come searching for water in the puddles left from our nicely, though expensively, irrigated lawns. If the deer catch on to this and start making dusk and dawn trips into the neigborhoods that back up to wild land, the mountain lions may follow. I don't know how long you have lived in the area, but there was a time when I was little that we had to be carefully supervised by an adult, not because of abduction, but because of potentially dangerous and hungry wildlife.

If none of thiis concerns you that is fine, but what are you going to do when they raise the green fees in order to keep your golf course green?

[Blarg]

Switch to tennis.

[Adam]

Pay more

[Caralho]

The last two big rain years were 1998 and 2005 so we are due for a 30 inch rain year sooner than later.

[Angel Oracle]

How long have you lived in SoCal?

 

We do have seasons : Earth (movement), Wind, and Fire.

LOL, and true

 

SoCal is the "Land of Fantasy".   Sorry, couldn't resist the Earth, Wind, and Fire musical group humor. 

[fan_since79]

The four seasons of southern California:

 

fire, flood, earthquake, and drought.

[Adam]

82 Today. Anyone want to play 9 at lunch?

[Angel Oracle]

Enjoy golfing in 30mph gusts.

[fan_since79]

Record high temp at LAX yesterday, 83 degrees.

[Adam]

I can hit it low. I'll be alright

[TobiasFunke]

WE NEED RAIN IN CALIFORNIA

[Brandon]

It has been warmer than I remember for January. I think I've only heard one snowboarding commercial in the past four months when the season usually starts in November.

[Angel Oracle]

I can hit it low. I'll be alright

Leave the driver at home.

[Ray McKigney]

This weather is perfect for drinkin some beers.

[St1ck]

This weather is perfect for drinkin some beers.

 

 

When is it not? 

[fan_since79]

10-day forecast for the Los Angeles area: Temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above normal and low humidity.

Forecast high for today is 87 degrees, windy, with humidities ranging from 4 to 10 percent. Extreme fire danger.

 

There's already a wildfire going in the hills above Glendora.

 

Getting a bit ridiculous here.

 

 

[nate]

Meanwhile...

 

[Adam]

Fires suck. Hopefully they save as many people and properties as possible.

 

I'm still going to enjoy the beautiful weather today. 

[fan_since79]

Man, that fire is bad.

 

Channel 9 is showing a home burning right now. Awful.

[Blarg]

There is smoke all the way to San Pedro.

[fan_since79]

Sky is full of smoke in Long Beach. Weird orange glow.

 

Little white flakes falling to the ground. This is very far from Glendora, yet the smoke is heavy here.

Edited January 16, 2014 by fan_since79

[fan_since79]

Three men have been arrested by Glendora PD in connection with the fire.

 

More than 1,700 acres burned. Evacuations underway.