But fires are shiny.
We were in LA and San Diego last weekend, leaving on Wednesday, and saw the smoke. We had yet another fire in Santa Cruz this month, but it didn’t get that much coverage because Santa Cruz is practically southern California to the San Francisco broadcasters. But the fire was on the front page of the Murky News every day.
You should live in ‘tornado alley.’ Every redneck with a 4WD and video on his cell phone is ‘an associate weather chaser.’ The teams from the local universities are actual ‘STORM chasers.’
Yes, my friends, there is a hierarchy.
Any cloud looking remotely like it might be moving in a circular pattern will preempt all programming for hours.
It was pretty warm. We turned on our AC for, i think, the third time in the year that we’ve lived here. Still, without the godawful humidity that is so prevalent on the east coast, 91 is pretty bearable, and it does still cool down at night a bit.
I still managed to go for a run on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, but i’m something of a hot-weather runner. I’d prefer to run in 90 degrees than in 40 degrees.
This year in Chicago, we’re also getting the “it’s fucking cold!” summer bonus.
When I lived in the Houston area there would be near-hysteria every winter at the prospect of a “freeze”. Big scary fronts would be pictured on the weather maps, there’d be dire warnings from the forecasters and flashy graphics about protecting “People, Plants and Pets”.
You and your dog probably won’t congeal into a icy lump the moment it hits 32 degrees. And if frost is such a dire threat to your garden, try growing something native to the region.
It frosts every year in and around Houston, typically several times a year. It’s not Armageddon.
Um…there are fires raging that cover a hundred of thousands of acres, firefighters are dying, homes and lives are being destroyed, and you are annoyed that your precious TV shows are being pre-empted???
WTF???
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