# The Santa Anas Are Coming.... The Santa Anas Are Coming **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-santa-anas-are-coming-the-santa-anas-are-coming/152904 "2003-02-05T07:19:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-santa-anas-are-coming-the-santa-anas-are-coming/152904/1 "2003-02-05T07:19:31Z")
Women (me) and children (that would include the cat kids) first. But I wouldn’t want to go on without **Rico** so he’s just going to have to skip work and join the kids and me in my underground shelter I’m going to dig tonight. I’ll have to make sure we have everything we’ll need for who knows how long while the winds blow. Bottled water - check Diet pepsi twist - check Canned food - check Cat food - check The internet so I can still feed my sdmb addiction - hmmmmm, how does one wire a hole in the ground for the internet? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-santa-anas-are-coming-the-santa-anas-are-coming/152904/2 "2003-02-05T09:27:29Z")
Oh. Shoot. I thought you said Santa Claus was coming. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-santa-anas-are-coming-the-santa-anas-are-coming/152904/3 "2003-02-05T13:31:04Z")
As long as it doesn’t get too hot. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-santa-anas-are-coming-the-santa-anas-are-coming/152904/4 "2003-02-05T16:23:35Z")
Santa Anas without heat? I wouldn’t hold my breath for that! At least it gets chilly at night. Now, where’s my chapstick and hand lotion? ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-santa-anas-are-coming-the-santa-anas-are-coming/152904/5 "2003-02-05T16:50:21Z")
Try living in an environment made up of 500 golf courses and SAND. When those winds blow here, we get nice pitted windshields for a souvenir. And then there’s always the car-sized tumbleweeds to deal with. Other than that, it’s paradise. Oh yeah, I forgot about July and August… ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-santa-anas-are-coming-the-santa-anas-are-coming/152904/6 "2003-02-05T17:26:11Z")
**beckwall** , I drove out to Palm Springs to do the Tramroad Challenge a few months back. Cripes, it was windy when we were on the highway. Sand was drifting into the lanes! And don’t get me started on those triple digit temperatures of yours… ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-santa-anas-are-coming-the-santa-anas-are-coming/152904/7 "2003-02-05T20:29:04Z")
No Claritin? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-santa-anas-are-coming-the-santa-anas-are-coming/152904/8 "2003-02-05T20:31:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scout1222 \* > \*\*At least it gets chilly at night. \*\* Define “chilly”. Indianapolis weather today: High of 29, low of 23. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-santa-anas-are-coming-the-santa-anas-are-coming/152904/9 "2003-02-05T21:06:30Z")
Well, yeah, I mean chilly for Southern California. Clearly it can’t be “chilly” with reference to the rest of youze guyze. Brr. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-santa-anas-are-coming-the-santa-anas-are-coming/152904/10 "2003-02-05T21:19:54Z")
**cadolphin** you forgot something, so you are either going to get really hungry or else have cat food breath. The most important things for the Santa Ana’s are lots of hair bands and a pair of sunglasses. Nothing is worse then the hair flying willy nilly everywhere–the knots I have known from the wind makes for quite a twisted tale. And since I wear contacts, sunglasses day and nite to keep the dust from making me cry. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-santa-anas-are-coming-the-santa-anas-are-coming/152904/11 "2003-02-06T08:14:22Z")
I hate those winds like poison. But I have Flonase, sunglasses, and bottled water, so I think I’ll survive another round. Still doing a rain dance just in case… ---
**Author:** ![Mothchunks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@Mothchunks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mothchunks)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-santa-anas-are-coming-the-santa-anas-are-coming/152904/12 "2003-02-06T15:45:13Z")
I’ve heard of some seriously crazy stuff happening in connection with those Santa Anas. When they come on a hot summer night, no one can sleep; they are seductive. Those were nights you stayed up til dawn and drove out to the desert to watch the sun rise. A friend of mine swore that during some fast Santa Ana’s an Indian in full tribal headress and regalia walked through one living room wall and out the other.