Winter time in Los Angeles!

[Zomby Woof]

The San Gabriel Mountains have had snow this weekend down to 1,000 feet levels... :wow: After dry and mild weather all year, this big winter storm slamming the western U.S. even hit us in L.A.

Going to be down to 40 or so tonight... when all of this clears in a few days, the mountains are going to be pretty just like in the picture above. :D

[DBoon]

1. This is new to you, I take it.

It was new to me to have snow at sea level. Somehow snow was associated with geing 500+ feet above sea level, having to drive up windy mountain roads and having to gasp for air when we got there.

[Zomby Woof]

2. No, it is not new to me

I have lived near mountains most of my life, residing at elevations ranging from sea level to 7,000 feet. It won't/can't be snowing where I live, but the view on the horizon is pretty. I like the irony that L.A. gets great weather 11.5 months a year, and right now, is cold when most of the rest of the country is having warm weather.

[DBoon]

6. So the beauty of snow on mountaintops is familiar to you

while the experience of snow at sea level is new to me?

[Ellen Forradalom]

3. The mountains by Santa Ynez are supposed to have snow

They were talking about it at work.

How are you? I'm settling into CA just fine.

[Zomby Woof]

5. You brought this with you from Chicago

I just know you did. :P

[Ellen Forradalom]

7. JUST TO PISS YOU OFF.

It's going to rain all summer. Until it stops abruptly and you'll have a drought with 105 degree humid heat.

[Zomby Woof]

13. Then you just defeated the purpose of moving here

:shrug:

[bridgit]

4. hubby says the south has it all, when the waves go flat you can still...

rip up the hill and do snow stuff, or back down to l.a. hollywood for whatever, all within a handful of hours :hi:

[Maddy McCall]

8. Really! I thought LA had no seasons.

:evilgrin:

Wish we had some snow here. It's been in the 80s today. :grr:

[DBoon]

17. Yes we have 4 seasons

they are called smog, fire, flood and earthquakes

[JI7]

9. one of the great things about LA

is the different views we get. from the mountakes to the oceans. and i love seeing them at different times of the year . i like seeing the ocean during storms as well as during sunny days.

the mountains always look incredible when they are topped with snow.

[GOPisEvil]

10. Sunny California, my ass!

:D

[Zomby Woof]

14. Hey!

363 days a year ain't bad! :P

[bertha katzenengel]

11. And welcome to it, ZombyWoof.

Among the most pleasant days in Southern California are just after days of hard rains. The air is so clean, smells so good, feels so good. It's not hard to understand why people settled there.

Enjoy!

[begin_within]

12. In San Diego today, you can surf in the ocean, drive one hour to the snow,

do cross-country skiing on Mt. Laguna, then drive another hour and be in the Anza-Borrego desert and do dirt-biking. Where else in the world is all three possible in a single afternoon?

[Catshrink]

15. We had 2 1/2 inches of rain in Mesa yesterday...

that's 1/3 our annual rainfall. It was f'ing cold here too.

PS -- Lose the Dodgers hat, ZW!!!

edited for spelling!

[Zomby Woof]

16. We just got light rain in L.A.

Lighter than some previous rainfalls, but colder than is normal, especially in March.

THINK BLUE, BABY!!! GO DODGERS!!!!!!!!!!!

I need to scan an old photo of me from high school, with my DODGERS 1981 World Series Pennant on my bedroom wall behind me, while I am playing guitar. :headbang:

Lifelong Dodger fan, and southern CA native! Born blue. :D

(And yes, I will always love the Cubs too, so there) :P

[Susang]

18. It was 60 degrees in Chicago today

And about 65 on Friday and Saturday. :P

[Zomby Woof]

19. It's Ellen's fault

She moved here and exchanged the weather. :o

[KitchenWitch]

20. I am guessing Angelinos are wearing their electric snuggies right now!

:hi:

[Gold Metal Flake]

21. Saturday, driving home up the 210 to the five, traffic just stopped.

Fortunately, there was an offranp right there. Cars were backing up on the shoulder and backing down the onramp. Someone had just wrecked. So, I went back down the 210 to Osborne and took the road over the mountains to Canyon Country. Not sure what the name is, but it ends up being Sand Canyon.

It was sleety when I got off the 210 at Osborne. I heard on the radio what the deal was up 210. I could just go back north, take the 118 to the five and get home, but I enjoy a nice, high mountain road in inclimate weather. So on I went.

It was rainy and sleety but after a while it turned to snow. Not heavy, but snow is so rare in my life that I was plenty satisfied. Oddly, there were no cars in front or behind me so I could enjoy the trip with no distractions.

Fun stuff!

[Zomby Woof]

22. Glad you're safe

As someone who survived totalling his car on an icy interstate, I salute your safe driving. :patriot:

(and Thomas Paine quote)

[Cleita]

23. That's not so unusual but we had snow on the San Luis Obispo

pier Saturday morning. Now that's weird. I have never known it to snow close to the ocean.

[Zomby Woof]

24. That's what I mean

It's the whole system of weather, not so much just the mountains, which is normal as you say. But the entire system was whacked. :-)