Yet another shorts and T-Shirt day in NORCAL!

[Bennyboy]

I am so glad that winter is over. I have worn shorts more times (4) this January that I have worn my coat (0).

[MineralMan]

1. Minnesota says: SOD OFF!

[skygazer]

2. We need rain though, Bennyboy

I agree it's nice (I'm going for a walk outdoors today) but I am worried about rain. We had so many fires last summer - if we don't get some precipitation it will be even drier this summer. :scared:

[dana_b]

3. exactly. this is NOT a good thing

fires and drought. That's what we have to look forward to. Also hotter temps than ever before (I HATE hot weather).
Climate change is real and taking it's toll.

[XemaSab]

24. Shasta Lake is 150 feet down

:(

[Sequoia]

4. It was 85F in Santa Rosa yesterday.

Very strange weather. It was like the Santa Ana winds blowing through Santa Monica. As fun as that was, I wish we'd get some rain.

[Arugula Latte]

5. Freakish weather -- You could be in for one hell of a drought.

I remember water rationing in Contra Costa County back in the mid-70s -- yikes. An unflushed toilet brings those memories flooding back to me every time.

[XemaSab]

8. And a flooding toilet brings back memories of '81-'82

:P

[Arugula Latte]

9. I remember that.

Queen Elizabeth got DRENCHED (imagine leaving England to visit California only to encounter torrential rains).

[darkstar]

6. Hey man...I thought you might be in DC

Change of plans? Went home so you could rub in those temps, did you?

Nice to see you around

:hi:

[Bennyboy]

12. No, my dad died as I was leaving....

Really, as I was loading my stuff on my bike. SO now I am taking care of my Mom. She is 85 with a broken hip and now needs a knee transplant.

Thanks for the thoughts....

[darkstar]

13. Ah man...just lost my Dad too...Dec 7....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUVSfCJrPXo

Here's to good sons. Hugs all around, eh?

:hug:

[Bennyboy]

14. ((((Hugs))))) n/t

[XemaSab]

19. How awful!

:(

[XemaSab]

7. I'm concerned by it

The back door is WIDE open, and last night it was SO HOT I couldn't sleep. :(

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Same in SoCal!

Shirt sleeves and shorts weather...

The Santa Ana winds are bringing our hot weather...

They blow out of the NE, and this is what happens...

The winds will slow down by the weekend, and then normal weather will return...

:hi:

[XemaSab]

11. It's only January but fire danger is real

Firefighters were dispatched to three vegetation fires Monday in Shasta County as conditions grew increasingly dry and decidedly different from a traditional mid-January day.

Redding broke an 89-year-old temperature record for the date when the mercury topped out at 75 degrees. The previous record for the date was 73 degrees.

http://www.redding.com/news/2009/jan/13/its-only-january-but-fire-danger-is-real/

[Mollis]

15. Where in norcal are you?

It's nice and sunny in my part, as well.

[Bennyboy]

16. Sack a tomatoes

It is lie 70 degrees here today. yes it is scary and if we don't get a ton of rain we are srewed. I went out to Folsom Lake today and man is it hardly a lake.

[Mollis]

17. It's actually 80 here right now

Same with Shasta Lake. Barely water in it.

[XemaSab]

18. It's only 77 here

I went outside to do yard work and I was like, damn. :P

[Mollis]

20. I went outside to throw something away

and I had my jacket on because it was cold at work, and I got hit by the heat. lol

[XemaSab]

21. Seriously?

I was SO HOT last night I wanted to turn on the AC at 2 AM.

I am usually the one to turn the AC UP in the summer because I am cold. :(

[Lucian]

22. Yeah, well, it's a whole -10.7 degrees F with a wind chill of -25 degrees F...

here in MN. :scared: :(

[bridgit]

23. You got that right! We ran the A/C in the car today

They said it hit 79 in Napa :wow: