platypus | (no subject)

San Diego does tend to be . . . consistent. :)

i DO know. i miss weather. i miss seasons. i miss rain.

I'd take boring over the Los Angeles forecast this weekend (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/Oxnard/afd.pl?LAXTORLOX_3). (This warning was later retracted.)

A tornado. In Los Angeles.

I miss thunderstorms. As long as a tornado doesn't actually touch down, hey, it's all good. Back in Wisconsin, we had periods where there were tornado watches/warnings practically on a weekly basis, so I'm pretty blase about them. I'd be a lot more comfortable living in Southern California if there were an earthquake warning siren that could give a few minutes' notice.

I miss thunderstorms too! Waaaaaa...

... sorry. I'm grown up again now. But yeah, I grew up in New England (spending a bunch of time in Ohio), so thunderstorms (and yeah, tornado warnings) are in my blood.

Someone asked a while back which "natural disaster" I would choose if I had to live through one. They listed blizzards! Yep! Anyone in a snug suburban house, with a little prep requiring only two brain cells to rub together, is okay in a blizzard. Those get DAYS of warning. An earthquake (big enough to matter) is an entirely different beast.

Blizzards -- the fun natural disaster! You get to stay home, snuggle under a pile of blankets, drink hot chocolate, maybe play in the snow... heck, I didn't even have to do serious shoveling in WI, since I was renting. Most blizzards cause almost no real damage on a personal level, if you have a place to stay and don't drive. By comparison, last fall's wildfires were terrifying -- my neighborhood wasn't in serious danger, but I spent three days stuck inside the apartment barely able to breathe because it hit at the very time I ran out of asthma medication. An earthquake could strike at any time, and I would not like to deal with a flood, both because I'm terrified of drowning and because everything would be ruined by disgusting dirty water... hmm, did I forget any? Swarms of locusts? Whoever listed blizzards as a disaster clearly lives below a certain arbitrary line of latitude :).

*blinks*
I don't think I've ever seen a forecast like that in TX. No sir-ree bob, if you don't like the weather, just wait a minute. ;)

Whee (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1745&links)!

Yeah. I miss real weather. And it doesn't really seem like summer when it's not very hot. Hmph.

I got the ducks today, thank you!

Wow, that was slow. I thought I sent them ages ago! Well, I'm glad they made it there safely... eventually.