Don't believe the rumors you hear that it never rains in Southern California. 75 degrees and sunny all year round? Lies. All lies. And the So. Cal. residents don't even know the truth. "This weather is SO unusual for us," they say practically everyday. When we visited for interviews in July is was a little on the chilly side. "Totally unsual." When we came back for the vote in August, when it was sweltering in MN, the highs here were just reaching 68-70, and cooler at night. "Not the typical August heat." Now I know everyone is saying that 68-70 is practically perfect weather, but not in my opinion! I was visiting California this summer expecting the famed Sunshine and warm beachy weather. I was hoping to have a suntan and wear shorts year-round. I left Minnesota hoping for hot temperatures!
And now, here we are, with rumors of outrageous 117 degrees while we were away for ordination, it is all clouds and rain. Highs reaching only 60 with rain falling steadily for 3 days in a row. We even had a couple days of patchy rain and lightening at the end of last week. "Lightening" meaning an isolated wispy cloud situated directly over Fullerton, releasing bolts of lightening onto our high school and college campuses, while the rest of the sky was bright blue and sunny. The bizarre storm left me scared for my life while out on a run on the trails through town. I thought I could predict the weather here.
On Monday we went for a day hike, hoping to reach the top of Chino Hills to see a spectacular view of the San Bernardino Mountains and Santa Ana Canyon. The usual morning fog never burned off, and we proceeded to hike steadily into a thickening cloud. Constant mist, mud, and wind was not what I had in mind for the day. The "view" consisted of a small radius of our immediate surrounds: hiking trail and hillside. Beyond that was thick clouds and fog. Brian's laundry that he insisted would dry that day once the "marine layer" burned off is
still hanging outside in the rain. Did I mention he is a tad stubborn? He insists the sun will burn the clouds off one of these days.
Just call us the Rainmakers.
cute lol
ReplyDeletecrazy rain/hail(car got hit!)/thunder/lightning here toom yesterday + cloudy with chance of rain etc..today. this isn't very typical for October for Arizona, but I think the seasons have been shifting a bit and since we didn't get much for monsoons, i think this is just mother nature re-staking some sort of claim in our desert. and yeah, i am sorry but So. Cal does get rain.. I have been there on vacation and it rained the whole time! just this or last year.. people are funny.. and i love you!!
When it does stop raining make sure you make the hike back up for the view. The rain will clear the smog so that you can see things. After awhile the smog will settle in again and you'll lose the view. By the way, it was sunny and about 78-80 degrees here today.
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