Love it cloudy, foggy, rainy... interesting. I like weather that's actually being weather, doing something. Not bloody boring Southern California sunshine. Even the Santa Ana conditions are interesting, though they count among the negative forms of interesting weather, like sandstorms. For those (many) outside So. California, the Santa Ana condition is a period, usually of a few days, when hot, dry air blows in off the desert. This means lots of wind, which I would like, but also usually heat (on rare occasions cold) which is generally unseasonal or excessive and dry air to the degree that a slice of bread begins to dry in seconds after being removed from the bag and any loose photos curl slightly in response.
But it's a DRY heat! Idiots. Since when is that better? I still can't believe people say that.
No, I want real weather... provided it doesn't destroy my home or family... or self... but yeah, then I want it. People around here have no clue about real rain, although I will say that I did finally learn why so many Californians flee inside when it rains. Many just don't know how to deal with it. But some I've found do it because here, most of the rain falls during chilly weather. I still love it but I must admit it was a lot nicer to have rain on a warm day back in Louisiana. One rare rain shower fell on a warm day here last year and I found more people just walking outside in it, driving with their windows open... couldn't believe it. It was almost pitiful seeing them finding out there was another kind of rain.
In Louisiana I enjoy the great storms we had. Mind you, I wasn't around for the hurricanes, and I come from the north part anyway. We got tornados sometimes but fortunately I was never much affected by them. Before each storm the wind would pick up and the smell of lightning was all through it, the clouds would begin to boil and the feeling that something was coming was everywhere. I would hold my arms out and feel the wind between my fingers and pretend I was making it blow. I suppose I can't blame people for thinking I was odd...
Of course, the thing I maintain about people thinking others are strange is that if they really wanted to know why people do what they do, they should bloody ask.
Anyway, clouds suit me, I burn so easily and develop heat stroke easily too. We're lucky today... it's cool and overcast. Life is good.
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