Kevin's Watch

Not as unseasonably warm this week, but still no rain in the forecast.

Where do you live to not ... be as seasonably warm Sorus

San Francisco. This is supposed to be one of our rainy months, and we haven't had a drop yet.

Sorus - I have to tell you San Francisco was one of the strangest cities in the climate arena that I have visited. When I was younger I visited there with a bunch of friends and within one day experienced heat and then freezing rain. Over the next several days the climate jumped around like crazy.

PS for all those that visit San Francisco do not try cable cars like I did during a busy time - there is nothing romantic about it - you are squished in one like sardines. If anyone accused you of being too close to them - it would be a joke - there was no choice - you have to hold in your breath just to fit in. Ok rant over

Hahaha.. sounds like Melbourne notorious for 4 seasons in one day.

Thats no good Sorus .. living in a dry zone we some times with some desperation wait for rain. Thankfully this has been our wettest year yet and ALL our fruit trees are well laden. Its not unusual for us to pick peaches and apricots the size of walnuts lol .. cant do much with them, cant sell them, cant eat them

ATM though as every year the major focus is pasture and despite the good rain weve had we dont have enough. Gonna have to supplement and that gets expensive.

samrw3 wrote:Sorus - I have to tell you San Francisco was one of the strangest cities in the climate arena that I have visited. When I was younger I visited there with a bunch of friends and within one day experienced heat and then freezing rain. Over the next several days the climate jumped around like crazy.

That's typical. I always warn visitors to dress in layers. But lately (past few years) we've had less fog and more extremes - last summer broke some major records heat-wise. We aren't really supposed to get extremes.

Cable cars are definitely a tourist thing, and I've never understood the appeal. I remember riding one when I was very young, clinging to the outside, certain I was going to fall off. Always crowded, and never comfortable.

mmm.. the pervasive ... myth ... of global warming

I've been tempted to jump into the melee there, but I don't have enough 'facts' to appease that crowd.

Facts do not appease crowds.

Nice and overcast here...supposed to be rainy for the next week, let's hope...

--A

Hahahaha Sorus

Its a cyclical argument going nowhere I fear .. it seems that you are in one of two camps A. Self proclaimed superior intellects that believe Global warming is a mythological conspiracy spawned by quasi pseudo religious extremists who are Uber negativist and doomsday proponents or your B Prponents of environmental responsible approaches to farming, land use, industrial operations etc acknowledging the necessity of biodiversity and environmentally sustainable practices and outcomes. YeH one of those two camps ..

Oh ... are my camping preferences obvious

Oh dear .. that was indeed a failure of objectivity lol

Siberia hit -30 degrees. And Britain seems to be caught in it's slipstream. So yes, very cold here with occasional snow flurries.

And yet this afternoon while waiting for a hair cut the sunshine got warmer and warmer ... and warmer. I might have gotten a little tan. Even the barber commented that, "it is better on this side of the glass!"

Hey lord bane. Any relation to the metal band? Anyway ... Welcome to the Watch. Why not introduce yourself over in the Summonsing forum?

Definitely feeling the slide toward autumn.

--A

They're saying the biggest storm of the season is coming, but that's not saying much considering the season.

We had a super-warm day today. Like 60 F.

You're being funny, right? That's not warm...

--A

It's white with frost here, brass-monkeys as far as the eye can see.
I live at the top of my tower block and on days like these everyone below turns on their central heating ...

I guess you've got to make the most of it while you can.

A warm 27C today, and mostly sunny.

--A

We've had a week in the 30C .. 33C tomorrow .. I can handle the 30Cs so long as we dont get over 40C

Cooling down to 27C on Saturday when I fly out

Avatar wrote:You're being funny, right? That's not warm...

Oh, thanks for asking...
Yeah, context. It's still winter here and I live in a place that snows.

We got crazy -7 F and like -12 F days early in this winter.
And normally you can expect 20's and 30's.
So this week's surprisingly, unseasonably warm.