Holy...!

[dianec42]

But they told me summer was OVER....

According to weather.com, it is 99 degrees in Torrance right now. I was out there briefly about an hour and a half ago, and I believe it.

addendum: Last year we were in Scotland for all of September and the first couple of weeks of October. I'm starting to wish we could do that every year. (Except for the Packing and Moving Syndrome part, of course.)

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[jim-p.livejournal.com]

send it over here... my-cast just sent me a frost advisory for tonight :(

[cahwyguy.livejournal.com]

I'm working from home today. It is 98.6 degrees, with 13% humidity, on my shaded patio out here in Northridge. It's odd that Torrance is about the same as Northridge.

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

It's odd that Torrance is about the same as Northridge.

Yeah, that's just not right. Even Woodland Hills is "only" 99 degrees according to the same site. I've heard this is due to something called a Santa Ana wind, but I freely admit I don't know what that means.

Oh well, at least Torrance is sufficiently deforested that it's not on fire.

[cahwyguy.livejournal.com]

As is our part of Northridge. I'm glad we didn't buy* up in the Porter Ranch area. Then I'd be worried. But we're about 2 blocks from Northridge Fashion Square.

* As you probably don't read my journal (although you might, who knows)... we moved from North Hills (near Lassen and Woodman) to Northridge (near Lassen and Wilbur) in July. Still commute daily to El Segundo, though.

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

As you probably don't read my journal (although you might, who knows)...

Well, I am *now*... (-: I might not read all of it at one sitting though, especially as I'm really meant to be working.

I won't even comment on that commute, other than just "Wow".

[cahwyguy.livejournal.com]

What makes the commute tolerable is that I'm on a vanpool. Most days, I sleep on the way in, and drive back every other day, use the carpool lane, and only pay part of the gas :-)

[whc.livejournal.com]

The Santa Ana wind is hot, dry air blowing in from the north. As it comes down over the mountains on the north side of the San Fernando Valley, it heats up due to compression. I suppose it sweeps over the next range of mountains into Torrance too. It's not unusual this time of year.

(Something similar happens in Bavaria. The German word for it means hairdryer, which sums it up very well)

[merde.livejournal.com]

this is california. summer isn't over till november. sometimes not even then.

it's usually in the upper 60s/low 70s and sunny at my place on xmas day.