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senseandsensibility

(24,897 posts) Sun Jan 5, 2014, 07:41 PM Jan 2014

I know many of you would envy me... but still I am uneasy [View all]

It is seventy two degrees right now in the SF Bay Area where I live. I went out to lunch and shopping in short sleeves and no jacket and many I saw were wearing shorts. It's beautiful, but dry as a bone. The hills are as brown as they are in August. I know this is California, but we usually get some rain this time of year, and the hills are usually green by now.

Even the waitress at lunch said the weather was kind of "creepy", and I knew what she meant.

Yes, many of you who are freezing will feel little sympathy, but droughts are nothing to sneeze at either.

Anyway, stay warm, but send positive thoughts our way for a little rain.

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I know many of you would envy me... but still I am uneasy [View all] senseandsensibility Jan 2014 OP

It's sunny and 65 here in San Francisco. "Creepy" is the right word for it. arcane1 Jan 2014 #1

I'm in Inner Richmond, and I need to water my garden plants 2 or 3 times a week. displacedtexan Jan 2014 #9

I haven't heard that specific timeline, but it's definitely a grim situation arcane1 Jan 2014 #15

Grim indeed. riversedge Jan 2014 #37

Yeah, but you don't have mosquitoes notadmblnd Jan 2014 #29

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2014 #2

You're welcome. senseandsensibility Jan 2014 #10

some folks in Arcata have taken to standing out in the town plaza under umbrellas.... mike_c Jan 2014 #3

I live in Florida and do ENVY you HockeyMom Jan 2014 #4

Heading into the maw of the beast on Tuesday Xipe Totec Jan 2014 #5

Droughts are awful, that's for sure Siwsan Jan 2014 #6

That's a myth...n/t PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #14

Glad to hear that Siwsan Jan 2014 #17

"Earthquake weather" is hot and still. Bette Noir Jan 2014 #35

Yup - definitely creepy, unsettling, worry-inducing weather petronius Jan 2014 #7

update on the North Coast.... mike_c Jan 2014 #8

That's really frightening. senseandsensibility Jan 2014 #12

not much wind today, thankfully.... mike_c Jan 2014 #16

Is that Blue Lake in Lake County? Mr.Bill Jan 2014 #20

no-- Humboldt County.... mike_c Jan 2014 #21

would happily share what moisture we just had, but we need it as much as you. can see why niyad Jan 2014 #31

I went sailing in Tampa Bay yesterday....wearing shorts today. Sancho Jan 2014 #11

my cousin shanti Jan 2014 #40

Near 80 in L.A. today PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #13

I don't envy you... magical thyme Jan 2014 #18

Good Vibrations for Cha Jan 2014 #19

I'm a little bit south . . Richard D Jan 2014 #22

Willamette Valley in Oregon set a record for lack of rainfall this year. Shrike47 Jan 2014 #23

I'm in Hood River Oregon, and we may also be setting records passiveporcupine Jan 2014 #30

N. NV PumpkinAle Jan 2014 #24

I understand Texasgal Jan 2014 #25

Ten inches of snow here in Michigan. Want me to mail you some? tclambert Jan 2014 #26

I would LOVE to load a bunch of trains with east coast snow and ship it here. arcane1 Jan 2014 #34

I agree. I live down the coast from you in San Luis Obispo county. Cleita Jan 2014 #27

Funny we had that same conversation in San Diego nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #28

I usually see snow on the higher peaks this time of year Warpy Jan 2014 #32

All of this sunny weather gets monotonous after a while. Jamaal510 Jan 2014 #33

I understand--although i envy the temp today (it was 60 here on friday, snowed all day yesterday. niyad Jan 2014 #36

I'm a Viking, weather is meaningless to me. PeteSelman Jan 2014 #38

you want I should kick your warm, apprehensive ass, senseandsensibility? Skittles Jan 2014 #39

Lol, now that's more like the kind of response I expected. senseandsensibility Jan 2014 #41

We're flying down there Wednesday night for a few days. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #42