Wow, that was some scary fog coming home. It’s a pantsfilling experience driving when things keep looming out of the blurk. I couldn’t see more than 100 feet. Fortunately everyone else on sleepy old Orange Avenue was driving slow too.
the_silent_one I hope you got home okay; I was worried about you!
THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR.
NO. CNTL ORANGE COUNTY IN SW CA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF.YORBA LINDA.PLACENTIA.LA HABRA.
FULLERTON.BREA.ANAHEIM
* UNTIL 215 PM PDT
* AT 115 PM PDT.NATL WEATHER SVC DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
YORBA LINDA.& MOVING NW AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR.
LA HABRA BY 130 PM PDT
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL & DAMAGING WINDS.CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER.IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER.YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Unusual desert monsoon storm hit tonight. Big cold drops, some hail, lots and lots of thunder and lightning, as below.
I spent the day sweating. Partly this was because it was over 80 F and unusually humid, although I have no right to complain; just about the rest of the nation had Suicide Weather.
I’m a sweaty guy to start with (helllooo, ladies!), and the happy helmet pills make it worse. When I was on Paxil it was almost humorous, and the current regimen is a lot less perspiratory. But wow, today. My alarm for “too sweaty” is when the waistband of my jeans is damp, and that hit about 1 pm.
I saw actual people I know tonight, which was nice. It was also really nice to get the hell out of the house and be somewhere with a breeze after making spaghetti & meatballs for 4, eating it, and then cleaning up the kitchen for a meal for 4. It’s nice to see my brother & nephew, but I forget each time what it’s like to be the cook for more than one or two people. My meatball-fu improved this time, though.
I just finished paying my Apple loan late (oops), on MBNA’s website. I was annoyed by two things. First, the online payments are delayed a few days, so that even though I had it in time it won’t be in time. It should be instantaneous, come on guys. Second, the slogan for the bank, which is the title of their webpage, is: If You’re Into It, We’re Into It. What. The. Hey? First Bank of Easy Rider?
Southern California this week is going to be a dangerous and painful furnace. Today it was 120° in Indio (desert town). The emergency services people have put out a dire bulletin advising people to be careful of the high temperatures and unusually high humidity, and not to leave old people, children, or animals in cars, and for chrissakes don’t die of the heat.
Meanwhile, the report ends with this:
ONSHORE FLOW AND A MARINE LAYER INFLUENCE WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES
FAIRLY MILD ON THE COASTAL PLAIN…GENERALLY IN THE 70S AND
80S…EXCEPT 60S ON THE BEACHES.
Thank you, Dad, for buying a house in Paradise 40 years ago.
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