Weather

[theatokos]

Some days I have moments where I get confused about where I am. For a brief second the scent of eucalyptus, the light and weight of the sun, the sight of bottle brush trees, confuses the memory part of my brain. I get confused and think I'm in Australia. Sometimes the jacaranda trees also confuse me. Jacarandas aren't native to Australia, but that's where I first saw them and see them the most. The land and climate here, from southern Northern California to northern Southern California reminds me A LOT of New South Wales - and parts of interior CA also remind me of interior parts of NSW and Victoria.

When it gets hot here, like it's been (I know 90 isn't hot for many, but it is for me, especially now that I'm pregnant), I just remind myself that it's like being in Australia. Dress for the heat, expect it, lots of washing the hands and neck in cool water, move slow and expect to be a little sweaty. If only the Bay Area would acknowledge that it DOES get hot here sometimes -and sometimes cold, too- and have fans or air conditioning or heat available. Such denial around these parts!

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[qibitum.livejournal.com]

The thing is, it didn't used to get this hot. Granted, I lived in SF in the 90s, but I've been in the EB since 2000 (which boggles my mind, but that's another story) and this is just egregious. The papers are saying that yesterday was *9* deg hotter than its ever been before on that date (once can presume since the 1850s).

This makes me fear a) July & b) LA (which I already worries me...)

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

At least in SoCal they KNOW it gets hot and places have fans or AC. I swear people here are in massive denial. They bitch and moan if there's ever any change in the weather - if it rains (boo-hoo! don't we need water??), if it's hot, if it's cold. But then act as if there is never any change - few have heat or fans or AC or are prepared for the two months of rain we get. It's just weird.

While I don't do well in the heat, I at least enjoy the mix up of weather. I like weather and seasons. It's too easy otherwise for the seasons to blur here.

Yeah, this heat in May doesn't bode well. I don't have many hot weather pregnancy clothes. And the two skirts I have.... well, the thigh chafe now. :( Especially when I'm all sweaty. And I don't wear shorts, certainly not now! I was really hoping to avoid the heat while pregnant, since Aug, Sept and early Oct seem to be the hottest months here. God, what will it be like lugging a wee one around?