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In Like a Lion

March 2, 2018

So it would seem that March is coming in like a lion, at least if you live in New England. Down here in LA, not so much. It was actually a bit warmer today than yesterday. Up in the 50’s.

Forecast here is for rain. Up in Santa Barbara along rte 101, they’re talking about heavy rains. That’s not a good thing. Back in January, they a real soaker that washed all of the mud down off of the hill sides.  So here is how this works. Last summer they had some nasty fires that removed all of the hillside vegetation and then there is nothing to hold the dirt in place.

Won’t be anything like that here in San Pedro.

They are just about got things cleaned up from the January storm and it looks like it will happen again. So they called a mandatory evacuation. this time I doubt that anyone will stay behind.

So my day today was spent seeing a Ear/Nose/Throat Doc about a cyst about the size of a quarter that has been growing  under my ear lobe. Scheduled blood work and a MRI scheduled for Sunday. The problem in cutting it out is that it’s right over the salivary gland. Also, many nerves that control facial muscles. Follow up in a couple of weeks.

Oh and by the way, I turn 70 on Saturday.

TTFN

Joe

 

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Santa Ana’s

February 1, 2017

This a story about a weather pattern in Southern California called the Santa Ana winds. This story is primarily for my readers who don’t live in the greater Los Angeles area. This is when the winds are blowing out of the east north-east. This happens when there is a high pressure system parked over Washington State or Oregon. In a high pressure system, the winds blow clockwise around the system (in the northern hemisphere).

That means for the folks in our neck of the woods, the winds are blowing out of the East Northeast over the Mojave Desert.  The Mojave is between LA and Las Vegas. When this happens in the summer it can be brutally hot and windy.

When it happens this time of the year, it means the rain stops and we get clear dry winds. Temps the last couple of days have been the low 70’s.

The winds also blow all of the smog out to sea. That means visibility is greatly improved. One can see the mountains east and north of LA. The picture above is the view from our Masonic Lodge in San Pedro. If you look closely, you can see the snow capped mountains.

Oh one more thing, we’ve been getting a lot of rain lately out here. That means all of the brown grass has turned into green grass. Green is beautiful!

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Weather Here and There

February 9, 2013

Well, i have been eagerly following the weather goings on back east. Keep all the pictures coming. I am so enjoying NOT being there.

Here’s a picture of Valentine in the snow. Kathy posted a video of her running in the snow. Pretty funny.


So what’s the weather out here you might ask? Typically, the temperature range is from 50’s at night up to 60’s during the daylight hours. We are in a rainy season this time of year.

One of the side effects of the rain is that all of the hillsides next to the roads are quite green. By summer, the hills will be a golden brown.

Another interesting aspect, is that some of the trees lose their leaves and some don’t. I don’t know anything about why that is. It just makes for continuing business for the landscapers that bag up the leaves.

So one more picture for all of you waiting for Spring.


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Location:San Pedro, CA

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