>> You would probably really enjoy the western Editition of SF. Cold and
>foggy all
>> summer long, and windy and cool all winter except when it's raining and/or
>> foggy. I lke our golden hills of te East Bay -- mostly we don't talk about
>the
>> weather, it's nice most of the time & doesn't change much.
Roses grow like
>> crazy everwhere you look. but, there are these micro-climates here: don't
>like
>> the weather, go ten miles in any direction and it'll be completely
>differnt. L.
>
>It's quite varied here, though there are distinct seasons - they just tend
>to be stretched or contracted into different parts of the year.
>But we say around here that if you don't like the weather wait 5 minutes and
>it will change. And, weirdly enough... it often does.
>I've seen cold fronts so defined that it's dark and snowing on one side of
>the street, and still clear sunny sky on the other. Or days that hit 80 and
>in 30 minutes fall 60 degrees. Seeing/hearing a chinook wind come down the
>mountains in winter is a pretty awesome thing too. Start out with snow on
>the ground and freezing, and then a wooshing warm feeling with crackling
>sounds rolls down... and you can take your sweater off, and watch the
>snow/ice start melting... groaning and creaking as it does. Kinda cool :)


Remember: I was born & bred in the Pacific NW. Child of 300 years of loggers,
fishermen & farmers. The Chinook wind is an old friend. It comes roaring in
from the Pacific here , too, bringing spring squalls that green up the hills
and bing up the wildflowers. Lezlie

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