Why is southern California portrayed as having an endless summer? (Santa Ana: transplants, house)

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by blauskies

Everyone always complains that the Endless Summer is South Florida, currently 76F, current water temp 80F here in Miami.

Ya and Hurricanes have a local bus pass

[Charles]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

Ya and Hurricanes have a local bus pass

And great neighbors...Mosquitoes.

[blauskies]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

Ya and Hurricanes have a local bus pass

Well after last weeks Santa Ana Wind experience, all you need is some heavy rain albeit lacking the storm surge to get a Hurricane experience. Then again, that will mean mudslides and then if there is an earthquake the illegals won't be able to dig all of you out.

[winkosmosis]

The South and Texas are portrayed that way too, when in reality it snows in a lot of the South, and it's regularly below freezing in Texas.

The other thing is a lot of people think Texas is a big desert... because of all those westerns filmed in Italy and California.

[Fontucky]

Originally Posted by .highnlite

How many of you that claim it is cold in So Cal own Sorel's?

I owned a pair... when I lived in Spokane.

[.highnlite]

Originally Posted by Capt. Dan

Sorels?? I havent seen any Sorels since I spent some time in Northern Wisconsin!!

Originally Posted by Fontucky

I owned a pair... when I lived in Spokane.

A California Sorel story. We used to snow mobile 5 miles from our home to the highway where my truck was parked Where we would remove the sno mo suit to our street clothes, remove the sorels and put on street shoes. My boy was in 8th grade. One morning we get to the truck and he tells me that he forgot his shoes. I told him he would have to wear his sorels to school, he told me, "no way". (It is very un cool in Truckee schools to wear sno boots or a warm jacket, those are for old people and gapers (tourists) )

He refused to get out the Truck, I had push him out, he went straight to the office and told them he could not go to school as he did not have shoes, they understanding 8th graders found him a pair of loaner tennies.

ta da, he could attend his classes.

[allenk893]

Originally Posted by Sealtite

I knew that the winter months would be much cooler here before I moved, but it made me wonder why this part of the country is portrayed as being warm year-round. Sure, parts of it are comparably much more pleasant than most of the nation during the winter months, but it's not like you can go swimming or even walk around comfortably in shorts and a t-shirt on most days. So why is it so often portrayed differently in movies and other cultural references?

I know my comment is probably irrelevent to the conservation (as I don't live in California), but I really don't know why California is portrayed in movies and is known for having an endless summer. My family used to live in the bay Area back in the 80s and my mom tells me to this day it is one of the coldest places she has ever lived. I am starting to think my home state of Florida is the state with the true endless summer. I watching the news this morning and the rest of the country seems to be experiencing either cold, snow, thunder storms, or those santa ana winds while south FL is expected to be in the 80s all week. Can't say I am not a happy camper

For now anyway.

[allenk893]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

Ya and Hurricanes have a local bus pass

Hurricane season ended.

[allenk893]

Originally Posted by winkosmosis

The South and Texas are portrayed that way too, when in reality it snows in a lot of the South, and it's regularly below freezing in Texas.

Having lived in Texas for 5 years, I have to disagree. I don't think it ever went below zero. At least not where I lived. We generally have mild winters.

[Capt. Dan]

Blame it on the Beach Boys,Gidget,Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello!