Weather Question???? (California: private schools, college, closing)

[RjRobb2]

Originally Posted by bls5555

I think the better question would be what took them so long to get out of California.

San Diego is awesome, expensive, but awesome. The weather there is perfect, you couldnt get better weather anywhere. I would live there in a minute if I could find a job where I could afford it.

[northbound74]

^Perfect is relative. The dryness would drive me up the wall. Some like snow and rain, and I particularly dislike the southwest in general for a host of reasons.
California is a mess.

[misplaced1]

Originally Posted by ajohnson56

Thank you for your replies, as much as I complain how boring San Diego weather is, I forget that KCMO gets wild. I'm worried that we won't adapt, or like it compare to SD

You may not like it compared to there. If I were you I sure would check out the different times of the year. I live in Northern Ca. in the mountains so I am used to more cold and wind and miserable weather than you but when I moved to Missouri for the two years I was there the Tornado warnings scared the heck out of me. I loved the rain and I loved the rest of the weather, the only thing I didn't enjoy was fearing those close severe storms.

My mother happened to go to St. Louis during the time we were in NW Missouri and it was a really humid week there and I don't think she'll ever go near Missouri again lol.

I sure miss the moisture, my skin is dry and cracking here.

[TinaMcG]

Originally Posted by misplaced1

You may not like it compared to there. If I were you I sure would check out the different times of the year. I live in Northern Ca. in the mountains so I am used to more cold and wind and miserable weather than you but when I moved to Missouri for the two years I was there the Tornado warnings scared the heck out of me. I loved the rain and I loved the rest of the weather, the only thing I didn't enjoy was fearing those close severe storms.

My mother happened to go to St. Louis during the time we were in NW Missouri and it was a really humid week there and I don't think she'll ever go near Missouri again lol.

I sure miss the moisture, my skin is dry and cracking here.

We had one or two tornado warnings most years when I lived in Chicago. They never frightened me. We just went into the basement and waited impatiently for the all clear so we could go upstairs and watch television again.

Then we moved to Kansas. We've gotten two or three warnings each season since we moved here. I signed us up for Weathercall.net, a reverse 911 system that alerts you only when a warning is issued for your immediate area. It's a great service for $5 a year, and we had one call last September when a weak rotation was spotted southwest of us. It never amounted to anything. In fact, it was hardly even raining at that point. That was the leftovers of Hurricane Ike, which was one big thunderstorm, which got worse as it moved up into Ohio and Kentucky. Whoever told me we aren't affected by Gulf hurricanes sure ate her words the following day!

The tornado warnings in Kansas scare me, and I think I know why. Weather people hype things WAY more than they ever did in Chicago. I know Wizard of Oz was set in Kansas, but come on -- Kansas should not be synonymous with twisters. I got an email the other day from one of the chief meteorologists at a local TV station, and he said "there is only a very very slim chance you will ever see a tornado unless you're a storm chaser". My guess is he would never dare say that on the air.

[bls5555]

Originally Posted by RjRobb2

San Diego is awesome, expensive, but awesome. The weather there is perfect, you couldnt get better weather anywhere. I would live there in a minute if I could find a job where I could afford it.

In my opinion the KC weather is pretty good also. We have 4 seasons yet none are extreme. I go insane when it is sunny for 2 weeks. I go insane when it rains for 2 weeks. I like variety. I honestly don't understand how people live in a place where every day is very very similar. We also don't have to deal with SEVERAL problems that are going on in that state.

I LIKE being able to go outside for 3 days and then have a built in excuse to stay inside and do something else. Just me though. I love the variety of weather here.

[RjRobb2]

Originally Posted by bls5555

In my opinion the KC weather is pretty good also. We have 4 seasons yet none are extreme. I go insane when it is sunny for 2 weeks. I go insane when it rains for 2 weeks. I like variety. I honestly don't understand how people live in a place where every day is very very similar. We also don't have to deal with SEVERAL problems that are going on in that state.

I LIKE being able to go outside for 3 days and then have a built in excuse to stay inside and do something else. Just me though. I love the variety of weather here.

See, I dont like weather impacting my life. I dont want it dictating when I can or cannot doing something.

When it is 75-80 and sunny everyday, weather never impacts life. You can basically do whatever you want every single day without issues.

I could never see rain, snow, or any other precipitation and it wouldnt bother me a bit.

[Chris2000]

Everyone really is different when it comes to weather. When my wife and I moved to KC from Phoenix AZ we were nervous about the weather until we got our first great storm. Ever since we have been in love with the storms. They are AMAZING!! You can have huge amounts of rain AWESOME lightning they really are intense and beautiful.
Some places have the ocean, other places have mountains. KS and MO have clouds. You will never see clouds like you see in KS, they are always sssoooo low you can see all the different layers moving in different directions it is just incredible. We have taken more pictures of clouds then anything else since we moved here.
Also I will just say this, I understand people being nervous about tornadoes, my wife and I were the same when we first got here. After speaking with locals who had lived in KS and MO there entire lives!! and still not seeing a tornado it puts it in perspective. Really, let's say you are one of the unlucky ones that has a tornado coming there way. You walk down the stairs into your basement and WALLAH, safe. Almost all homes in KS have basements so it's really not a big deal.
Chris2000

[northbound74]

Originally Posted by RjRobb2

See, I dont like weather impacting my life. I dont want it dictating when I can or cannot doing something.

When it is 75-80 and sunny everyday, weather never impacts life. You can basically do whatever you want every single day without issues.

I could never see rain, snow, or any other precipitation and it wouldnt bother me a bit.

There's different ways of dealing with it, I guess. Except for mowing the yard or a Royals game, neither rain nor snow stops me from doing something. Wind will keep me from eating outside at a restaurant, and maybe a few other things. Can't think of much else.
A lot of people like the desert, but after living out there for a little while, I found it to be very much overrated.

[ajohnson56]

To answer the question why we want out of SD is simply TOO EXPENSIVE!!! We make really good money here, but still cant afford our dream home, in KC we can!! Also raising a family in a family friendly area is important to us. Its getting way out of whack here. Morals are being compromised and kids are out of control!!! Traffic is crazy, and getting worse, and it never really gets hot enough to enjoy our cold beaches. We want to move to a more conservative area, where families raise their kids with morals and integrity, and the majority of people we have talk to that have come from KC area, said move to JoCo and your find that, so that's what we are thinking about. As far as the weather, you had snow and rain today and it was 75 sunny and blue skies here. I do admit I think "wow how pretty it is here", but I do like rain and snow and cold, but when it does rain or snow what does the town do?????? Do places shut down, people stay in? How is it driving to work when these conditions arise? Thanks again for your replies.

[northbound74]

I was out most of the day yesterday. Not much shut down. A few church meetings, a museum or two scrolled across the bottom of the TV screen last night.
The roads weren't too great, so traffic was a little lighter than normal.
Our plans went uninterrupted. Alpaca show in the Hale arena, lunch over by the Crown Center, a stop at a furniture store and a bookstore... then back home. I avoided the crazy people on the freeways, and made it just fine.

I don't know of any regular places of work that would shut down for it. Some employers might be more lenient towards being late that morning, but mine isn't. I don't like mine very much.
You do have to be careful, and drive sensibly. Honestly, those days when the snow actually slows you down, only add up to a week or so out of the whole year. The roads get cleared quickly. The worst time is when the snow or sleet is actually coming down.