carmel valley weather (lack of sun) ... (San Diego, London: gardening, beach, pool)

[kbuhagiar]

Originally Posted by bloom

June bloom gloom has been going on in SD since before times. What's new here

We are new to the San Pasqual Valley, but based on our discussions with our neighbors what is different this year is the deep and persistent penetration into the inland areas. Some gloom is accepted but the locals residents near us expect it to lift by 11AM, not stay put until 4PM (which has been occurring regularly).

We were here last year in May and part of June, although not as full-timers yet, and I can say with certainty that it was much sunnier, with drastically less cloud cover than what we have this year.

All in all, as I have said before, in perspective this is still MUCH better than what we dealt with in the SF Bay Area.

[tstieber]

Originally Posted by kbuhagiar

We are new to the San Pasqual Valley, but based on our discussions with our neighbors what is different this year is the deep and persistent penetration into the inland areas. Some gloom is accepted but the locals residents near us expect it to lift by 11AM, not stay put until 4PM (which has been occurring regularly).

We were here last year in May and part of June, although not as full-timers yet, and I can say with certainty that it was much sunnier, with drastically less cloud cover than what we have this year.

All in all, as I have said before, in perspective this is still MUCH better than what we dealt with in the SF Bay Area.

Well, you did move from one of the gloomiest parts of the Bay Area to the sunniest parts of the SD region. But my parents in Walnut Creek have been having way more sun and warmth than we have here in Scripps Ranch. Everything in California depends on distance to the ocean vs inland.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by bloom

June bloom gloom has been going on in SD since before times. What's new here

Ummmm 4 months of rain preceding it. Were you on vaca?

[bloom]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

Ummmm 4 months of rain preceding it. Were you on vaca?

June, not the 4 months prior which were cooler, mor overcast than prior years. It's all good, man, in SD

[TacoSoup]

Originally Posted by bloom

June bloom gloom has been going on in SD since before times. What's new here

Thank you so much for this. From this day forward you are simply, gloom.

[bloom]

Originally Posted by TacoSoup

Thank you so much for this. From this day forward you are simply, gloom.

and doom. What's more gloomy are all the whiners about bad SD weather in this thread. Toughen up folks

[joosoon]

Originally Posted by bloom

and doom. What's more gloomy are all the whiners about bad SD weather in this thread. Toughen up folks

Trump agrees. Gloomy is MAGA weather. Put on your red ball cap.

[bloom]

Originally Posted by joosoon

Trump agrees. Gloomy is MAGA weather. Put on your red ball cap.

Sir, this is an Arby's

[pathrunner]

I have no idea what you all are now talking about, but.... I agree, toughen up (even though I am definitely not maga).

Y'all should still consider yourselves fortunate.

Try being a native Californian (well, since age 1) who now lives in the northern Southeast. Constant gloom, rain, scary storms, lightning that causes a fire in the backyard, thunder that shakes the entire house, tornadoes that devastate entire towns and kill entire families.

Look at that frequent, what I have come to call "the diagonal of doom" on the U.S. weather map. It sweeps across the Midwest and wreaks gloom and havoc upon the Southeast. On a frequent, regular basis.

Then add in extreme humidity for 2-3 months a year along with myriad scary, disgusting, itchy biting bugs that are poison resistant. And if your neighbors on both sides use a pest control but you don't... guess who gets invaded by the bugs?

Think twice about selling your overvalued Southern California house to purchase something in a cheaper area of the country. There is a huge reason many areas are cheaper.

(For the record, I did not sell a house to move here.)

Now go out and take a walk in the "San Diego gloom" and think of all the people who are stuck in actual gloom.

[tstieber]

Originally Posted by pathrunner

I have no idea what you all are now talking about, but.... I agree, toughen up (even though I am definitely not maga).

Y'all should still consider yourselves fortunate.

Try being a native Californian (well, since age 1) who now lives in the northern Southeast. Constant gloom, rain, scary storms, lightning that causes a fire in the backyard, thunder that shakes the entire house, tornadoes that devastate entire towns and kill entire families.

Look at that frequent, what I have come to call "the diagonal of doom" on the U.S. weather map. It sweeps across the Midwest and wreaks gloom and havoc upon the Southeast. On a frequent, regular basis.

Then add in extreme humidity for 2-3 months a year along with myriad scary, disgusting, itchy biting bugs that are poison resistant. And if your neighbors on both sides use a pest control but you don't... guess who gets invaded by the bugs?

Think twice about selling your overvalued Southern California house to purchase something in a cheaper area of the country. There is a huge reason many areas are cheaper.

(For the record, I did not sell a house to move here.)

Now go out and take a walk in the "San Diego gloom" and think of all the people who are stuck in actual gloom.

Of course it's not dangerous or extreme, but even benign gloom is still depressing after 8 months.