The rain continues. There was a point where this itself was not particularly noticeable in the Bay Area, but after three years of drought, people notice. For one thing, they notice that they've forgotten how to drive in the rain ( Read more... )

One wonders whether the announcement of Star Wars 7 in the middle of a disaster that's knocked a good portion of the United States flat is good timing on behalf of the marketing crowd, or an unholy coincidence.

Hope all of you easterners are staying safe today, and that you manage to stay that way.

Fun fact for those of us living in "America's Heartland" (aka, "Flyover Country"): according to a study done by the city of Davis, moderately shading a parking lot can reduce ambient air temperatures by as much as 1 degree Celsius (and shading a car can reduce cabin temperatures by 15 degrees Celsius ( Read more... )

Not so pleasant here today:
The National Weather Service has issued a Holy Fuck We're Serious weather warning for the Chicagoland area due to Armageddon until November, 2011. Weather is expected to directly oscillate between extremely hot weather and severe thunderstorms. During hot spells temperatures are expected to rise to the mid- to upper- ( Read more... )

From this morning's weather report:

Today's high: 8°
Today's low: 5°
Current temperature: -7°

Somebody failed math forever right there.

BULLETIN: Cold white stuff is cold.

ALSO: Difficult to drive on.

P.S.: Would not be so difficult to drive on if I didn't have trouble doing the 0 to 60 in three seconds ninety degree turn out of my apartment complex when it's dry.

P.P.S.: Also, I appear to have lost my non-hideous gloves.

All in all, does not bode well for winter.