Woke up to the pitter patter of a steady rain this morning, for the first rain of any consequence in nearly two months (not counting a 30 minute drizzle about two weeks ago). I am ridiculously happy to see it. Aside from the desperate watering all of the plants need and the much-needed addition to the reservoirs, I have to say…I was actually sick of nonstop sunny days. I have a cousin who lives in LA (NYC transplant) and she laments the nearly perpetually sunny weather. I always thought that was ridiculous, but now I get it. Further evidence that I need to live where there are at least three seasons.
Happy rainy day to all my fellow NJers who celebrate! LOL.
Here in CT too…and the grass already looks greener. Rained all night, and is supposed to rain all day today, and into Wednesday too. No complaints. We need the rain.
My husband ran out to buy topsoil and grass seed yesterday. Unfortunately our basement is prone to flooding, fortunately my 19 and 24 year old sons are home and the wet vac is out.
Jealous!!! So, so jealous and envious!
Enjoy!!! Coming from drought-prone (jealous) Southern California; you are a lucky ducky!!
We want and need your rain!
I traveled today from Nantucket (island off the coast of Cape Cod–30 miles out in the Atlantic) to Central Massachusetts. It was raining in both places, which is great because we really needed it. I have a brown lawn. Also–yea me–I did a two-mile walk in the rain as part of a challenge to raise money for a local non-profit.
We are in unusually high temperatures and we’re not used to the humidity from the southern monsoons. Many don’t have air conditioning because we often don’t need it with the breezes that typically come from the ocean areas.
Mot of us are having difficulty sleeping because it is warm 24/7. Not good.
Edited to add: La Jolla lost power over the weekend. I thought that was unusual because the beach areas around there did not. A lot of people in La Jolla have Teslas. They are not suppose to use power from peak hours. I’m wondering if too many people were charging their Teslas in that area, and therefore, lost power?
Rain visited us a couple of days ago. Much needed watering for the plants that have been wilting from thirst. Back to sunny skies and possibly higher temperatures by the weekend!
Rain??? What’s that??? It drizzled a bit with thunderstorms the other night, highly unusual. But I don’t think I’ve seen rain for 9 months here in San Diego.
@aunt_bea - we are in La Jolla, but closer to UCSD and we did not lose power. We don’t have AC since we really never need it here 2 miles from the ocean. Last weekend was crazy hot at our house though and on Sunday the temperature on our deck was 101 degrees! Fortunately we have a pool and the ocean nearby to cool off. We did end up at our friends home, which is inland, for dinner on Sunday night and the AC in their new enclosed patio was 74 degrees and felt so good to H and I after our hot house.
Looks like we will have rain sometime on Friday from the hurricane in Baja. Hope it holds off until later Friday night since we are going to the Keith Urban concert which is outdoors!
We’re inland (RB/Poway corridor) and are getting some breezes in early evening, but we do have AC and a pool. Pool water was 85 degrees yesterday morning at 10:30!!
Can’t wait for the weekend’s predicted monsoon rain!!
Air conditioning is the biggest variable in power use during peak hours (4pm to 9pm). Note that those on time-of-use rate plans will find that time to be more expensive generally, so they have incentive to shift electricity use (including electric vehicle charging) to other times. Those with air conditioning may choose to pre-cool their houses before peak hours and then turn the air conditioning off during peak hours.
Here is what electricity use through the day looks like:
Note also that local areas may have transmission capacity issues resulting in power outages, even if the statewide grid is able to handle the total demand.
Happier? Hurricane Kay just announced its approach with a brief squall. Ran around moving cushions inside and covering a couple of things. We really need the rain though! Unfortunately temperatures will remain very high through Friday. I checked our electric circuit number and we are not subject to rolling outages. Not sure who else is on our circuit but there is a fire station a half mile away!
Letter to the editor asked if power conservation is so important, why did the Padres play a night game?
From the looks of the radar, I wouldn’t count on outdoor activities for the next couple of days.
Today is the last day of the Denver heat wave. Kid get out of school at noon because many schools don’t have aircon. I’m going to a concert tonight and it will be 95 when it starts and 75 a few hours later. Tomorrow 75, Saturday 58 and raining.
@Marilyn - I am in the office today, but H who is WFH had to run out to the deck to move all the cushions indoors as the squall hit La Jolla. We are supposed to attend the Keith Urban concert tomorrow night in Chula Vista, but I don’t know if it will be happening.
Much needed watering for the plants that have been wilting from thirst. Back to sunny skies and possibly higher temperatures by the weekend!