Dude, if you ever move out here, let me know, so I can move out east. You seem to attract bad weather.

I lived in west LA for two years - got the full LA experience: drought, wild fires, flash floods, earthquakes (small ones), wind storms, a riot (I sat by the TV plotting fires on my Thomas guide ready to head north if it got too close), and a plague of medflies. Been there, done that. Ain't goin' back.

I think the funniest weather we had while I was in LA was the week it got below freezing at night. No one turned their sprinklers off, and every third yard was a quarter inch sheet of ice.

My power came on for about 15 seconds yesterday afternoon and then went back out. A three-mile-an-hour parade through town ensued as Pepco tried to find the wire they'd missed. Then it came on for good yesterday evening. I think my 3 year old was the happiest!

-jk