Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
Winter is by far the best season here in the Islets of Langerhans. Unfortunately, the Santa Ana season, with it's hot dry winds, lies between now and the advent of winter. Raymond Chandler mentioned them at the beginning of his story Red Wind:



That's probably a bit extreme but they do make people edgy, if for no other reason than they're worried about the extreme wildfire danger.
Don't know how people can deal with that. A few years ago I drove through Big Bear during an extreme drought and couldn't get through fast enough. It looked like any stray spark from a stone kicked up on the road could very quickly turn into a major forest fire. I was a nervous wreck.