Art Bell

[munbeam666]

Now that the nasty trolls seem to be gone, the regular gabblings are coming back

[TigerLily]

Completely off topic but we have a tornado warning for San Diego. Between Encinitas and Escondido for those who know the area. Very bizarre but El Nino-like. We never have Weather here

[munbeam666]

I'll have to call my brother. He lives in Escondido

[TigerLily]

Now that the nasty trolls seem to be gone, the regular gabblings are coming back

Yes  . sometimes I poke my head in but have usually scurried right back out again. Nice to see a hint of civilization

[norland2424]

Completely off topic but we have a tornado warning for San Diego. Between Encinitas and Escondido for those who know the area. Very bizarre but El Nino-like. We never have Weather here

I live around LAX and its been storming pretty bad all day.

[TigerLily]

I live on a dirt road that leads to another dirt road that goes downhill to our "main" 2 lane black top road. The downhill dirt road often turns into a mud river with heavy rain. I just got back from a mini supply run because we've had a good break in the rain.  People were out shoveling mud to get to the road.  This is just so strange for a So Cal city girl.....I like it!

[Freyja]

I never cared for Paglini or understood her popularity.

She was Ramona's friend.

[TigerLily]

Made it back n the nick of time.  Just started raining again

[pyewacket]

She was Ramona's friend.

That explains it then. Thanks Freyja.

[Chronaut]

I live on a dirt road that leads to another dirt road that goes downhill to our "main" 2 lane black top road. The downhill dirt road often turns into a mud river with heavy rain. I just got back from a mini supply run because we've had a good break in the rain.  People were out shoveling mud to get to the road.  This is just so strange for a So Cal city girl.....I like it!

I lived in LA for five years and I was miserable without a good wild thunderstorm from time to time.  That feeling that you're living the same day over and over again out there with that clear and dry blue sky and the unblinking sun overhead just felt eerily Sisyphean.

[The King of Kings]

There were multiple appearances by the likes of Dames, Kaku, Malachi etc. On the flip side who is everyone's favorite one off or infrequent guest?

Mad Man Markum

[Bounder]

Clear weather is Sisyphean.

What?  How so?

[VtaGeezer]

TL, I sympathize, really, but "StormWatch" mode in So CA always makes the transplants who've lived other places with real weather chuckle. 

[flimflam384]

Now that the nasty trolls seem to be gone, the regular gabblings are coming back

Finally.   

[Chronaut]

What?  How so?

It feels like you're living the same day over and over again, like in Groundhog Day.  Tsenough to drive a guy batty.  Give me hot days and cold days and bright days peppered with days of torrential downpours.  Changing weather is good for the brain, imo - keeps life nice and dynamic.

[Chronaut]

Finally.   

I think the music repelled them, like vampires from a church.

[TigerLily]

TL, I sympathize, really, but "StormWatch" mode in So CA always makes the transplants who've lived other places with real weather chuckle.

I know. I felt geeky writing it but couldn't help myself. We all have our environmental crosses to bear. For instance, some people think earthquakes are the worst, others sleep through them. Tornadoes seem scary to me.

[Bounder]

TL, I sympathize, really, but "StormWatch" mode in So CA always makes the transplants who've lived other places with real weather chuckle.

And white-out winters always make reverse-migration transplants wish they'd never met the person that convinced them it "wasn't worth" figuring out how to thrive in the golden state.

[Bounder]

I know. I felt geeky writing it but couldn't help myself. We all have our environmental crosses to bear. For instance, some people think earthquakes are the worst, others sleep through them. Tornadoes seem scary to me.

Benefit of So Cal: there is no "Earthquake Season."

[TigerLily]

It feels like you're living the same day over and over again, like in Groundhog Day.  Tsenough to drive a guy batty.  Give me hot days and cold days and bright days peppered with days of torrential downpours.  Changing weather is good for the brain, imo - keeps life nice and dynamic.

Yep. Born n raised in So Cal. San Diego- - sunny and 70s ad infinitum. Another shitty day in paradise mentality

[TigerLily]

Benefit of So Cal: there is no "Earthquake Season."

the reason we don't have basements to hide from the non-existent tornadoes

[munbeam666]

Benefit of So Cal: there is no "Earthquake Season."

its claimed by some natives that there is earthquake weather. It has been said that before a very large quake, the air gets still and humid. It was that way just before Loma Prieta in 1989

[Tinfoil_Helm]

its claimed by some natives that there is earthquake weather. It has been said that before a very large quake, the air gets still and humid. It was that way just before Loma Prieta in 1989

I can hear Heather talking about it now, "Ohhh, WOW.  That is so interesting...."

[Bounder]

It feels like you're living the same day over and over again, like in Groundhog Day.  Tsenough to drive a guy batty.  Give me hot days and cold days and bright days peppered with days of torrential downpours.  Changing weather is good for the brain, imo - keeps life nice and dynamic.

Variety is the spice of life, it's true â€" including the variety of opinion on display here.

My own:

first, LA county's weather isn't quite so changeless as you let on . . . the adiabatic processes you seek can be found there without much wasted effort.

second, permanent sunlight or not, bikinis are always better than Wisconsin.

[zeebo]

Completely off topic but we have a tornado warning for San Diego. Between Encinitas and Escondido for those who know the area. Very bizarre but El Nino-like. We never have Weather here

Unreal.  I know the area well, having been an S.D. denizen back in the day.  Used to go body-surfing off Moonlight Beach in Encinitas.  Then follow up with some Roberto's taquitos down in Del Mar.  Still miss it sometimes, but got priced out of the Cali coast long ago.  Hope you've battened down the hatches TL.

As for being off-topic.. btw, what is the topic in here anymore?  After what's happened my only topic of interest really is in Art's old shows.  I hope he's safe, and wish him well, and thank him for all the years of entertainment - but have lost interest in anything he may or may not do going forward.  Lots of other nice diversions out there I'd rather focus on these days.

[Bounder]

its claimed by some natives that there is earthquake weather. It has been said that before a very large quake, the air gets still and humid. It was that way just before Loma Prieta in 1989

Some claim JFK survived.

I lived close by, in La Selva Beach, at the time.  No different, weather-wise, than any other October day.

[Chronaut]

Yep. Born n raised in So Cal. San Diego- - sunny and 70s ad infinitum. Another shitty day in paradise mentality

Precisely.  Where I grew up we had amazing thunderstorms in the summer:  blankets of hard rain with blue-white webs of lightning rippling through the clouds accompanied by booming thunder shaking the earth.  It felt like Nature was speaking, and she was both passionate and indomitable.  I loved it so much that when I was 6 or 7 and the thunderstorms were passing overhead at night, I started sleeping on a cot on the porch outside with the rain blowing onto my face, listening to the lullaby of booms and crackles filling the sky.  It's the only time you can really sense the enormity of the domed sky above and around you, and feel the power of the Earth's life force moving through your body with a wide spectrum of bass frequencies.

[Chronaut]

first, LA county's weather isn't quite so changeless as you let on . . . the adiabatic processes you seek can be found there without much wasted effort.

I lived there for five years, so I realize that there's a slightly cooler and occasionally windy season in the winter, and an occasional mild rain.  But it's still freakishly monotonous most of the time.  I suppose I could've traveled more to get my weather fix, but the rat race mentality out there has a way of sucking you in like the LaBrea tarpits; trying to take a vacation is like trying to escape from a black hole.

[nbirnes]

Precisely.  Where I grew up we had amazing thunderstorms in the summer:  blankets of hard rain with blue-white webs of lightning rippling through the clouds accompanied by booming thunder shaking the earth.  It felt like Nature was speaking, and she was both passionate and indomitable.  I loved it so much that when I was 6 or 7 and the thunderstorms were passing overhead at night, I started sleeping on a cot on the porch outside with the rain blowing onto my face, listening to the lullaby of booms and crackles filling the sky.  It's the only time you can really sense the enormity of the domed sky above and around you, and feel the power of the Earth's life force moving through your body with a wide spectrum of bass frequencies.

Beautifully said!

[TigerLily]

Unreal.  I know the area well, having been an S.D. denizen back in the day.  Used to go body-surfing off Moonlight Beach in Encinitas.  Then follow up with some Roberto's taquitos down in Del Mar.  Still miss it sometimes, but got priced out of the Cali coast long ago.  Hope you've battened down the hatches TL.

As for being off-topic.. btw, what is the topic in here anymore?  After what's happened my only topic of interest really is in Art's old shows.  I hope he's safe, and wish him well, and thank him for all the years of entertainment - but have lost interest in anything he may or may not do going forward.  Lots of other nice diversions out there I'd rather focus on these days.

Missed you, zeebo. It's been mainly nice at the MiTD thread. A lot of us who couldn't deal with here have been hanging out there. I know you have moved on but... From his Facebook:

.Art Bell
23 hrs ·
I would like to invite you all to look up Heather Wade here on Facebook and Friend her before she gets to her Facebook limit. Just look for the Alien head, that's her!
I also want to thank her for jumping in and holding the spot open while I try and figure things out, she is doing a fantastic job.
Art


Hope you stay in touch, zeeb