"March Comes In"

In the name of keeping my New Years Resolution to do at least one blog entry every day, I am now going to talk about the weather (but I’m not going to do anything about it). The image at left represents this year’s version of the old cliché “March comes in like a lion…”, at least as far as Central and Southern California is concerned. After a “Pineapple Express” storm two days ago that started later than forecast, ended earlier than forecast, dumped just as much rain as forecast and made for the warmest overnight low (53°F) of the winter in my personal neckofthewoods*, it’s clear and a little chilly (35 overnight, not yet up to 50 at 9AM), and there’s a forecast for a more normal storm to move down from the Specific Northwest in a day or so. Therefore, this March has come in like Snagglepuss, who, in addition to being probably the gayest Hanna-Barbera cartoon character ever (and I don’t want anybody telling me stories of Quick Draw McGraw and Ricochet Rabbit “going Brokeback”), also is known for his theatrical (“Exit Stage Left!”) departures.

As for the February that just passed, the less said the better, so I’m going to say a lot about it. Since Groundhog Day is the second day of February, is it supposed to come in like a Groundhog? And if March comes in like a Lion, does February go out like a Groundhog being eaten by a Lion? All I know is, in my neckofthewoods*, we went from a record Daytime High temp for a February of over 90F to a record Nighttime Low for February of 30F in just over a week. I think we should just stop referring to any developing climate change as “Global Warming” (because, after all, if the creator of Jurassic Park doesn’t believe in Global Warming, why should anybody?) and call it what it really is Global Weirding. Heavens to Murgatroyd!
*Soon to be featured in a totally seperate blog, which will NOT be called myneckofthewoods.com.