84 &*(&*)ing degrees in January 1-18-2011

I live in the southern california desert so this is not necessarily unusual for my region. There have been years when it was 80 degrees on Christmas but then the weather went dreary and cold until February. The weather here is like nowhere else in the world.Thank you for your response.

Try as I might I cannot send good weather to the midwest in mid January. That is beyond even my powers. But you like I, have the near magical power to move. Minnesota, though it can be beautiful in all her seasons, should be an abandoned burg when the snow starts to blow up there. You would think folks would migrate like intelligent mammals when the cold weather comes on! I am teasing you. I am originally from the midwest too, though I only lived there until I was 2. I however have not seen a white Christmas in 29 of my 36 years and I must say, I may be nostalgic for the look and the novelty of all that snow, but shoveling it, managing it, and driving in it is a miserable trial of endurance. I'll take my blazingly hot summers and super mild winters thank you very much!

I was actually sweating my butt off today while weeding in my garden, and boy is my garden perky after the rains last week and week before and 3 days of bright sunshiny weather. I doubt temps in the 90's in January means the world is going to end. At least I hope not! LOL It's just crazy to be listening to stories about Hotlanta and other places digging their way out of snow on the east coast while on the West we are setting records for our high temps.