San Diego Storms get no Respect until they Hit New York

San Diego Winter Problem #7: Our Problems aren't Problems until they are Your Problems

Polar Vortex II, January 2015

I know that I've said that it never happens, but it actually does. Occasionally a real storm will pass through San Diego. Yes, usually at night when we are all asleep, but waking up to a damp driveway with a few scattered palm fronds and a tipped-over trash can will certainly make oneself think twice about turning down that flood insurance.  

Anyway, we get zero respect for going through these "San Diego Storm Watch" events. In fact, people make fun of them. Laugh at us. However, we are like the proverbial Canary in the Coalmine. Winter storms generally move from West to East, hitting us first before making their way across the United States.  


I can not tell you how many times I have and friends make fun of "our little storm", just to watch the National News polar vortex storm of the century coverage a few days later when the same little front hits Denver, Chicago, New York, and the rest of the Eastern Seaboard.  It is major news. Schools close. People hunker down. Power goes out. The National Guard is called in. The governor calls for a State of Emergency. This is "now" serious! 

And, we were trying to warn you!