For example, there shouldn't be temperatures of 87 degrees on the coast of California near San Francisco like I experienced today. The temperature should be between about 60 to 71 or 72 at most. The night time temperature was pretty high for this time of year at around 56 as well.
When I was in Kauai it was incredibly humid but at least most people including us had air conditioning so I was okay in 80 to 90 degree temperatures with full humidity because on Kauai it is the rainiest place on earth in some sections with over 600 inches of rain per year.
But, Maui especially on Lahaina side is dry which is why kings lived there on this island because you don't get foot rot on bare feet on dry sides of the islands in the old days and it isn't raining monsoon rains all the time and washing you into the sea like can happen on the road to Hana. I have experienced the "almost being pushed into the sea in my Ford Window van with my whole family" so I can tell you this happens if you aren't very careful when it rains there on the Road to Hana from Kahului where the airport is.
So, one reason the fires have been so bad is we are having temperatures in the 90s in places like Gilroy or Carmel Valley with a fire on High way 68 near York School yesterday of 30 acres as well.
So, the high dry temperatures with no real rain so far this season is why fires are taking off along with high winds all over the state.
So, the temperatures I should have seen (in a normal year when I have traveled there about every year or 2 since around 2005 with my family shouldn't have been over 84 degrees anywhere and the lows should have been at least down to 70 to 71 degrees around 6 am
Instead I never saw a temperature on either island below 74 degrees even at 6 am in the morning which tells me that not only California but Hawaii is also in trouble from global warming as well.
Then when waves were crashing over onto the road I was driving back to kahului for my flight home I also realized that road is going to have to be lifted 5 to 10 feet over the years because of rising seas and global warming (and this is on the lee side of the island that gets the least winds!
However, there is hope of some rains or drizzle at least by Thursday here in California.
Whereas everywhere on Hawaii and it's islands it usually rains a little every single day which is why there are so many rainbows in the Hawaiian islands which helps make it the magical place it is.
If you are above 70 to 75 degrees out in the rain (if you are dressed for it) it isn't a problem in Hawaii almost ever. So, this is why so many walk around in bathing suits and T-shirts and thongs (beach walkers) on their feet. This way if it rains you are dressed for it.(which it tends to a little every day everywhere) or more.
NOTE: The coldest time of year here on the northern California coast tends to be around Thanksgiving. After that cloud cover often keeps the temperatures higher until around February when it starts warming up again. But, traditionally the end of October and all of November things are cooling down here on the coast of Northern California
However, outside here on the ocean it was 84 to 87 degrees and into the 90s and beyond inland. So, as you can see this is not a normal anything but completely about Global warming.
But, the coldest time of year often is June or July therefore with December and January often being the 2nd or the first coldest depending upon the year. But, we feel the cold the most around Thanksgiving because this is usually the biggest temperature adjustment of the year and the 2nd biggest adjustment to cold is when the fog comes in in June and stays here on the coast pretty much until August lately (even though it used to be ONLY the June Glooms) before Global Warming.
Then sometime between NOvember and February we often get 100 mile per hour winds off the ocean and lose power for 3 days to a week or more from that where I live. So, this last year I bought a 5 horsepower generator on wheels so i can roll it around to wherever I need it. It will give enough power for everything in my house, even though I usually mostly use it for the refrigerator a couple of lights, the WIFI and TV. Because hooking up our heating system to it seemed a little iffy. But I do have a fireplace to keep warm with also.
A generator isn't the best thing to hook electric heaters too because they draw too much power for most generators to keep up with. So, you need a gas stove in power outages if you get very many of them over the years. Also natural gas cooks more evenly than electric anyway. Just make sure you have one you can light with a match if you need to without a built in electric sparker. It needs to be able to light when no electricity is present.
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