I think a lot of snowbirds just don’t get it, and perhaps some of the natives — who should all know better — simply don’t want to get it.

If you do get it, please don’t take offense. However, I work at a job that brings me into contact with far more transplants than is probably good for me, considering how I feel about the depredations wrought on their behalfs by the developers. Lately, I’ve been hearing variations on the theme of, “Isn’t this beautiful weather, finally! All that rain…”

Well, folks, all that rain wasn’t, really. Over the past 10 days we’ve had just about the last experience of rain in any volume that we’ll have until May or so — and that’s if we’re lucky and the rainy season doesn’t decide to do a scarper next year too. “All That Rain” amounted to about 2.5 inches, and it was all along the coast.

Now, all along the coast may make your lawn look good for a few days, may make your water-gobbling exotic trees and grass happy — temporarily — but it means zip, nada, bupkis. Continue reading →