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Not my experience at all. I've lived in Marin county for 30 years, and this doesn't feel like anything extreme. I can recall many, many similar heat waves in my life. My bet is that the bay area has many micro-climates, and people's experiences can differ wildly. It's hard to extrapolate a trend from this kind of anecdota.

Edit: The summer rain/thunderstorm we had yesterday, now that is rare.

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"There would be five or six wet and wonderful years when there might be nineteen to twenty-five inches of rain, and the land would shout with grass. Then would come six or seven pretty good years of twelve to sixteen inches of rain. And then the dry years would come, and sometimes there would be only seven or eight inches of rain... And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way."

Whenever Californians talk about whether I'm reminded of this Steinbeck quote.

East of Eden, the most convincing account of what if feels like to have lived in Northern/Central California, even if just for the description of the land. For those who haven't read it, please do. It's a tale that will never really leave you.

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