Re: Share a local picture and/or newstory thread

December 7, 2003

You must have nice weather there also do you ever get snow in that area?

That is a good article and glad you sent it. I don't know that much about California except the Terminator runs it now. Ha Ha

Bill

Share a local picture and/or newstory thread

I saw the picture from a local paper and thought it would be fun for each of us to share a picture from your localish paper and/or a story about the weather etc. Here is mine.

The picture is of Santa Barbara's annual Christmas Parade Friday. Notice the long sleeve t-shirts on the angels! It must be cold J

Here is an article on our current weather…and how it affects surfers!

Looking forward to seeing yours and getting to know a bit more about you.

Big waves have some surfers catching rides to hospital

12/7/03

By HILDY MEDINA

NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The anticipation of a huge swell out of the northwest drew hundreds of surfers to South Coast beaches Saturday in hopes of catching some of the biggest waves this winter.

But the anticipation -- some locals had been waiting all week for swells derived from a storm in Aleutians -- also resulted in crowded surf spots. And when the surfers did arrive at the shore, and met waves that Web sites suggested were making a beeline for the California coast, those waves sent some to the emergency room.

By 5:30 p.m., Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital had admitted six people with surfing-related injuries, according to the nursing supervisor. The injured arrived from across the South Coast, including surf spots at Hollister Ranch, Hendry's Beach near Goleta and Rincon at the Ventura County line.

One of those injured was Souza, who cooled his heels for more than three hours at Cottage's emergency waiting room to have his badly bruised left eye looked at.

One nurse came out of the ER and said, "(the surfers) said the waves were great."

But local surfer (and News-Press correspondent) Becky Freeman, who surfed at Devereux, said the waves weren't as big as she had expected.

More than 100 surfers crowded Devereux on Saturday morning and made surfing rather hazardous, she said.

"I saw a couple of collisions," she said. "There were way too many people at this spot."

A strong low-pressure system coming from the outer ocean created 8-foot to 11-foot waves along western Santa Barbara and San Obispo County beaches, according to the National Weather Service forecaster based in Oxnard.

"Surf is expected to gradually diminish in all areas overnight," he added.

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"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. And one thing it takes to accomplish something is courage." Walt Disney

December 8, 2003

Yeah, we get snow…on the

mountaintops about once every three years *laugh*

I saw it once, when I was a kid. Just

enough for snowballs and a small snowman.

The weather is good. In fact, years

ago my grandfather moved here as a young teenager because of the weather.

To make a long story shorter, my great-grandfather lived in Cicero before the

Mafia moved in. He was head of the Juvenile Hall so Capone’s guys made

friends with him. When my grandfather started getting severe asthma, they

paid to move him to Florida every winter, and then later to live with his aunt

in Santa Barbara all year because of our weather.

It’s a big deal here when it hits

near freezing in winter or over 100 degrees for more than a day during summer.

I have some great mob stories, about the “good”

side if you could call it that.

And now you know a little bit more about

California

Drew

P.S. I don’t know why the

article said Hendry’s beach is near Goleta, because it’s not at

all. It’s in S.B. In this area, that fact is a big deal even

if it’s only a matter of 7 miles!

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" When you're curious, you find lots

of interesting things to do. And one thing it takes to accomplish something is

courage. "

Walt Disney

Re: Share a

local picture and/or newstory thread

You must have nice weather there also do you ever get snow

in that area?

That is a good article and glad you sent it. I don't know

that much about California except the Terminator runs it now. Ha Ha

Bill

Share

a local picture and/or newstory thread

I saw the picture from a local paper and thought it would be fun for

each of us to share a picture from your localish paper and/or a story about the

weather etc. Here is mine.

The picture is of Santa Barbara's annual Christmas Parade Friday.

Notice the long sleeve t-shirts on the angels! It must be cold J

Here is an article on our current weather…and how it affects

surfers!

Looking forward to seeing yours and getting to know a bit more about

you.

Big waves have some surfers catching rides to hospital

12/7/03

By HILDY MEDINA

NEWS-PRESS

STAFF WRITER

The

anticipation of a huge swell out of the northwest drew hundreds of surfers to

South Coast beaches Saturday in hopes of catching some of the biggest waves

this winter.

But the

anticipation -- some locals had been waiting all week for swells derived from a

storm in Aleutians -- also resulted in crowded surf spots. And when the surfers

did arrive at the shore, and met waves that Web sites suggested were making a

beeline for the California coast, those waves sent some to the emergency room.

By 5:30

p.m., Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital had admitted six people with

surfing-related injuries, according to the nursing supervisor. The injured

arrived from across the South Coast, including surf spots at Hollister Ranch,

Hendry's Beach near Goleta and Rincon at the Ventura County line.

One of

those injured was Souza, who cooled his heels for more than three

hours at Cottage's emergency waiting room to have his badly bruised left eye

looked at.

One nurse

came out of the ER and said, " (the surfers) said the waves were

great. "

But local

surfer (and News-Press correspondent) Becky Freeman, who surfed at Devereux,

said the waves weren't as big as she had expected.

More than

100 surfers crowded Devereux on Saturday morning and made surfing rather

hazardous, she said.

" I

saw a couple of collisions, " she said. " There were way too many

people at this spot. "

A strong

low-pressure system coming from the outer ocean created 8-foot to 11-foot waves

along western Santa Barbara and San Obispo County beaches, according to

the National Weather Service forecaster based in Oxnard.

" Surf

is expected to gradually diminish in all areas overnight, " he added.

----

" When you're curious, you find lots

of interesting things to do. And one thing it takes to accomplish something is

courage. "

Walt Disney

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December 8, 2003

I take my hat off to all you that live in warm area's. I alway's look forward to getting our monthly heating bill during the winter because I know they will average at least 200 to 300 dollars.

I was wondering did you see several years ago on TV when Geraldo thought he found Capone's vault in Chicago. I was dumb enough to watch that whole thing.

Does the warm weather there ever mess with your MS? We went to Disney World in Florida last April and I wasn't too smart and stayed too long in the sun watching there daily Disney Parade. It took me about 6 weeks before I could get out of a wheelchair. I was really worried I would have to stay in a wheelchair forever. Thank goodness it was a temporary thing. That was my first time to Disney World and we enjoyed it a lot.

Here is a photo of us at Disney World, we were having breakfast with the Disney Characters. My parents live in Florida during the winter so we stayed with them and they went to Disney World with us. I am the one holding the video camera.

Here is a photo from the Parade that day. Even with my troubles with my MS I really enjoyed the visit to Disney World and would easily go back again. My 5 year old was at the perfect age to visit that place

Well my wife just came down to tell me our water bed has a leak so we need to help get it drained. We have had that bed since 1988 and have had good luck with it not leaking. Judy say's she has patched it several times and it is not staying. I guess it is time to get a new mattress. See ya later.

Bill (Indiana)