Warm weather
Some seasons are worth melting for.
If this hot weather isn’t killing your vibe, then you obviously are not cut out for sweater weather. Power outages, broken air conditioners and sunburns in September make fall seem, well, less fall-ish.
For weeks, the triple digit temperatures have plagued Orange County, consequently making the transition into the fall season feel like a transition into summer part two.
“Whenever I go into my car I feel like Hansel and Gretel, baking in an oven,” said junior Kayleigh Hartigan. “I want to do cute fall things like buy Pumpkin Spice Lattes, bundle up in a Snuggie and watch a movie, but that’s not an option.”
Despite that there aren’t many leaves on the ground, the fall season is highly anticipated by Californians. Everything from the chilly (if you consider 65 degrees to be chilly), hot chocolate-worthy weather, the holidays spent with family and friends and the endless decorations — this season has everything we love.
“I love fall because it finally starts to get colder, usually,” Hartigan said. “Every fall, my family carves pumpkins outside and makes hot chocolate so I hope we can actually make it outside without our pumpkins melting and our hot chocolate being 300 degrees.”
However it’s pretty difficult to get excited for fall when it feels like it will never come. The anticipation for this year certainly dwindles.
“I’m not even that excited for fall anymore because of this weather,” said junior Kellie Turcios. “I drove past Trader Joes and they had pumpkins but I couldn’t even get excited because it’s just so hot.”
It’s unfortunate that Pumpkin Spice Lattes, cozy Uggs and big sweaters can’t be enjoyed the way they should, but say your prayers, kids. We need God to shed a tear sooner or later so that SoCal gets some rain.
“The fun of fall is dressing the part — all the greys, blacks and maroons, all the cardigans coats and boots,” said junior Vargas Muzzy. “I want it to rain because I can’t wear my coats and boots when it’s 80 degrees. Plus everyone has a great time in the rain, especially Californians.”
Thankfully, there’s hope. A measurable El Nino is forecasted for this upcoming fall and winter. El Nino occurs anywhere from every two to seven years, bringing rainstorms right to the equatorial Pacific area. So before California dries up for good, El Nino will hopefully kick start the cold weather we have all been anticipating and fall will be underway.
“El Nino is a time for mucho rain,” said math teacher Jake Kremer. “Two El Nino’s ago, I had my 10th birthday at an Angel game. It started to rain hard and eventually even hail came down early in the game.”
But there is one question that the weather man can’t answer: when will it start to feel like fall? It is time for this summer heat to bid farewell so that all the quirks of fall can be properly enjoyed.
“There’s an ABC Fall Movie marathon thing happening soon and all I want to do is get into a Snuggie, lay with my dog on my lap with some hot chocolate hearing the rain outside, but I can’t do that if it’s 100 degrees in my house,” Hartigan said.
