<html><body> <DIV>Well, I live across the Bay.  I actually think last winter was warmer.  We had a fair  number of  days with highs in the 40s in San Francisco and San Mateo County (maybe they have better weather in the Oakland hills). The big difference is the lack of  rain, especially given the fact that this is an El Nino year - which usually means we are going to have a wet winter. SR</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: joanna <123hop@comcast.net> <BR><BR>> This is the first winter I've swum through, in an outdoor pool. Every <BR>> single day, an hour a day. <BR>> <BR>> Temperatures dropped into the fifties once in a while, but mostly they <BR>> stayed around 60 this winter. We had an early spring and temperatures <BR>> have been in the mid to high sixties for a couple of weeks now. <BR>> <BR>> It's nice except when you think about it in a larger context. <BR>> <BR>> Joanna <BR>> <BR>> Oakland, California. <BR>> <BR>> ___________________________________ <BR>> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>