August 28, 2007
Where We Whine About The Weather
A warm spell is rolling into the Bay Area -- so it's time for our perennial post complaining about how much we haaaaaaate it when it's hot. Bring back the fog! Bring back the fog!
So it's going to be stiflingly hot for the next few days (yes, we know, it's not as bad as it is in every other part of the country, but that's why we don't live in those other parts of the country) -- but in happier news for the hoodie-loving crowd, it'll at least be significantly cooler in SF today and tomorrow (possibly up to 30 degrees cooler) than the East or South Bay. It's also expected to cool down in time for the Labor Day weekend.
With the heat wave, along with our whining about the heat also comes a Spare The Air free transit announcement. Yay, hot weather AND crowded trains! Naw, seriously, don't drive if you can avoid it. (The hot weather makes us a little cranky.)
Do note, however, that this time, BART, Caltrain, ACE trains, and the ferries are only giving free rides until 1 p.m. We understand that it's supposed to cut down on the ruffians. (MUNI buses and light rails, however, will remain free (and ruffian-stuffed) all day.)
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When does anyone pay to ride MUNI? Hint: Just enter the back door on a bus and if you need to take the MUNI train, ride a "free" bus until you get to an above ground stop and then enter any door except for the first one.
Either that or pretend that you don't speak English and just push everyone out of the way. Bags of smell fish will help lessen the need for physical violence too.
Spare the Air indeed. Have you smelled a MUNI bus on these days? Some people commute to work by car; I get to commute by mobile homeless shelter.
"that's why we don't live in those other parts of the country"
totally.
Also just now: quake. 3.0ish.
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grrrrrrrreat idea. until you get asked to show your transfer/fare receipt and you get, last i checked, a $90 ticket. it can be up to $500!
also, if you don't pay for muni, you have NO right to complain about the people who do (especially by using stupid, racial stereotypes).
That was a very nice quake. Wish they could all be 3.0's. Or maybe a few 4.0's.
God, I haaaatttee it when it gets hot like this!! I just bought a new hoodie at american apparel today. When am i supposed to wear it now???
You are clearly a horrible person in need of temperature readjustment. The sub-70 temperatures we've been forced to endure all summer are an abomination. Finally, finally, finally, we can get some actual warm summer weather where I can put on a pair of shorts and not have my legs freeze off.
Weather should never, ever go below 70 degrees, not even with a note from it's doctor.
Gee, I was riding a crowded 24-Divis MUNI during that quake. That must count for something.
a discussion of unseasonal heat and transportation policy but not one mention of climate change or our collective transportation decisions' role in it.
Stop global warming! Plesae, I moved away from LA for a reason.
A few days of hot weather is fine. It'll be nice to get some use out of my summer clothes. (much nicer than the six month a year 100+ hellhole I hale from).
What is NOT fine is the firm I work in insisting on keeping the entire f**king building at a sub-zero temp. When it's this warm outside, I should NOT need a wool sweater.
Way to green it up, San Francisco. the one city where 99% of the time you don't need an air conditioner and every large office building keeps the air at "freeze" at all times.