weather in Los Angeles and Florida

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One of the little differences between California and Florida is the weather.
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Today we are under a “Severe Wind” warning. What the heck does that mean? In Florida we were always under “Thunderstorm” warnings or “Tornado” warnings” or “Torrential Freakin’ Downpour” warnings. I don’t really know what to do to prepare for “Severe Wind”. I wore a hat.
Here’s a list of interesting characters that have been within five feet of me in the last two weeks:

• Bruce Willis
• Paula Abdul
• Seal
• Bob Dylan
• and the girl who plays Ava Savalot on the 1-800-Collect commercials (I can never remember her name …)