Re: CHAT: Our opinions of what can be called 'winter' (was: OT: Merry Christmas!)

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:48:39 -0600, Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> wrote:

> Not necessarily.  I grew up thinking of seasons *only* as elements of
> time, since southeast Texas really only has two primary kinds of weather
> (hot and wet, cool and dry) with brief transitional periods.
>
Same here. With California's wet/dry cycle and the cool to chilly
weather we typically have, the "four seasons" are only elements of
time. The traditional four seasons have no real meaning to me. Which
is of course why it amuses me when people from strict four seasons
areas say we have no "real seasons". Yes we do, we have the wet season
and the dry season.