Bay Area Weather

[ZVQ]

Originally Posted by GTR22

Don't call it Frisco!

Why not? What's the big deal!!! Everyone in Chicago calls your town Frisco just as we call Cincinnati Cincy or Philadelphia Philly. It's just a slang term and nothing personal.

[GTR22]

Think of it this way every calls Chicago Chi-town but the locals hate it. Its the same here Frisco is an outsider term and locals don't like it. Its usually San Fran, The City, SFC, or the 415, the Bay, or Yay Area in terms of pride for the area from the locals

http://www.journalism.sfsu.edu/www/p...11/Frisco.html

seeing you are a local, you should be aware of this; don't want people thinking you are a tourist

[Ichiban]

Don't forget the 'Sco

[surrill]

Originally Posted by ZVQ

Why not? What's the big deal!!! Everyone in Chicago calls your town Frisco just as we call Cincinnati Cincy or Philadelphia Philly. It's just a slang term and nothing personal.

youll have to excuse san franciscans.....they are VERY VERY particular......

[krudmonk]

Originally Posted by surrill

youll have to excuse san franciscans.....they are VERY VERY particular......

Yes, they prefer a bland and pompous term like "The City" over an established and unique one like "Frisco."

[lawmann]

Originally Posted by surrill

youll have to excuse san franciscans.....they are VERY VERY particular......

To me they are also over-sensitive, being a Gay town and all. Back here in Los Angeles we use the nickname of LA all the time. We also use Tinsel Town and La La Land as other affectionate nicknames.

[GTR22]

I wasn't trying to stir anything or try to appear as a snob. I'm just telling the guy locals disprove of Frisco and for whatever reason... I don't call it that, usually just San Francisco; no point in calling it the City unless im somewhere outside of it. Anyways other Bay Area nicknames (not sure how the locals feel bout these)

Vallejo: Valley-joe
San Mateo: Matty-o
San Jose: San-ho
Oakland: Oaktown, the O
Richmond: The Rich
Daly City: DC
East Palo Alto: EPA

Krudmonk, how do you feel about San-ho?

And lawmann, its just a SF vs LA rivalry that will never end, both cities hate each other.....and LA isn't much of a nickname just an abbreviation. But LA has nice nicknames. City of Angels comes to mind

[edsg25]

Originally Posted by ZVQ

Why not? What's the big deal!!! Everyone in Chicago calls your town Frisco just as we call Cincinnati Cincy or Philadelphia Philly. It's just a slang term and nothing personal.

I'm a Chicagoan. We call it San Francisco. I don't know anyone who says Frisco. San Fran you're going to hear occasionaly and certainly headlines and other writing, SF. Not Frisco.

I fully embrace the legacy of Herb Caen: Don't call it Frisco.

[edsg25]

Originally Posted by GTR22

I wasn't trying to stir anything or try to appear as a snob. I'm just telling the guy locals disprove of Frisco and for whatever reason... I don't call it that, usually just San Francisco; no point in calling it the City unless im somewhere outside of it. Anyways other Bay Area nicknames (not sure how the locals feel bout these)

Vallejo: Valley-joe
San Mateo: Matty-o
San Jose: San-ho
Oakland: Oaktown, the O
Richmond: The Rich
Daly City: DC
East Palo Alto: EPA

Krudmonk, how do you feel about San-ho?

And lawmann, its just a SF vs LA rivalry that will never end, both cities hate each other.....and LA isn't much of a nickname just an abbreviation. But LA has nice nicknames. City of Angels comes to mind

i take it Beserkly doesn't count.

[GTR22]

Apparently San Fran is also looked down on, and I guess an arguemnt can be Frisco is a city in TX, something The City doesn't want to be associated with?

Oh another nickname I forgot:

South San Francisco: South City

[GTR22]

Originally Posted by edsg25

i take it Beserkly doesn't count.

Never heard that one, I always hear Berkeley, or Cal but that usually refers to UCB

[krudmonk]

Originally Posted by GTR22

Krudmonk, how do you feel about San-ho?

People here use it all the time, which is why "Frisco" makes total sense.

[ZVQ]

Originally Posted by edsg25

I'm a Chicagoan. We call it San Francisco. I don't know anyone who says Frisco. San Fran you're going to hear occasionaly and certainly headlines and other writing, SF. Not Frisco.

I fully embrace the legacy of Herb Caen: Don't call it Frisco.

I only wanted to comment on the great weather out here and nothing else. Boy, dId I start something!!! A lot of people in the upper and lower midWest use Frisco and it may date back to the late 1800s when people were heading out west to look for gold and they either couldn't pronounce San Francisco or couldn't remember or spell it because it was such a long word. I've seen western movies where they say Frisco and also in gangster movies of the 1930s. I just saw an old movie called THE CARPETBAGGERS starring George Peppard which takes place in the 1920s and 30s and Frisco was used several times.

[ETOA906]

There's been many movie titles with Frisco in it
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=frisco

[surrill]

Originally Posted by GTR22

Krudmonk, how do you feel about San-ho?

now a days we call it "The Zae", "The Tank" or "The Joe" but san jo is still ok

[Animo]

By Lori Preuitt

A wacky winter-like weather pattern continued to hover over the Bay Area Tuesday. Most of us woke up to cloudy skies and wet roads.

The NBC Bay Area weather department says the latest system over Northern California will bring more scattered rain tonight that will linger into early the early Wednesday commute.

There is also a rare mid-May Sierra Winter Storm Warning in effect through Wednesday morning in and around Tahoe. Several inches of snow could fall near 5,000 feet with more than a foot predicted for the higher summits.

Forecasters blame the weird weather on a La Nina weather pattern which has already produced many extremes this spring.

Chief Meteorologist Jeff Ranieri said we will have more rain over the current four day period then we normally see in the entire month of May, with temperatures 10-15 degrees below average.

And if the weather pattern NBC Bay Area meteorologist Rob Mayeda posted Tuesday morning is right, we should keep the umbrellas handy. It shows the chance of rain will continue to Memorial Day weekend. The heat of the summer isn't expected until the first of June.

[Animo]

(05-31) 14:46 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- June is upon us, some kids are already out of school, and beaches and water parks are beckoning. But cool Canadian air will sweep across the Bay Area for at least the next week, forecasters said Tuesday, extending this unusually chilly spring.

More rain is expected, too, with a chance of showers today and Friday, followed by an almost-certain downpour Saturday. Temperatures will continue to hover in the 60s in most places.

"No summer yet," said Steve Anderson of the National Weather Service. "We're just locked in a cool pattern on the West Coast, while the Midwest is locked in a thunderstorm-tornado scenario. But I would take cool temperatures rather than mile-wide tornadoes destroying my town anytime."

If Bay Area residents feel slighted by a spring that lacked for warmth, Anderson said, that's because they were. In San Francisco, Oakland and Santa Rosa, among other cities, average temperatures in May were at their lowest in 12 years.

How unusual is this week's pattern? San Francisco, on average, sees 0.13 of an inch of rain in June. "If the current forecast is on track," Anderson said, "we could see double that on Saturday."

Among those hoping for a turnaround are operators of businesses that depend on sunshine, like the California Splash waterslide park in Pleasanton, which opened Saturday for weekend use and will go to a seven-day-a-week schedule June 10.

"I'm hoping. I'm optimistic. I can't believe California is having this weather and New York is having 90-degree days," said California Splash administrator Jane Jones. "It definitely hurts the park. People will picnic but won't spend money because of the weather."

However, she added, "the kids never get cold. They just don't care."

Hikers and campers are also looking for a respite. In Yosemite National Park, there's still no estimate for when the main access route from the east, Tioga Road, will be cleared of snow. In recent years it has opened as early as April 29 and as late as July 1.

If the weather is a bane for some businesses, it's been a boon for others. Tahoe ski resorts including Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows and Sugar Bowl recently announced that they will be open for the July 4 weekend. And runoff from a heavy snowpack is fueling a big season for Northern California white-water enthusiasts.

Amelia Richmond, a spokeswoman for Squaw Valley, said the resort hopes to open five high-elevation lifts from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 2, 3 and 4. She said the holiday opening is Squaw's fourth since 1960, and follows its biggest seasonal snowfall since at least 1970.

Skiers are likely to encounter the granular "corn snow" that develops with cycles of freezing and melting.

"It's not slushy or sticky, but slidy," Richmond said. "I know, I sound like a kindergarten teacher."

Although her employer had a great year, Richmond admitted, "Personally, I'm ready for some sunshine."

E-mail Demian Bulwa at dbulwa@sfchronicle.com.



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[612bv3]

The last few days have been really really hot. I'm starting to miss the weather we had a few weeks ago.

[Animo]

Originally Posted by 612bv3

The last few days have been really really hot. I'm starting to miss the weather we had a few weeks ago.

I'm lovin' it! It finally feels like summer and this is nothing compared to the heat in Southern Europe. Hehe.

[612bv3]

It's the end of June and it rained. I can't remember if that ever happened before.