Know that to some of us here in the "Great Pacific Northwet" (spelling intended), rain, gloom and bad weather is considered a means for persuading Californians that they do not belong here.
Unfortunately it doesn't always work the intended way. I've seen good conservatives retreat from our nasty climate back to the State of Nuts and Flakes, and far too many liberals here become Micro$oft millionaire$. (From which perspective, having become fabulously wealthy themselves, they think all of the rest of us are also fabulously wealthy and can support outrageously high taxes).
*nods sagely, grins*
... Hey - I thought you were going to bed!