Originally Posted By: hikermor
It is not surprising that the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce does not widely publicize this event. In the event of a recurrence, I, for one, would beat feet to the beach - 0.9 of a mile and 200 feet downhill all the way from my residence - and jump into the water. Water temps in the Santa Barbara Channel peak at about 60 degrees in the fall and range downward from that during the rest of the year.

I appreciated reading your reference from the UCSB Geography Department casting some very reasonable doubt of the severity of this event.

You and every person within the blast radius of the event. At least you could avoid the parking nightmare.

133, huh? Doable, but I'd really like to acclimate to that first!! A 50 degree spike in temp would be a heck of an event.