Subject: Re: Just Three Months Ago
No it isn't. The Santa Ana winds have been a thing forever.

The Santa Ana winds have been there forever, but the causal elements have not:

Two incredibly wet years causing extreme shrub growth (with high creosote content- lovely)….

Followed by one unseasonably hot and dry season that dried out everything and lasted longer than normal.

“Normal” as a descriptor of weather patterns is an increasingly abnormal term.