December 7, 2006
stay classy, chapel hill
I'll be heading out to San Diego tomorrow, but I'll be back on Tuesday.
Ron Burgundy: Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means a whale's vagina.
Veronica Corningstone: No, there's no way that's correct.
Ron Burgundy: I'm sorry, I was trying to impress you. I don't know what it means. I'll be honest, I don't think anyone knows what it means anymore. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.
Veronica Corningstone: Doesn't it mean Saint Diego?
Ron Burgundy: No. No.
Veronica Corningstone: No, that's - that's what it means. Really.
Ron Burgundy: Agree to disagree.
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Gracelyn
We could have shared the same water supply!!! :[ Hahaha.
What part of San Diego are you moving to?
boogiesan
San Diego was initially inhabited by Native American Indians who lived mostly along the coast and in the river valleys. In 1542, Joao Rodriquez Cabrillo, a Portuguese navigator, sailing under the Spanish flag, became the first European to set foot in what is now San Diego. He and his crew landed off of Point Loma and claimed the land for the Spanish crown. He named the bay, San Miguel, and described it as a good and peaceful port, but without potential for settlement. In 1603, Don Sebastian Vizcaino, a Spanish explorer, rediscovered the bay and renamed it San Diego in honor of San Diego de Alcala, his favorite saint. Vizcaino emphasized to the new Spanish government, which was in Mexico City, that the area should be settled immediately. But his superiors had a priority to explore other areas first and the San Diego area was forgotten again for another 166 years. In 1769, a Franciscan priest, named Father Junipero Serra, arrived in San Diego. Father Serra had built several missions in what is now known as Baja California, in order to promote his cause, which was to Christianize the Indians and teach them the word of God. He built the first of 21 missions in California and called them Mission San Diego de Alcala. In 1821, Mexico obtained its independence from Spain and thus, California became part of Mexico. During this period, San Diego became a major trading center. In 1830, the U.S. government, noting the prosperity and richness of this new area, offered to purchase California from Mexico for $50,000, an offer which Mexico rejected. This, along with a similar dispute over the denial of Mexico to sell Texas to the U.S., prompted the U.S> to declare war on Mexico in 1846 known as the Mexican/American war. The outcome of the war was that the U.S. successfully took over California along with Arizona and New Mexico. In 1850, California became the 31st state. A few years later, Alonzo Horton, a San Francisco businessman arrived in San Diego. He had the foresight to relocate the city closer to the harbor and developed the area now known as downtown San Diego. At the same time, city leaders set aside approximately 1,400 acres of land to create a major municipal park similar to Central park in New York. This land is now called Balboa Park and has become the second largest municipal park in the U.S.
Climate: San Diego has one of the best climates in the world. The average year-round temperature is 72 F (23 C) and the change of temperature on any given day is never more than 20 F. The average temperature along the coast in the summer is 78 F (25 C) and about 64 F (18 C) in the winter. San Diego never gets too hot, although, a unique weather phenomenon in San Diego called "Santa Ana", can occur during the fall months. These are dry hot winds which blow east from the desert creating very hot and clear weather conditions. Generally they last 2-3 days. San Diego is considered a semi-arid area, very dry due to the lack of rain. The average rainfall in San Diego is 10 inches per year and most of which occurs from November to late March. Some of the cloudiest months occur in May and June (notably called "May Gray" and "June Gloom"). During these two months, the areas along the coast are generally somewhat foggy during the morning hours. The clouds usually dissipate by noon. The ocean temperature in San Diego averages 70 F (21 C) in the summer and 56 F (14 C) in the winter. In addition, if you are an avid skier, the nearest ski slope is located 2.5 hours away by car.
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