The Weather in LA

by Mindy

The weather in Los Angles is totally different from what we have in Taiwan. While in the summer, it is usually hot and dry in Los Angeles, it is humid and we have many typhoons in Taiwan.

The sun is always shining, the sky is blue, and there are barely any clouds in the sky. These were some thoughts about the weather when I first came here, but during my stay in UCLA in the past two weeks I have a different thought about it. There is something I really can’t get used to, the drop of the temperature at night. When I want to go out in a hot summer day in Taiwan, I don’t need to bring a jacket. However, during my stay in Los Angeles, I will need to bring my jacket with me whenever go out for some activities because not only the night time but also in the shade is really cold.
 

In Taiwan, instead of bringing a jacket whenever leaving the room, we should bring an umbrella everywhere. No matter how good the weather may be in the morning, the weather can suddenly change in the afternoon. It will start pouring and this is what we should we aware of, afternoon thunderstorms. Nevertheless, afternoon thundershowers aren’t the worst part in summer, typhoons are. Though we are happy that may be able to get a day off, typhoons cause lots of damage, such as landslides. Every time when there is a typhoon strike Taiwan, people living in the mountains must leave their hometown or else the landslides might bury them. Last week, when the Typhoon Matmo occurred, something worse even happened. An airplane crashed because of the air turbulence after the typhoon and caused 48 people dead and 10 people injured.
 

I really like the weather in summer here in Los Angeles. Though it is a little bit too hot, it is dry so that I won’t sweat easily.