Seasons typically divide a year into four parts (spring, summer, autumn, and winter). Weather is constantly changing throughout the year based on the current location of the sun in accordance to earth. The world relies on seasons to thrive, for instance, autumn is when nature shows its true beauty, bringing rain to quench the parched lips of summer. Although the changing of seasons may not be apparent in certain parts of the world, they are the key to human life. In “Something Uneasy in the Los Angeles Air,” Adrian Glick Kudler informs the public about Santa Ana winds in addition to introducing writers to back up her ideas.
It is imperative to have valid sources in informative articles to build up trust in the readers. Kudler introduces the thought of the Los Angeles season known as “Santa Ana” by borrowing the story “Red Winds” by the famous Raymond Chandler. “There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that
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Kudler shines light onto a specific storm pattern that ensues throughout the winters in Los Angeles by bringing in meteorologist Alexander Gershunov. “The record reveals patterns in the wind’s behavior. They follow ‘a well-defined diurnal cycle,’ says the paper, where they’re strongest in the morning ‘and decay to their minimum in the late afternoon.’ There more common in El Niño years” (117). The previous individuals Kudler has cited, are writers who used research to back up their claims; this time Kudler is using a certified meteorologist. Kudler uses the El Niño as a break to refrain from chatting about the Santa Ana winds, shining light on a different form of nature. This is a tactic aimed at refreshing the readers mind and giving them something else to think about. After briefly talking about the Los Angeles winters, Kudler later goes back to her discussion about the Santa Ana