<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/magazine/winter-2005/weather-tested-westmont.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Weather-Tested at Westmont</title><excerpt>The rain in Spain may stay mainly on the plain, but in Santa Barbara it knows no such restrictions. At least not this year. Like most of the West Coast, Santa Barbara has received a significant amount of rainfall, especially in the weeks just after Christmas. Personally, I’m not one to complain about rain in Santa Barbara. In the first place, we need it. But second, I think it’s rather good when humans have to bend to weather, rather than the reverse. This may be a quirk left over from New England. But I think it’s slightly theological.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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