“Welcome to Florida,” the National Weather Service office in Los Angeles joked, warning Californians ahead of severe weather — probably one of the first times anyone has made a side-by-side comparison of the weather in the Golden State to that in the Sunshine State.

No, there’s not a hurricane barreling their way — and that’s actually one thing California has in common with Florida right now, even shortly after the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season.

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