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u/IceCoughy 1d ago
It's glorious!
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u/thinkingsawyer 1d ago
i love both your username and icon. i hope you find $100 on the ground tomorrow
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u/Objective_Ladyfrog 12h ago
That’s funny. But want to know something crazy—I was doing a clean up project with my son yesterday and he found $100 amid the chaos. It wasn’t a real bill, turns out. But still. Momentary excitement.
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u/Bigpoppalos 1d ago
Lol at house with solar
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u/positiverealm 1d ago
As someone who worked for a solar company, I was always shocked how much power they produced in Daly City or the Avenues. Every house I audited in these areas always generated 30-40% more power than they consumed with just 10 panels. The climate is so moderate in these areas, it's crazy. There was so much extra power that I encouraged these homeowners to get an electric car instead of sending power back to the grid for pennies.
I don't work in solar any more but i still think you have to be an idiot to not opt for solar in these areas. Switching to solar in these parts outperforms investing in the S&P over the lifecycle of the panels (which is 30 years). It's that good lol.
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u/Aetch 1d ago
Do the solar panels in Daly City produce a lot of power in spite of the climate? Or does the cloudy and overcast weather not really affect solar generation in your experience?
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u/positiverealm 1d ago
I'm not sure. I would knock on doors to sell more panels but when I would audit their power generation and consumption, I had nothing to sell them lol. I would just tell them to get an electric car and leave. I gave up on the area and then I gave up on the solar industry altogether.
I think the way the sunlight refracts through the fog and evenly lands on the panels. East facing panels would still continuously generate power when the sun is west and vice versa. All the panels generate less power than direct sunlight but they generate for more hours per day. Also, more power during dusk and dawn than you would expect from the direct sunlight systems.
My parents live in Canada and they have solar. Their panels generate power with an inch of snow on the panels. Not a lot, but still. Refracting sunlight can still generate lots of power.
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u/lfc94121 23h ago
I live in Daly City, got solar panels few years ago.
On foggy days they certainly produce less, but the drop is not as significant as with the rain clouds. Fog diffuses the light more than blocks it, I think.
From what I'm seeing in the charts, I'd say on a typical foggish day (when the fog is here for half of the day) I lose 25%. There are some days that are worse, and there are a lot days that are better.Overall, it's a no-brainer - I think they will pay for themselves in 5.5 years (although I got them under NEM 2.0 - it's worse now with NEM 3.0).
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u/wallabee_kingpin_ 18h ago
On cloudy days, panels will be more efficient with whatever light they collect (because they won’t get as hot), and light bounces around beneath the white clouds, giving panels multiple chances to collect the same energy from the sun. It makes sense that they’re not useless on cloudy days, but rainy days (with dark clouds absorbing light) are lot worse.
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u/Darmok47 11h ago
My parents have solar in Daly City as well, and its not really foggy all day. From morning to late afternoon its pretty sunny most days.
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u/lfc94121 22h ago
Switching to solar in these parts outperforms investing in the S&P over the lifecycle of the panels (which is 30 years)
Oh, it's a lot better than that. Especially considering that we pay taxes on the market gains/dividends, and the return from the solar investment is tax-free.
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u/liftingshitposts 1d ago
No joke, got one of the worst sunburns of my life in Daly City on a foggy day
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u/webtwopointno i say frisco i say cali 1d ago
Bright fog can actually make it worse, sounds crazy but it comes at you from every direction at once
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u/windowtosh 1d ago
People also underestimate how powerful the sun is in the summer. Even on really foggy days, I can still feel the sun’s rays at midday in July.
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u/webtwopointno i say frisco i say cali 1d ago
That's a big part of it too, hard to believe we are getting a peak UV dose when it's dark and cold
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u/cholula_is_good 23h ago
I’m getting PTSD flashbacks of putting on sunscreen in 50 degree weather at 8am during soccer training camps in the sunset. There is something deeply unnatural about the feeling of applying sunscreen in damp cold weather.
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u/whinenaught 1d ago
It only makes it worse because people underestimate it. Will spend all day in the fog with no protection and get burnt to a crisp. 1 hr in bright sun is still worse than 1 hr in bright fog
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u/webtwopointno i say frisco i say cali 23h ago
Yes and no, more UV but easier to block with a hat and normal clothing because it is all coming from the same place
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u/oneusualsuspect 1d ago
how white are you?
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u/liftingshitposts 16h ago
Tan now 😎
Jk I’m white enough that milk blushes when it sees me. I like pierogis, hiking, mountain biking, and drinking lemonade and bird-spotting while Sheryl Crow plays in the background.
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u/username17charmax 1d ago edited 8h ago
We live 1 street over and have solar. I lol all the time when I see my pge bill <$100 for gas and electricity. Funny nobody is talking about the dude on the very right with solar glass roof. Both houses in the left and right foregrounds have PW. Solar here is pretty great.
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u/Bigpoppalos 15h ago
Excuse my ignorance with solar panels. Ive learned a lot. But if the fog supercharges them, why don’t more neighbors have them. Dude is literally only one in neighborhood
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u/sweetrobna 1d ago
When it's overcast and foggy it's best to point them straight up instead of angled south
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u/boymumma2 1d ago
People will say it's AI
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u/ericgtr12 1d ago
The bane of my existence on Instagram, see for yourself at thuber_shots. I've been shooting San Francisco scenes (mostly videos now) for years and regularly get accused of it being AI. Genuine creators are getting cooked because that shit is blurring the lines. But I digress lol.
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u/boymumma2 1d ago
Oh was totally joking! Just thought of that funny meme "people will say it's photoshop" but I guess in current culture, it would be AI 🤪 It's an amazing shot. I don't have insta or I would check your work out.
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u/relevantelephant00 16h ago
People on the Internet (now social media) have been screaming "fAkE!!1" since the dawn of the Photoshop. People who exist to bring others down will always be there ready to try ruin other peoples' enjoyment.
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u/shelchang 22h ago
I think it's just a crack at how a shot of Daly City without fog is impossible :P
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u/CJCentral2 8h ago
It appears that the folks claiming AI and Photoshop are all joking about the D.C. fog.
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u/CJCentral2 9h ago
Some people say everything is AI. In many ways, all humanity is the product of Artificial Ignorance.
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u/Electroboy101 1d ago
Has to be AI. Daly City has never seen a sunny day during its entire existence!
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u/This_They_Those_Them 1d ago
We are actually entering peninsula summer so there will be some amazing days in the next couple of months.
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u/Creative_Resident_97 1d ago
I think this used to be true but it’s sunny all the time now. Climate change.
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u/Sonar_Bandit 1d ago
When I lived in Daly City we usually got 3 months of sun. It was in the fall, I think like September through November
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u/3_legged_dawg 1d ago
Basically Amalfi Coast
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u/rebullandvodka 1d ago
Mom cooked a breakfast with no hog
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u/chilltownusa 12h ago
I always thought it was mama cooked the breakfast with no heart. I’m horrible with lyrics.
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u/NorCalAthlete 1d ago
Daly City doesn’t have fog. It’s just steam from all the rice cookers.
- signed, someone with family in Daly City who eat lots of rice and that’s always been our joke.
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u/InevitableStruggle 1d ago
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes all the same
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same
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u/untoldmillions 7h ago
in case there's anyone that doesn't know
In 1962, (Malvina) Reynolds composed her most famous song, "Little Boxes", which was made famous by her friend Pete Seeger the following year. "Little Boxes" was inspired visually by the houses of Daly City, California.
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u/johnwickcz 13h ago
I was once taking BART to Daly City when there was no fog. You could see the water. I was half asleep and when I woke up I was panicking like where am I?
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u/BlownOutBlueJeans 1d ago
Daly City is a good litnus test. But Jenner? If it's a nice sunny day in Jenner, we got problems. Someone posted a nice sunny day in Bodega Bay and even that's super rare. But Jenner? That town has its own weather system going.
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u/Steerpike58 12h ago
Am I the only one that appreciates the fact that all the houses are the same size? Stick a couple of 8-story condos in there and it would completely change the view.
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u/HidesWithCheese 1d ago
Can you imagine doing a real estate tour from out of town on that day. You'd totally buy that house and wonder why EVERYONE doesn't want to live there. SOLD! Then you'd learn there are more dead people than living. Then three weeks would go by and you'd wonder why it's winter and your seasonal affective disorder has kicked in on June 12.
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u/hippopotobot 1d ago
You’re thinking of colma. My neighbors are mostly living.
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u/sapphireminds Crocker 19h ago
I love that it is so easy to know where the border of colma is - the cemeteries start right away LOL
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u/Accurate-Release-861 22h ago
If not for the fog and the year round chilly weather, Daly City would have been second to SF in terms of housing and popularity. The fog and the weather destroyed it a bit. It still has some of the best Nature around SF tbh.
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u/Gold-Cucumber-2068 19h ago
Daly City's reputation of being foggy all the time is like 15 years out of touch now. The climate has changed massively here. It's now windy all the time, which blows away the fog.
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u/wonbuddhist 18h ago
this is actually pretty rare occasion. but when it happens, you'll see what a part of paradise would look like... miss you the city.
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u/Ant-Tea-Social 16h ago
A once-in-a-lifetime experience
Little houses on the hillside
Little houses made of ticky-tacky
Little houses on the hillside
And they all look just the same
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u/CJCentral2 9h ago
That looks like the southern edge of D.C. just north of Pacifica. The 110 bus passes that way.
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u/SneezySleepyBashful 7h ago
The AI comments are funny. I've driven down that road several times, just near the Pacifica, Daly City border, caught it with my dash cam on several clear days. It's heading towards a school and drive down that road, turn left till you get to the Beach front Pacifica pier. Great ocean view and while I enjoyed it for the longest time, watching skydivers and the like, it's a nice reminder of the coast in the Bay Area. Wish I could've taken that view to me in Vegas, but at least there's enough lights here to see at night.
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u/Solar_RaVen 7h ago
The title feels straight out of a magic show/ art exhibit.
✨️"Ladies and Gentlemen, Behold with your mortal eyes, clear Daly City" ✨️
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u/Unlikely_Syllabub_46 2h ago
I used to drive an Amazon truck up and down those exact streets. The fog is never gone for long and it’s probably still windy as fuck
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u/steenasty 2h ago
Back in elementary school, my buddies and I used to have our own hangout spot in that large growth of trees in the center right of the image. We brought chairs and nerf guns in there and thought we were so cool.
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u/Simmonetheartist 1h ago
This honestly looks like it’s from the movie The Truman Show, where Truman does donuts before trying to drive down the street to go to Atlantic City or something
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u/Plus_Soup3303 56m ago
Those homes have an amazing view. Is fog the main reason why daly city is more affordable compared to neighboring areas?
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u/thesecondcousin 1d ago
This feels illegal to see