Funny you should say that. I live about forty or so minutes from the Gulf of Mexico so I'm lucky in that regard. But the difference is y'all have a cool water current along California whearas we have the Gulf Stream, which is a warm water current. Though really, that wouldn't be such a big deal right now EXCEPT for the fact that we've had a high pressure system over us for quite a few days, which isn't helping at all. (Also, nice new avatar!)
disco: Oh, tell me about it! We're like y'all in that regard. We're infamous of our hot, sticky days in the summer, and that all goes back to being humid as all get out. The only difference is we're a little more inland than y'all are. Then again, I don't know if it makes that better or worse.