Judy, I spent 30 years in the Mojave desert of California. Too far away to be called a Santa Ana, never was a name for it. Just terrible winds. Mostly spring and fall but sometimes in the summer too. We too got the hot winds that blew away everything that wasn't attached securely. Yes it drove everyone crazy. Kids became antsy, nobody slept well, babies fussed. Any going out to change sceanery just made it worse. Denise Parker