^ 1939, D. A. Paton, On the origin of aller, in Studies in French Language and Mediaeval Literature, page 301: The opinion that ambulare is the origin of aller has been and is held by so many eminent etymologists that it is with some diffidence I venture to suggest another source.
Thermal, California. For the former community in Fresno County, see Thermal, Fresno County, California. Thermal is an unincorporated community within the Coachella Valley in Riverside County, California located approximately 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Palm Springs and about 9.5 miles (15.3 km) north of the Salton Sea. The community's elevation is 138 feet (42 m) below mean sea level.
Fred Burnett of the Calaveras County Water District, in the Sierra foothills, points out that his water system draws from largely the same sources as San Francisco's. One observer with an inside line on water preferences, Mill Valley plumber Stanley Searles, says his clients prefer installed filtering units.